Japan has been a tourist destination for quite a while, and while places like Tokyo and Osaka are great cities to visit, they represent a life style that many Japanese people do not experience on a daily basis. I've lived in rural western Japan for more than two years now and have enjoyed the more traditional atmosphere that comes with a prefecture that has just recently opened its first 7-11s in the last year or so. I'm no professional writer, just a guy who wants to show people a side of Japan that they might not see on the Travel Channel. In this case, Shimane Prefecture's western most town called Tsuwano. A small town of 7,000 people that rarely sees foreign tourists.
Small street side shops
Tsuwano's river banks
Not as extensive as Fushimi Inari, but impressive not the less.
Entrance gate to Taikodani Inari Shrine
Taikodani Inari Shrine
Old lift to the Tsuwano Castle Ruins
View from the Tsuwano Castle Ruins
Street side stream filled with koi fish
Tsuwano's Catholic Church
Inside the church, complete with tatami mats
One of the few remaining steam locomotives
