If you pray for love in Izumo, there's a good chance you'll be heard. Every year, eight million gods gather in this seaside ...

Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...

In the 19th century, writer Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) helped introduce Japan to the wider world. Peter Barakan visits Izumo to learn about the natural and unseen realms that Hearn treasured.

Despite being a famous tourism destination, no more than 5 million people visited the Izumo Taisha shrine, which is one of the oldest and most important Shinto shrines in Japan, and the ...

It's here that once per year all eight million Shinto gods of Japan arrive at Izumo before heading to Izumo Taisha for their annual meeting. It's a very scenic beach that makes a fabulous vantage ...

Looking for information on Izumo Airport, Izumo, Japan? Know about Izumo Airport in detail. Find out the location of Izumo Airport on Japan map and also find out airports near to Izumo. This airport ...

But all the technological advantages of Japan are being utterly wasted by Tokyo on things like its Izumo-class helicopter destroyer. That’s because the Izumo-class is really a light aircraft ...