Tamayu, Matsue

Name: Tamayu
Address: Matsue, Japan

#17 among attractions in Matsue

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Tamayu was a town located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. ()

Local name: 玉湯町 Coordinates: 35°25'54"N, 133°0'40"E

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Tamayu – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Matsue Castle, Shimane Art Museum, Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Yaegaki Shrine.

3.7 miNE
Traditional wooden castle built in 1611
Matsue Castle, Matsue
96 min walk • Matsue Castle, a historic fortress in the city of Matsue, Japan, stands as a testament to the country's feudal past. Constructed over a five-year period and completed in 1611, it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan that have survived the test of time...
3 miNE
Museum, Art museum
Shimane Art Museum, Matsue
77 min walk • The Shimane Art Museum opened in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1999. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 12,500 square metres, it houses a collection of Japanese and Western art, including Momoyama folding screens and paintings by Corot, Sisley, Monet, and Gauguin.
3.9 miNE
Museum, History museum
Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Matsue
101 min walk • The Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum is a writer's house museum established in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1933. Lafcadio Hearn lived in Matsue from August 1890 to November 1891, and the museum was built next to his former residence, itself designated an Historic Site in 1940.
3.5 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Yaegaki Shrine, Matsue
91 min walk • Yaegaki Shrine, formerly known as Sakusa Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
4.9 miNW
Park, Garden, Botanical garden
Matsue Vogel Park, Matsue
124 min walk • Shimane Vogel Park, or Matsue Vogel Park, is an aviary park in Shimane Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan. Amid pleasant green hills on the north shore of Lake Shinji, it has paved walkways between four aviaries holding tropical birds - mostly toucans, turacos, hornbills and ibises.
3.9 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Tanabe Art Museum, Matsue
101 min walk • The Tanabe Art Museum was established in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1979. Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake and with a total floor area of 854 sqm, it houses a collection of tea ceremony implements and other treasures acquired by the local Tanabe clan.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Spa
Tamatsukuri Onsen, Matsue
28 min walk • Tamatsukuri Onsen is an onsen hot spring located in Tamayu, Shimane Prefecture. The closest large city to the onsen is Matsue, which can be accessed by car, bus, or rail. Tamatsukuri is a noted sulfate spring with water temperatures between 50–70 °C.
5.3 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Sada Jinja, Daisen-Oki National Park
137 min walk • Sada Jinja is a Shinto shrine in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The Taisha-zukuri north, central and south halls of 1807 are Important Cultural Properties.
3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Shinji
84 min walk • Lake Shinji is a lake in the northeast area of the Shimane Prefecture in Japan. The lake is the seventh largest in Japan, with a circumference of 48 kilometres.
4.8 miN
Forest
Nihonkai evergreen forests, Matsue
122 min walk • The Nihonkai evergreen forests ecoregion covers a thin strip of land on the western coast of the island of Honshu in Japan. It is bounded on the east by the Nihonkai montane deciduous forests ecoregion.
4 miNE
Historical place
Meimei-an, Matsue
102 min walk • Meimei-an is a tea house originally constructed in 1779 by Lord Matsudaira Harusato, daimyō of the Matsue clan at that time. It is located in Matsue, Shimane, Japan.

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How to get to Tamayu by public transport?

The nearest stations to Tamayu:

Train

Tamatsukuri-Onsen (3 min walk)