Matsue Castle located in Matsue city, Shimane pref, is one of five castles in Japan designated as National Treasures.
Garden viewing from the top of Matsue Castle.
A view of Lake Shinji from the top of Matsue Castle.
Yomegashima Island is the sole island in Lake Shinji.
Horikawa Sightseeing Boat circling the castle moat.
The old pine trees along the moat.
Lafcadio Hearn’s Former Residence & Memorial Museum.
The writer Lafcadio Hearn, who became one of the first Westerners to take Japanese citizenship under the name of Koizumi Yakumo.
Shiomi Nawate Street Around here were samurai residences (buke yashiki) for a middle-class samurai in the Edo period.
Majestic pine trees over the fence
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Japanese pages Nippon burari SHOT
related site Sekai burari SHOT
