Yaegaki Shrine: A Legendary Site in Matsue for Seekers of Love

Susanoo’s famous poem is engraved on monument near the main shrine.

Zuishin Gate, the main entrance to the shrine, is visible beyond the torii.

An sacred shimenawa rope adorns the main hall.

Entrance to the sacred grove Sakusame no mori.

Visitors gather at the Mirror Pond. Behind the pool lies Amenokagami Shrine.

Visitors place either a ¥10 or ¥100 coin on their fortune-telling paper.

Amenokagami Shrine, dedicated to Inata Hime, watches over the pond and its visitors.

A husband-and-wife camellia grows on a stone wall.

A husband-and-wife camellia growing in Sakusame no mori.

Otome tsubaki is a husband-and-wife camellia with split roots that grows next to Yamagami Shrine.

A guardian lion-dog carved from Matsue’s renowned Kimachi tuffaceous sandstone.

Charming, roughly-hewn stone stairs on the approach to Kamosu Shrine.

The taisha-style main hall has been designated a national treasure.

Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka museum is built in the shape of a conjoined-rectangle tumulus.

A burial mound at Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka. Many relics have been excavated in the area.