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Table of Contents: Travel to Matsue, visa requirements Flights to Matsue, airtickets By train / Get around / Matsue attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Matsue souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Matsue nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Shimane: Iwami souvenirs, Izumo hotels and youth hostels, Matsue hotels and youth hostels, Tsuwano culture More from Chugoku: Hiroshima (prefecture) culture, Okayama (prefecture) travel tours, Shimane culture, Tottori (prefecture) hotels and youth hostels, Yamaguchi (prefecture) tourist attractions More from Honshu: Chubu souvenirs, Chugoku tourist attractions, Kansai travel tours, Kanto hotels and youth hostels, Tohoku tourist attractions More from Japan: Hokkaido souvenirs, Honshu hotels and youth hostels, Kanmon Straits culture, Kyushu culture, Okinawa tourist attractions, Seto Inland Sea culture, Shikoku tourist attractions, Wakayama (prefecture) souvenirs More from East Asia: China-travel-tips-language souvenirs, China tourist attractions, Chine-travel-tips-language souvenirs, Japan hotels and youth hostels, Korea travel tours, Mongolia souvenirs, North Korea culture, South Korea souvenirs, Taiwan souvenirs More from Asia: Caucasus tourist attractions, Central Asia tourist attractions, East Asia travel tours, Middle East culture, Southeast Asia hotels and youth hostels More from Travel Tips 24: Africa souvenirs, Asia travel tours, Europe souvenirs, North America tourist attractions, Oceania culture, South America hotels and youth hostels Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) hotels and youth hostels, Barcelona (Catalonia) tourist attractions, Rome (Lazio) travel tours, Singapore (Southeast Asia) culture, Western Europe (Europe) culture, South Africa (Southern Africa) tourist attractions, United Kingdom (Western Europe) tourist attractions, Europe (Home) travel tours, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) hotels and youth hostels, Morocco (North Africa) tourist attractions

Matsue (松江) is the capital of Shimane prefecture, Japan.

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Travel to Matsue, visa requirements

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Flights to Matsue, airtickets

Izumo Airport (出雲空港, IZO) fields flights to major Japanese cities and is about 30 minutes away by car. The airport in Yonago, to the east just across the prefectural boundary, is also a viable option and even fields a solitary flight to Seoul.

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By train

Matsue is on the San'in Main Line, which runs along western Honshu's Japan Sea coast, starting in Kyoto and passing through Tottori and Matsue on its way to Shimonoseki. Frequent Trains run from Okayama to Matsue before continuing to Izumi-shi , departing every hour from 0700 until 2130 daily taking approx 2 hrs 30 mins, costing 5360 yen.

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Get around

• Take a boat trip around the moat of Matsue Castle - hop on and hop off the boat at various points. Fun for kids.

• Use the Matsue Walker Bus it runs in a loop around all of the major attractions, every 30 mins, 300 yen for a unlimited pass.

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Matsue attractions and sightseeing

• Lafcadio Hearn Residence (小泉八雲旧居). The residence of the famous Irish writer. He spent only 15 months here, but during that time he married a Japanese woman, naturalized and adopted the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo and started his career writing about Japan.

• Matsue Castle

• Samurai houses, in central Matsue - worthwhile

• Yaegaki Shrine

• Adachi Museum of Art, [1], about 30 minutes east of Matsue in Yasugi City. . Gorgeous gardens, although you're mostly confined to looking at them through windows. Huge private art collection with wonderful pieces by Taiken Yokoyama.

• Kokki Sake Factory, [2]

• Watch the sunset over Shinjiko at Yomegashimi. (Past the Gusto restaurant on route 9). Get there slightly early to grab a good spot.

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City tours

Japan's largest konyoku (mixed) onsen is in Tamatsukuri

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Shopping, Matsue souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

• Beehive, near Matsue the station. Follow main road - turn right at the intersection with the guitar shop - stay on the the RHS and walk a couple of blocks. Macrobiotic restaurant.

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Matsue nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

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Get out

• Izumo - home to Izumo Taisha, one of Japan's Three Great Shrines

More from Shimane: Iwami tourist attractions, Izumo tourist attractions, Matsue tourist attractions, Tsuwano culture More from Chugoku: Hiroshima (prefecture) tourist attractions, Okayama (prefecture) travel tours, Shimane culture, Tottori (prefecture) culture, Yamaguchi (prefecture) culture More from Honshu: Chubu hotels and youth hostels, Chugoku tourist attractions, Kansai tourist attractions, Kanto culture, Tohoku tourist attractions More from Japan: Hokkaido travel tours, Honshu tourist attractions, Kanmon Straits hotels and youth hostels, Kyushu hotels and youth hostels, Okinawa hotels and youth hostels, Seto Inland Sea souvenirs, Shikoku culture, Wakayama (prefecture) travel tours More from East Asia: China-travel-tips-language travel tours, China culture, Chine-travel-tips-language travel tours, Japan culture, Korea souvenirs, Mongolia culture, North Korea travel tours, South Korea culture, Taiwan tourist attractions More from Asia: Caucasus hotels and youth hostels, Central Asia travel tours, East Asia culture, Middle East culture, Southeast Asia hotels and youth hostels More from Travel Tips 24: Africa souvenirs, Asia travel tours, Europe souvenirs, North America tourist attractions, Oceania culture, South America souvenirs Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) tourist attractions, Barcelona (Catalonia) tourist attractions, Rome (Lazio) tourist attractions, Singapore (Southeast Asia) culture, Western Europe (Europe) travel tours, South Africa (Southern Africa) tourist attractions, United Kingdom (Western Europe) culture, Europe (Home) tourist attractions, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) souvenirs, Morocco (North Africa) travel tours

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