If you pray for love in Izumo, there's a good chance you'll be heard. Every year, eight million gods gather in this seaside ...

The skies over Shimane are always dramatic, almost supernaturally so. It’s befitting an area that’s known as “Land of the ...

Shimane Prefecture draws visitors to Izumo Taisha, a shrine where Shinto deities gather to determine future connections.

Make sure to change trains at Kawato station, then alight at Izumo Taisha-Mae. Get a fresh start in the merchant district One of the deities venerated at Umi Shrine is Kotosakano’o-no-Mikoto, who ...

In Shimane Prefecture, Kanakubo oversaw a task force that repaired Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine known for the god of matchmaking. Kanakubo was also in charge of projects in Tokyo to construct ...

StreetMuseum is also available at Matsue Castle and the Izumo Taisha shrine in Shimane Prefecture. The Yonago Castle ruins are the first in Tottori Prefecture to feature on the app. The VR images ...

More than seven million people visited the shrine in 2023, according to Izumo City, including around 350 couples who got married there. Set on an often tempestuous sea and a place of sunsets so st ...

Shimane Prefecture draws visitors to Izumo Taisha, a shrine where Shinto deities gather to determine future connections.