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Nationwide Trip Chugoku/Shikoku Course Course 2 Hiroshima Prefecture x Shimane Prefecture 2nd day Nationwide Trip Chugoku/Shikoku Course Course 2 Hiroshima Prefecture x Shimane Prefecture 2nd day

DAY2 START!

Okuizumo Orochi Loop /
Roadside Station Okuizumo Orochi Loop

The gateway to Shimane Prefecture, Okuizumo-cho One of the largest double-looped roads in Japan “Okuizumo Orochi Loop”

Roadside Station Okuizumo Orochi Loop
Roadside station restaurant
Okuizumo Orochi Loop

4minutes by Car

Rail Track with Three Switchback Turns
from Izumo-Sakane Station

The only rail track with three switchbacks in JR-West Japan
(between JR Izumo-Sakane Station and JR Miinohara Station)

Izumo Sakane Station and train
In front of Izumo Sakane Station
line

3minutes Walk

“Enmeiseui (Longevity Water)”
of Okuizumo

“Enmeiseui” of Okuizumo (A place to stop by)

“Enmeiseui (Longevity Water)”<br>
of Okuizumo
prolonging life water sign
person drawing life-prolonging water

13minutes by Car

Okuizumo Tatara and Sword Museum

The museum features “Tatara,” an old Japanese iron making method that produces the raw material for Japanese swords, “Tamahagane.”
Visit the museum and learn about the fascinating features of Tatara and swords in a mythical village where the legend of “Yamata no Orochi (gigantic serpent with eight heads and eight tails) was set.

Okuizumo tatara and sword building exterior
Toukenkan Swords
Toukenkan Furnace

3minutes by Car

Tachibana

Okuizumo Gastronomy
Immerse yourself in the quaint Japanese interior setting and savor traditional flavors of Japan in Okuizumo

Tachibana store exterior
Tachihana store interior
Tachibana cuisine

10minutes by Car

The Itohara Memorial /
Cafe Sabou 15 dai

A facility that enables you to immerse yourself in nature, historical buildings, and a garden at the same time while learning about the Tatara iron-making culture of Okuizumo. Enjoy spending time leisurely in a historical place that thrived with Tatara iron-making.

Inside the Isohara family residence
Isohara family garden
Isohara Memorial Museum Exhibition Room

3minutes Walk

Sugaya Takadono /
Yamanouchi Life Tradition Museum

Imagine the time Tatara iron-making reached the height of prosperity

Takadono Sugaya/Yamauchi Life Tradition Museum Exterior ①
Takadono Sugaya/Yamauchi Life Tradition Museum exterior ②
Takadono Sugaya/Yamauchi Lifestyle Tradition Museum and Cherry Blossoms

35minutes by Car

The Historical Museum of Iron

Exhibition of the history of Tatara ironworks, its method, and tools used for ironmaking

Iron History Museum exterior ①
Iron history museum exterior ②

20minutes by Car

Seiranso

~ Relieve your daily fatigue and enjoy a small luxury in a mountain village resort ~

Kokuminshuku Seiranso Cuisine
Exterior view of Seiranso, the national lodging house
National dormitory Seiranso open-air bath
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