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Shimane Prefecture

My Visit to the “Land of the Gods”

Donny Kimball
24 min readJun 1, 2018

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Izanami and Izanagi stand on the bridge of heaven above Shimane Prefecture before making the world

Welcome back to another installment of my area guides. In today’s post we’ll be venturing down to the San’in region for a visit to the marvelous Shimane Prefecture. Located on the westernmost end of Japan’s main island, this area has long been hailed as “the land of the gods.” Nestled between the Sea of…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/