This guide covers the Gassan Toda Castle ruins, Kiyomizu-dera, the Adachi Museum of Art, Yasugibushi Performance Hall and the practical details of visiting Yasugi.
You can ride a free shuttle bus from JR Yasugi Station to the Adachi Museum of Art in about twenty minutes. The three-story pagoda and treasure hall at Kiyomizu-dera are open from nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, pausing from noon to one. The Gassan Toda Castle ruins are about fifteen minutes by car from Yasugi IC.
The view from the Gassan Toda Castle ruins, as old guidebooks describe it, takes in the Iinashi River winding north, the sandbar beyond it and the blue hills of the Shimane Peninsula. Mount Togami rises east of the town, and an old gazetteer notes that evergreens cover the whole mountain in every season.
Gassan Toda Castle Ruins
The Gassan Toda Castle ruins sit about fifteen minutes by car from Yasugi IC. The Yasugi City Historical Museum keeps opening hours from half past nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. It is closed every Tuesday, or on the following day when Tuesday is a national holiday.
The ruins crown a small hill standing on its own on the right bank of the Iinashi River, where an old gazetteer places them. The valley here runs up the Iinashi River, hemmed in between two mountains, as an old survey records. The car park at the Yasugi City Historical Museum is free and takes ten ordinary cars.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Gassan Toda Castle ruins, from Yasugi IC by car | about 15 minutes |
| Yasugi City Historical Museum opening hours | 9:30 to 17:00 |
| Yasugi City Historical Museum closing day | every Tuesday (the following day if Tuesday is a national holiday) |
| Yasugi City Historical Museum parking | free, 10 ordinary cars |
Kiyomizu-dera
The grounds of Kiyomizu-dera, long described in guidebooks, spread across a mountainside under old trees and hold a three-story pagoda. The pagoda and treasure hall can be viewed from nine in the morning to four in the afternoon, pausing from noon to one. From December first to March thirty-first, reservations for viewing them are suspended.
The main hall has kept its shape through generations of repair, and an early survey states that pillars and beams from the original construction remain in place. From the high ground of the temple, the outlook that old guidebooks describe runs east toward Yonago and west over the Nakaumi lagoon, which spreads out like a mirror.
Kiyomizu-dera is about ten minutes by car from Yasugi IC. From Yasugi Station the drive takes about fifteen minutes. For junior high and high school students, viewing the pagoda and treasure hall costs three hundred yen. Shokinkan, in the temple grounds, is open from eleven in the morning to five in the afternoon.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Kiyomizu-dera three-story pagoda and treasure hall, viewing hours | 9:00 to 16:00 (paused from noon to one) |
| Kiyomizu-dera three-story pagoda and treasure hall, admission for junior high and high school students | 300 yen |
| Kiyomizu-dera three-story pagoda and treasure hall, admission for elementary school students and younger | 100 yen |
| Kiyomizu-dera three-story pagoda and treasure hall, reservations | suspended December 1 to March 31 |
| Kiyomizu-dera, from Yasugi IC by car | about 10 minutes |
| Kiyomizu-dera, from Yasugi Station by car | about 15 minutes |
| Shokinkan (in the grounds), opening hours | 11:00 to 17:00 |
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The Adachi Museum of Art
A free shuttle bus runs direct from JR Yasugi Station to the Adachi Museum of Art in about twenty minutes. It seats twenty-five, first come first served, with no reservations. Numbered return tickets are issued at the museum entrance counter. The shuttle timetable is valid until March twenty twenty-seven.
From April to September the Adachi Museum of Art is open from nine to half past five. From October to March it opens from nine to five. By car the museum is about ten minutes from Yasugi IC. The Yellow Bus costs two hundred yen for any section.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Adachi Museum of Art admission, adults | 2,500 yen |
| Adachi Museum of Art admission, university students | 2,000 yen |
| Adachi Museum of Art admission, high school students | 1,000 yen |
| Adachi Museum of Art admission, elementary and junior high school students | 500 yen |
| Adachi Museum of Art opening hours, April to September | 9:00 to 17:30 |
| Adachi Museum of Art opening hours, October to March | 9:00 to 17:00 |
| Free shuttle bus, JR Yasugi Station to the Adachi Museum of Art | about 20 minutes |
| Free shuttle bus timetable | valid until March 2027 |
| Adachi Museum of Art, from Yasugi IC by car | about 10 minutes |
| Yellow Bus fare, any section | 200 yen (half fare for elementary school students) |
Yasugibushi Hall, Saginoyu Onsen and Places to Eat
Yasugibushi Performance Hall is about fifteen minutes by car from Yasugi IC. It keeps opening hours from ten in the morning to five in the afternoon and is closed every Tuesday, or on the following day when Tuesday is a public holiday. Saginoyu Onsen is about fifteen minutes by taxi from Yasugi Station.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Yasugibushi Performance Hall admission, adults and elementary and junior high school students | 1,000 yen and 500 yen |
| Yasugibushi Performance Hall group rate (20 or more), adults and elementary and junior high school students | 800 yen and 400 yen |
| Yasugibushi Performance Hall parking | free, 47 spaces |
| Saginoyu Onsen, from Yasugi Station by taxi | about 15 minutes |
| Saginoyu Onsen, from Yasugi IC by car | about 15 minutes |
| Dojo Center opening hours | 8:30 to 17:00 |
| Dojo Center closing days | Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays |
| DELI & KITCHEN halo | 9:00 to 17:00 (last order 16:30); closed the 1st and 2nd Sundays and every Monday |
| Koyokan | 11:30 to 13:30; from 18:00 (reservations needed) |
| Nakaumi no Sato opening hours | 11:00 to 17:30 (last order 17:00) |
| Nakaumi no Sato, from Yasugi Station by car | about 15 minutes |
| Nakaumi no Sato parking | free, 14 large and 98 small vehicles |
Getting to Yasugi and Staying Overnight
The Yasugi Tourist Information Center is open from half past eight in the morning to six in the evening, closing only on December thirty-first and January first. Rental bicycles can be picked up from half past eight to six from April to August. From September to March the bicycles go out from half past eight to five.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Yasugi Tourist Information Center opening hours | 8:30 to 18:00; closed December 31 and January 1 |
| Rental bicycles, April to August | 8:30 to 18:00 |
| Rental bicycles, September to March | 8:30 to 17:00 |
| Rental box | 40 yen per day |
| Osaka to Yasugi IC by car | about 3 hours 30 minutes |
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