14 Sights in Matsue, Japan (with Map and Images)

Mihoseki Lighthouse is the oldest stone lighthouse in San'in. In 1898 (Meiji 31), it was built at the eastern end of the Shimane Peninsula on Mt. Majisaki under the guidance of the French. It has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

Wikipedia: 美保関灯台 (JA)

Tamasakuyu Shrine (Tamazukuri Yujinja, Tamazukuyu Shrine) is a shrine located in Tamazoku, Tamayu-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikiuchi company, and the former company name is a prefectural company. The divine crest is "double tortoiseshell with a round ball tube ball".

Wikipedia: 玉作湯神社 (JA)

Koizumi Yakumo's Former Residence is a literary museum housed in a historical building located in Shiomi Nawate, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. It has been designated as a national historic site. It is also called the former residence of Hern.

Wikipedia: 小泉八雲旧居 (JA)

Ifuya Shrine is a shrine located in Iiya, Higashi-Izumo-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. One of the six companies. The former company name was a township company, and later a prefectural company. It is located near the Hijo site of Hirasaka, which appears in the myth of Kiki. In addition, on Mt. Hiba in neighboring Yasugi City, there is a shrine of the god Iinami, which is recorded in the Kojiki as a related shrine.

Wikipedia: 揖夜神社 (JA)

Miho Jinja (美保神社) is a Shinto shrine in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The Taisha-zukuri Honden of 1813 is an Important Cultural Property. A collection of 846 musical instruments dedicated to the shrine, and two dugout-canoes used in the Morotabune rite have been designated as Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

Wikipedia: Miho Shrine (EN)

Tahara Shrine is a shrine located in Okutani Town, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Originally, there were two companies, but in the second year of Enpo (1674) in the Edo period, they were combined into one company. Former prefectural company.

Wikipedia: 田原神社 (松江市) (JA)

Yushien is a Japan garden located on Daikon Island in Yatsuka-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. In addition to the thriving cultivation of peonies, it is also famous as a ginseng production area, and has a Yunzhou Ginseng Museum.

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The Shimane Art Museum opened in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1999. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 12,500 square metres, it houses a collection of Japanese and Western art, including Momoyama folding screens and paintings by Corot, Sisley, Monet, and Gauguin.

Wikipedia: Shimane Art Museum (EN)

Rokusho Shrine is a shrine located in Ōkusa, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. One of the six companies. It is the Izumo Kokuni General Company, and the former company status is a prefectural company. It sits on the site of the former Izumo Kokufu.

Wikipedia: 六所神社 (松江市) (JA)

The Tanabe Art Museum was established in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1979. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 854 sqm, it houses a collection of tea ceremony implements and other treasures acquired by the local Tanabe clan.

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Manai Shrine (ま名じja, 真名井神社) is a shrine located in Yamashiro, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the six companies and the former company name is Murasha. It sits in the southeast of Mt. Chausu, which is compared to the god name Hino of Izumo Province Fudoki.

Wikipedia: 真名井神社 (JA)

Togakuji Temple is a temple of the Soto sect located in Okutani-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, and is the Bodhi Temple of Kojiro, the second son of the first Matsue feudal lord Tadashi Horio. In the precincts, there is a five-ring pagoda-style tomb of Kojiro, five hundred arhats, and so on. In the cemetery, there are the graves of Kiyohara Taibei, a Matsue clan officer who carved out the Sata River in the Edo period, and Takigawa Kametaro, a Chinese scholar famous for his research on the Shiki.

Wikipedia: 桐岳寺 (JA)

Chomanji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Teramachi, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Honkuji Temple (Rokujōmon-ryū), Shinshi Hoen. In the vicinity are temple towns, including Jokyo-ji, Kusei-ji, and Myoko-ji.

Wikipedia: 長満寺 (松江市) (JA)

Ishiya Kofun (石屋古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located on the border of the Yata-chō and Higashitsuda-chō neighborhoods of the city of Matsue, Shimane in the San'in region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979. It is one of the largest rectangular tombs in the San'in region and is in good preservation.

Wikipedia: Ishiya Kofun (EN)