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The 10 Best History Museums in Matsue, Chugoku
Matsue (松江市, Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture located in Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu. As of March, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 205,402, following its most recent merging with the town of Higashiizumo (from Yatsuka District).
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1. Hearn Memorial Hall
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4.0 based on 171 reviews
Reviewed By delphine95 - Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Very modern and complet museum about Hearn life, irish writer who became japanese. Interresting if you want to know the details of the life of the author of Kwaidan.
2. Matsue History Museum
3. Yakumotatsu Fudokinooka
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4.0 based on 12 reviews
Located in the southern outskirts of Matsue City, the Oba and Chikuya regions are home to many of Shimane Prefecture’s most famous cultural assets (historic landmarks, shrines, temples, etc.) and comprise the center of old Izumo. In recognition of these treasured cultural properties, the prefecture has designated this area (which measures 4 kilometers north-to-south by 5 kilometers east-to-west) as Yakumotatsu Fudoki-no-oka, a comprehensive field museum dotted with historic landmarks. A number of important kofun (tumuli) are distributed throughout Fudoki-no-oka, including a conjoined-rectangle mound Yamashiro Futagozuka Kofun, the largest kofun in Shimane. During the Nara Period, the area was a major political, economic, and cultural center and saw the construction of now-historic sites such as Izumo Kokucho and Izumo Kokubunji. The shrines and temples associated with the Izumo Kokuso* clan are another example of the ancient history and culture that survives to this day. * The head o
4. Guidance Yamashiro No Sato
5. Takeshima Archives
6. Matsue Horaenya Denshokan
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3.5 based on 20 reviews
7. Izumo Tamatsukuri Museum
8. Shimane University Museum ASHIKARU
This place is temporarily closed due to renovation. It will reopen on June 6th.
9. Saika Education Museum
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
10. Kashima Museum of History and Folklore
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3.5 based on 2 reviews
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