Matsue Castle Town

Shimane Prefecture · Japan

Matsue Castle Town, Japan
Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
spring and autumn
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A lakeside castle town keeping one of Japan's few surviving original keeps, ringed by samurai residences and a moat still plied by wooden boats. Its quiet lanes inspired the writings of Lafcadio Hearn.

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