Edo
Shimane · 江戸Browse Shimane’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Hozumi Residence Main House, Onan, Shimane: a late Edo headman's house, six rooms in a grid west of the earth floor, re-roofed in Sekishu tile over four-tier beams.
Hozumi Residence Sedo-no-kura, Onan, Shimane: a late Edo storehouse behind the main house, its raised roof set over plaster carried right up to the eaves.
Standing just outside the gate of Miho Shrine in the historic port town of Mihonoseki in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, this stone well was built in 1861 in the final years of the Edo period. Its cylindrical shaft about 3.8 meters deep is crowned by an unusual octagonal parapet of stone slabs. Known as the Well of Gratitude thanks to a legend in which the deity Miho Daimyojin revealed its location during a severe drought, it quenched the thirst of sailors on kitamaebune cargo ships and pilgrims alike, and is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.