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1. Once visitors exit immigration and customs at Kansai Airport, visitors will be on the 1st floor. Follow the signs for “Railways”, taking one of the 4 escalators or 3 elevators to arrive at the 2nd floor.

2. Once on the 2nd floor, follow the signs to one of several walkways and walk across the road to Kansai-airport Station. Visitors need to exit the air terminal building to arrive at the JR Station (two separate buildings connected by a walkway). Two train companies use Kansai-airport Station: JR (blue/green) and Nankai (orange). Only JR can take visitor to the platform Haruka departing from. DO NOT use Nankai.

3. Before entering tickets gate, find JR Ticket Office where visitors can purchase ticket or reserved ticket for JR train.(there is a huge sign in English above their head).JR ticket office staff may or may not speak English, but they can read place names and train types written in the Roman alphabet. 

4. With one’s tickets, go through JR ticket gate and take an escalator to get to Platform 4.

The Tsuwano Castle Ruins (Tsuwanojō-seki) built on a mountain ridge, 200 meters above the town center, 370meters above sea level.
The castle was first built in the late 12th century.
In the early 1600s, stone walls were added to the castle, but the main keep fired in 1686 after being struck by lightning.

The keep was never rebuilt, and the castle was decommissioned in the 1870s after the Meiji Restoration, leaving only its stone foundations today.A chair lift makes the approach to the castle easier, although around 20 minute hike through the woods is still required to get to the ruins of the main fortifications.

Grass covers the grounds where the buildings formerly stood, but the walls of the multiple circles of defense still make for an imposing sight.
Another good one is the panoramic views over Tsuwano Town that can be enjoyed from there.   

Chair lift
Hours: 9:00 to 16:30
Closed: Available on Saturdays, Sundays  from December to end February 
Admission: 350 yen (one way), 450 yen (roundtrip)
Access Information: It takes about 30 minutes to walk from Tsuwano 

 

The museum displays a collection of works by Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan's most famous painters from the Edo Period.
The museum ranges from ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock prints) to illustrated books by the artist and some of his pupils.

Hokusai himself did not have a special relation to Tsuwano.
Rather, the museum was opened here owing to the discovery of one of his works by a local researcher.
 

Facility Information
Hours: 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry at 16:30) 
Closed: Tuesdays and New Year holidays 
Admission: 500 yen

 

Tsuwano (津和野) , a small, peaceful town located on the western edge of Shimane Prefecture is a beautiful place to wander around.

Being untouched by tall buildings, neon lights, visitors can take a deep breath to let this traditional town sink in. Some attractions this town holds are:
**Old Samurai Mansions in the Town Center—the dark red roofs tiles, white walls and wooden windows paint a picture from the past
**Taikondani Inari Shrine—one of the five greatest Inari Shrines
**Carp—the waterways along the main street are the swimming routes for these active beautiful creatures. There are stores which sell carp food.