Itinerary
Day 1: from Fukuoka to Yonago, Tottri via Izumo Taisha *Please book and pay your hotel in Yonago by yourself.
Stop At: Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu
Meeting Point at about 9:00
*At your hotel in Fukuoka or Hakata station, Fukuoka Airport, ...etc.
* Pick-up starts 15 minutes before departure.
*** Please specify the boarding location in advance if you are in Fukuoka. We will pick you up for free.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Kokura Castle, 2-1 Jonai, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 803-0813 Fukuoka Prefecture
*You must pass "Kokura" at 7:30 in the morning to secure your dinner time.
In the case of Fukuoka City, it will depart after 6:00 in the morning, one hour before.
Stop At: Michi-no-Eki Takano, 49 Shimonde, Takanocho, Shobara 727-0423 Hiroshima Prefecture
12:30 PM Restaurant on the Matsue Expressway (Hiroshima Prefecture)
Lunch time.
*Please pay for your meals on site. The price of lunch is about 1000 yen per person in Japanese yen.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Izumo Grand Shrine, 195 Taishacho Kizukihigashi, Izumo 699-0701 Shimane Prefecture
14:30 PM "Izumo Taisha"
You will be impressed with this prestigious shrine where Japanese gods gather!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sakaiminato, Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Chugoku
17:30 PM Restaurant near Sakaiminato
Sakaiminato has the highest catch of "Matsuba crab" in Japan.
Moreover, it is more affordable than "Echizen crab".
Please note that the crab can be eaten from early November to March.
* Restaurant arrangements and payments must be made by yourself.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Kaike Onsen, 3-1-1 Kaikeonsen Yonago Tourist Center, Yonago 683-0001 Tottori Prefecture
19:00 PM Your hotel in Kaike Onsen
* Your hotel arrangements and payments must be made by yourself.
The next day we will leave at 9am. The driver will pick you up at your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Return from your hotel at Yonago, Tottri to Fukuoka
Stop At: Kaike Onsen, 3-1-1 Kaikeonsen Yonago Tourist Center, Yonago 683-0001 Tottori Prefecture
* Your hotel arrangements and payments must be made by yourself.
At 9am, our driver will pick you up at your hotel.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Sakai Port Seafood Shopping Center, 9-5 Showacho, Sakaiminato Tottori Prefecture
09:30 AM "Sakaiminato Marine Products Direct Sales Center"
Experience the so-called fish market.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Matsue Castle, 1-5 Tonomachi, Matsue 690-0887 Shimane Prefecture
10:40 AM "Matsue Castle"
Matsue Castle (松江城, Matsue-jō) is a feudal castle in Matsue in Shimane prefecture, Japan. Nicknamed the "black castle" or "plover castle",
it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan – at least of the few remaining in their original wooden form, and not a modern reconstruction in concrete.
The construction of Matsue Castle began in 1607 and finished in 1611, under the local lord Horio Yoshiharu.
In 1638, the fief and castle passed to the Matsudaira clan, a junior branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan.
Most Japanese castles have been damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, or other causes.
Since a large part of their construction was wooden, fire was a major hazard.
Matsue castle was built after the last great war of feudal Japan, so it never saw a battle. Yet only some of the walls and the keep exist today.
Matsue Castle, standing on the shores of Shinji Lake, is one of Japan's Three Great Lake Castles. It is also known as a riverside district.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Shinjiko Service Area Inbound, 1228-1 Tamayucho Yumachi, Matsue 699-0202 Shimane Prefecture
12:00 PM Restaurant in the Shinjiko service area of the San-in Expressway
Lunch time.
Please try the "shijimi" of shellfish.
On the way, drive on the Chugoku Expressway with a break once an hour.
*Please pay for your meals on site.
Duration: 45 minutes
Pass By: Kokura Castle, 2-1 Jonai, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 803-0813 Fukuoka Prefecture
19:00 PM Kokura Station or Kitakyushu airport or your hotel around Kokura drop off.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.