On one of such trips, in 1478, Sesshu went to Masuda, Shimane, on invitation from Kanetaka Masuda, the lord of Iwami Province.

Izumo-taisha, one of the oldest and most revered shrines in Japan, is in Shimane prefecture.

is a town located on Dōgo, one of the Oki Islands, in Shimane, Japan.

Another two reactors are nearing completion at Lungmen in Taiwan, and one more ( Shimane Nuclear Power Plant 3 ) in Japan, with major siteworks started in 2008 and completion planned for 2012.

* Fuse, Shimane ( 布施村 ;-mura ), a village located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan

In 1331 Emperor Go-Daigo took arms against Kamakura, but was defeated by Kamakura's Ashikaga Takauji and exiled to Oki Island, in today's Shimane Prefecture.

The Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan are also part of Shimane Prefecture, which also claims to have jurisdiction over the South Korea-controlled island of Liancourt Rocks ( Takeshima ).

At that time, the current Shimane prefecture was divided into three parts: Iwami, Izumo, and Oki.

Off from the island of Honshū, the island of Oki is in Shimane prefecture as well.

| PLACE OF DEATH = Karita Gosho ( 苅田御所 ), Oki Island ( Shimane )

Today it is Oki District, Shimane, a part of Shimane Prefecture.

* Shimane ( Chibu, Oki District )

Dōgo ( 島後 ) is the largest of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, north of the Shimane peninsula ( Shimane prefecture ).

was a town located on the island of Dōgo in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.

was a village located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.

was a village located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.

is a town located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.

is a town located in Oki District, Shimane, Japan.

Location of Oki District in Shimane Prefecture

The islands make up the Oki-shichō ( Oki District ) and are part of Shimane Prefecture.

Tanaka was born in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

# REDIRECT Oki District, Shimane

In Masuda, Iwami Province in Shimane Prefecture, there are two Kakinomoto shrines, Takatsu Kakinomoto Shrine and Toda Kakinomoto Shrine.

However, the Liancourt Rocks controversy erupted again when Japan's Shimane prefecture declared " Takeshima Day ", inciting mass demonstrations in South Korea.

Izumo kagura is centered in the Sada shrine of Izumo, Shimane prefecture.

* Chūgoku region — Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

While Amaterasu is enshrined at the Honden Shrine or " Grand Shrine ", which is at the entrance to the Ise Shrine, Susano ' o is enshrined at Kumano Taisha located in Shimane ( formerly the Izumo region ), where he descended when banished from heaven.

The regional autonomy of local powers remained throughout the period, particularly in places such as Kibi ( current Okayama prefecture ), Izumo ( current Shimane prefecture ), Koshi ( current Fukui and Niigata prefecture ), Kenu ( northern Kantō ), Chikushi ( northern Kyūshū ), and Hi ( central Kyūshū ); it was only in the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to be dominant over the entire southern half of Japan.

Takeshita was born in present-day Unnan, Shimane and attended Waseda University.

Like Tanaka, Takeshita was fond of " pork barrel " politics, retaining his own seat by bringing excessively huge public works projects to Shimane.

Most of the prefecture consists of mountains leading towards Shimane Prefecture ; and rivers produce rich plains near the coast.

The history of Shimane starts with Japanese mythology.

The Shinto god Ōkuninushi was believed to live in Izumo, an old province in Shimane.

In 1871, the abolition of the han system placed the old Shimane and Hamada provinces in the current area of Shimane Prefecture.

In 1876, Hamada Prefecture was merged into the Shimane Prefecture.

Map of Shimane Prefecture.

Shimane prefecture is situated on the Sea of Japan side of the Chugoku region.

Another major landform is the Shimane peninsula.

Shimane also claims the use of Liancourt Rocks, which they are in dispute with South Korea.

For the list of mergers, see List of mergers in Shimane Prefecture.

Eight cities are located in Shimane Prefecture, the largest being Matsue, the capital, and the smallest being Gōtsu.

In addition, the number of centenarians in relation to the total population was, in September 2010, 114 % higher in Shimane Prefecture than the ratio for the whole of Japan.

According to the Kojiki, Susanoo descended to the headwaters of the Hii River at Mount Sentsū, Okuizumo, Shimane | Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture.