旧JR大社駅
Not far from
Izumo Taisha in
Izumo is the Old JR Taisha Station. The station is modeled on the design of Izumo Shrine itself and was built in 1924.
The station was converted to a free museum in 1990 and you can wander the old buildings and gaze at a rusting locomotive.
The interior wood panelling is beautifully decorated and evocative of the Taisho Period when the station was built to ferry pilgrims to Japan's second most important shrine - Izumo Taisha.
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JR出雲市駅
JR Izumo-shi Station is built in the style of the nearby
Izumo Taisha shrine.
The station connects to Matsue on the
JR San-in Line. The station building has a small tourist information office, a convenience store and within the station complex is a supermarket, small department store and restaurants.
Izumo Station is surrounded by hotels and outside the south exit is the pleasant Ranpu-no-Yu Ekimae hot spring bath house. Just here too is the very good value Super Hotel with single rooms around 5,000 yen with breakfast.
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出雲ー松江の電車
Izumo and Matsue in Shimane Prefecture in south west Japan are connected by two railway lines.
The JR San-in Line runs south of Lake Shinji and the Ichibata Railway Kitamatsue Line runs to the north of Japan's 7th largest lake. The JR San-in Line is the quicker of the two routes between the cities and is handy for Tamatsukuri Hot Springs and the small town of Shinji near Izumo Airport.
The Ichibata Railway Kitamatsue Line is good for
Matsue Vogel Park, Matsue Water Village Museum & Garden and the terminus at Matsue Shinjiko Onsen Station is slightly nearer to
Matsue Castle, the
Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum and
Lafcadio Hearn's Old Residence.
The JR San-in Line actually runs between Kyoto and Shimonoseki via Fukuchiyama, Tottori, Yonago, Matsue, Izumo,
Yunotsu, Hamada, Masuda and Hagi.
The Ichibata Electric Railway has two lines. The 40km line between Izumo and Matsue and an 8km spur from Kawato Station (on the Kitamatsue Line) to Izumo Taisha-mae Station, near
Izumo Taisha. The Ichibata Railway Izumo Station is to your right as you exit the main JR Izumo Station.
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