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Tsuwano Town
Shimane Prefecture · Town
Official websiteShimane Prefecture page
Tsuwano Town, the "Little Kyoto of the San'in region," keeps a castle-town streetscape in a mountain basin, a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. It has carp-filled Tonomachi Street, the Tsuwano Castle ruins, Taikodani Inari Shrine, and the former homes of Mori Ogai and Nishi Amane. Yasaka Shrine's heron dance is Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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
CastleTsuwano CastleJapanese castle in Tsuwano, Shimane prefecture
Historic townscapeTsuwano Old Street
Buddhist templeYomei-ji Templebuilding in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineWashibara HachimanguShinto shrine in Tsuwano, Japan
Shinto shrineYasaka ShrineShinto shrine in Tsuwano, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Silkway NIchihararoadside station in Tsuwano, Kanoashi district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Tsuwano-onsen Nagomi-no-satoroadside station in Tsuwano, Kanoashi district, Shimane prefecture, Japan- GardenHori Teien (Garden)garden in Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
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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