Eshima
A small offshore islet, claimed since the late Heian period as the original Onogoro. The bridge to it has been closed since 2018, but the viewpoint remains.
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Izanagi Jingu
The oldest shrine named in Japan’s two earliest histories. Built, according to the Kojiki, on the site where Izanagi retired after creating the country.
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Onokoro Jinja
A 21.7-meter vermilion torii rises from the rice paddies of southern Awaji. Beneath it, a shrine claims to stand on the first piece of land in Japan.
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Inasa-no-Hama
Inasa-no-Hama is a stretch of pale sand on the Sea of Japan coast, fifteen minutes’ walk west of Izumo Taisha, the Grand Shrine of Izumo. There is nothing dramatic about it. There is no temple here, no monument, no obvious shrine. There is just a beach — a long, gentle curve of sand looking out…