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National Treasure and one of Japan's twelve surviving original castle keeps — completed in 1611, saved from demolition when locals bought it back for 180 yen in 1875, and restored to National Treasure status in 2015 after a 63-year gap

An Edo-period samurai dwelling whose clan name gave this moat-side street its name

Mausoleums of nine Matsue lords and hydrangeas once visited by Lafcadio Hearn

First shrine of Izumo Province enshrining Susanoo — the 'origin shrine of fire' that bestows sacred flame upon Izumo Taisha at the annual Sankasai fire ritual

Home to the oldest surviving Grand Shrine-style main hall, a National Treasure built in 1583 amid sacred cedar groves

A matchmaking shrine named after the oldest waka poem in Japan, celebrated for the mirror-pond divination of love and marriage

A former prefectural shrine in Okutani-cho…

The second grand shrine of Izumo Province, where three National Treasure-listed halls in the Sata-zukuri style receive the gods during Kamiari month

An ancient shrine recorded in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki, relocated to its present site when Mōri Motonari built his war camp on its original mountain

The inari shrine within Matsue Castle grounds, beloved by Lafcadio Hearn for its countless stone foxes that inspired his supernatural tales