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Okuizumo Town
Shimane Prefecture · Town
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Okuizumo Town in the Chugoku Mountains is at the source of the Hii River and has long prospered through tatara iron-making. Museums of the Itohara and Sakurai iron-master families remain, and tamahagane steel for Japanese swords is still made. Nita rice and Kamedake abacuses are specialties, and the Oninoshitaburui gorge and the Okuizumo Orochi Loop are here.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
MuseumItohara Memorial Museummuseum in Okuizumo, Shimane, Japan
GorgeOni-no-Shitaburui (Gorge)
BridgeOkuizumo Orochi Loop- Hot spring (onsen)Hinokami Onsen (Hot spring)
CastleMizawa Castlecastle in Okuizumo, Shimane, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Okuizumo Orochi looproadside station in Okuizumo, Nita district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeIwaya-ji TempleBuddhist temple in Okuizumo, Shimane pref., Japan
Shinto shrineInada ShrineShinto shrine in Okuizumo, Shimane Pref., Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Sakagura Okuizumo-koryukanroadside station in Okuizumo, Nita district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
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Mountains in this town
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Shimane Prefecture
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