Morning outside JR Matsue station |
Old lighthouse off Shirakata-kōen |
Setting up tarps along the lakeside |
View of Matsue Onsen area across the lake |
Tiny Yomegashima on Shinji-ko |
The sloping form of Shimane Prefectural Art Museum |
Matsue-jō peeking above the modern skyline |
Matsue-ōhashi and nearby buildings |
Refurbished plaza on the Kyōhashi-gawa |
Sightseeing boat passing Karakoro Art Studio |
Ugly modern Shimane Kenmin-kaikan |
Statue of Kishi Seiichi in front of the Prefectural Office |
Moat and outer fortifications of Matsue-jō |
Restored Taiko-yagura and Naka-yagura |
Matsue Local History Museum |
Entering the Hon-maru of the castle |
The original donjon of Matsue-jō |
Machicolation and slatted window on the donjon |
Closer view of the donjon |
Matsue Onsen area from the donjon |
Looking down into the Hon-maru |
Central Matsue from the castle |
Southwestern view of the donjon |
Old houses along the Hori-kawa moat |
Tourist boat out on the moat |
Antique shop off the Hori-kawa |
Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum |
High schoolers riding down Shiomi Nawate |
Former Residence of Lafcadio Hearn |
Small garden in the courtyard of an old residence |
Matsue's Buke Yashiki (Samurai House) |
Room within the Buke Yashiki |
Kitchen area of the former samurai house |
Eastern flank of the house |
Exterior walls of the Buke Yashiki |
View down the old samurai quarter |
Looking southeast on Shiomi Nawate |
Pair of tourist boats on the castle moat |
Another sightseeing boat on the Kyōhashi-gawa |
Skyline of south Matsue facing the wide Ōhashi-gawa |
A dipping sun beyond Kishi-kōen |
Sunset over Shinji-ko with Yomegashima |
Sodeshi Jizō on the lakeside |
Crowd preparing for the coming fireworks |
Boats out on the sunlit lake |
Yomegashima and firework barge with sunset |
Twilight over Matsue Onsen |
Fireworks on Shinji-ko |
Rice fields in the rural north of Shinji-ko |
Tranquil view of Shinji-ko from the north shore |
Ichibata trains at Matsue Shinjiko-onsen station |
Ashi-no-yu (hot spring footbath) outside the station |
Anointing the Oyukake Jizō |
Matsue skyline from Shinji-ko's north shore |
Shinjiko Ōhashi and towering San-in Gōdō Bank |
Taking in the scenery from Matsue Ōhashi |
Temple in Matsue's Tera-machi |
Vintage-style Lake Line bus |
Karakuri Dokei in the Matsue TERRSA building |
Dusk over a canal in south Matsue |