Everything for your trip to Shimane in one place: culture experiences, anime pilgrimage, power spots, events & festivals, attractions, cherry blossoms. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🍡 6 placesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Kansai ・ Chugoku & Shikoku
Learn from wagashi artisans and instructors as you shape jo-namagashi (fine fresh confections) such as nerikiri (sweet bean paste confections) with your own hands. You can easily join in Kyoto and Kanazawa, where tea culture runs deep, and in Matsue and Izumo, known as wagashi towns.
🎬 13 placesTohoku・Tokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku・Kansai・Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Aomori City, Aomori・Morioka City, Iwate・Awashimaura Village, Niigata
A university student who dreams of becoming a manga artist hits a creative wall and sets off on easygoing trips around Japan, choosing each destination by social media poll. The 88 Anime Spots selection includes all 13 prefectures the story visits: Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Tochigi, Tokyo, Niigata, Toyama, Mie, Wakayama, Shimane, Hiroshima and Kagawa.
⛩️ ShrineChugoku & Shikoku ・ Izumo, Shimane
An ancient shrine representative of Izumo, dedicated to Okuninushi no Okami, known as the deity of matchmaking (enmusubi). Shimane Prefecture's official tourism site introduces it as the top stop on a tour of the prefecture's good-fortune and power spots.
⛩️ ShrineChugoku & Shikoku ・ Sada, Izumo, Shimane
An ancient shrine in the mountains of Izumo dedicated to Susanoo-no-Mikoto, famous for slaying the eight-headed serpent Yamata-no-Orochi. It is featured on Shimane Prefecture's official tourism site in its good fortune and power spot tours, and the great cedar behind the main hall is especially well known.
NovemberChugoku & Shikoku ・ Izumo & Matsue
Every year on the 10th to 17th days of the 10th lunar month (varies by year on the modern calendar, usually around November)
2026: Nov 18 (Wed) Kamimukaesai – Nov 25 (Wed) Karasadesai
ZooChugoku & Shikoku ・ Izumo & Matsue
A flower and bird themed park spread over hills on the shore of Lake Shinji. Its 320,000㎡ grounds include display greenhouses totaling 12,000㎡, and the main facilities are linked by covered walkways, so you can get around without an umbrella even on rainy days. The Ichibata Electric Railway station connects directly to the park.
CastleChugoku & Shikoku ・ Izumo & Matsue
🌸 Typical peak: Late Mar – Early Apr
GardenChugoku & Shikoku ・ Izumo & Matsue
🍁 Typical peak: Early Nov – Early Dec
♨ OnsenChugoku & Shikoku ・ Matsue, Shimane
♨ Day use Adults (junior high school students and up) ¥600, children (age 3 and up) ¥300 (as of October 2026)
🎆 AugustDate announcedChugoku & Shikoku ・ Matsue, Shimane
🎆 To be held on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1, 2027
🚄 JRChugoku & Shikoku ・ 7 consecutive days (from 0:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day)
From ¥23,000
Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
