Capital City on the Cheap
June 17th 2006 To celebrate Denise's 23rd birthday, we headed up north to Izumo and Matsue for the weekend. Matsue is the prefectural capital and largest city of Shimane. Izumo is home to two noteworthy sights, the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan and a giant onion that acts as the local sporting center.
Always the budget travelers, we ha
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