Take a photo with the rock that appears in the popular anime and make it a memory to remember!
You can also experience a 15-minute climb up the mountain!
Yasugi city is located on the eastern edge of Shimane Prefecture, on the border with Tottori Prefecture, and is a town with a rich history, culture and beautiful natural environment.
It has a history that includes being the setting for ancient myths and numerous stories from the Warring States period, and it flourished as a port for exporting iron during the Edo period.
Against this backdrop, a unique culture and traditions have been fostered, and while they are being passed down to the present day, they continue to create a new era.
Take a photo with the rock that appears in the popular anime and make it a memory to remember!
You can also experience a 15-minute climb up the mountain!
Why not try making your own Japanese armor?
Now you can be a member of Japan's ancient warriors!
A special experience that will make you feel like you've slipped back in time, dressed in a beautiful kimono!
We'll also take your photo for you.
Experience Japanese food culture with all five senses!
Let's make your own soy sauce and miso using traditional methods!
In the home of Japanese sake, you can experience sake brewing as if you were a brewer! You can also compare freshly brewed sake, which is also a great attraction!
You will receive instruction from a professional chef and make authentic Japanese food! You will be taught everything from how to use a knife to how to serve the food!
Let's make your own original dyed goods! You can experience traditional Japanese dyeing techniques!
Let's make your very own one-of-a-kind Japanese paper!
And let's experience the depth of Japanese paper!
Let's make our own original works while scattering sparks! You can experience traditional techniques under the guidance of a blacksmith!
Go cycling while enjoying the magnificent view of Lake Nakaumi! Refresh yourself by immersing yourself in nature!
Experience making a moss terrarium that will heal you in this small world! Let's make your very own original work!
Let's make original chopsticks that are one and only in the world! Your dining table will definitely become more fun!
Pick up a brush and try writing your name in kanji! We'll make a T-shirt with your writing on it and send it to you!
Go shopping in a shopping arcade that you can only find in Japan!
Use your shopping coupons to enjoy the Yasugi city.
Why not visit this traditional town and experience the original Japanese landscape? You can also learn about the unique Japanese style of house construction!
Let's try healthy shojin cuisine that brings out the natural flavors of vegetables! The dishes are beautiful to look at, and use ingredients that change with the seasons!
Refresh your body and mind by facing yourself in a quiet space! Let go of your stress!
The only public entertainment hall in the San'in region to have received the Public Building Award for Excellence, it has a traditional Japanese-style tatami room.
With a focus on the Yasugibushi dance, it has been influenced by folk songs and boat songs sung by sailors from all over the country, and it has inherited the spirit of the people who valued “hospitality” and has been a place for the promotion of traditional performing arts. It had its grand opening on May 26th.
The folk song “Yasugibushi”.
The city of Yasugi has long prospered as a port for exporting iron and rice.
During the Genroku era, boatmen actively exchanged folk songs from all over the country.
It is said that this is how the original form of Yasugibushi was created.
By the end of the Edo period, it had changed and grown into “Yasugibushi"
The Dojosukui dance expresses the act of scooping up loaches in a stream. There are two types: “male dance” and “female dance”.
A bamboo tube with coins attached in a crisscross pattern. When shaken to the rhythm of the song of the Yasugibushi dance, it makes a “shan-shan” sound. The light-hearted rhythm of the Zeni-daiko is a type of folk performing arts instrument that has been handed down in the Izumo region since ancient times.
his is a Tendai temple whose principal deity is the eleven-faced Kannon.
Locally, it is a temple that many people visit for prayer and to ward off evil, and it is also famous as a place to see cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.
From the three-storied pagoda, you can see the whole of the farming villages and streets of the Yasugi area.
The mouth of the Iinashi River, which flows into the Nakaumi Sea,
looks like a mirror when you go there on a clear, windless day.
The view of the sky and the Shimane Peninsula reflected in the water is like the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in South America, and it has become a popular spot in recent years for taking photos that “look good”.
This is an art museum where you can view masterpieces by Japan's leading painters, including the great Japanese-style painter Yokoyama Taikan, as well as works by Kitaoji Rosanjin.
In addition, the expansive Japanese garden has been voted “Japan's best” in the rankings of Japanese garden magazines in the United States every year since 2003, and it is highly regarded overseas.
