For anyone wishing to extend their post-do, a visit to Izumo Shrine which is about 1.5 hours from Tamatsukuri Onsen will be followed by an overnight stay close to the shrine.

April 7 - April 8 (one night)
Inishie no Yado Keiun
https://dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/keiun/
Choose “Early Bird Discount 30” which should give you a ¥4,000 discount per person. So ¥30,000 for one person in a room, or ¥27,000 per person wth two people sharing a room.
　
They also have a few rooms left so I suggest anyone interested should book as soon as possible. We have discussed a possible “Dormy-Inn Do” in the past. Keiun is actually an upmarket ryokan run by Dormy Hotels Group. If you have not stayed at a Dormy Inn or Onyado Nono before you will have to register as a member first.

Izumo Taisha is considered the second most important Shinto shrine in Japan, next to Ise Shrine which we visited in 2024. There are no records of exactly when Izumo Taisha was built, but it is often considered the oldest shrine in Japan, being already in existence in the early 700s as revealed by the nation's oldest chronicles. The main deity enshrined at Izumo Taisha is Okuninushi no Okami. According to the creation myths, Okuninushi was the creator of the land of Japan and the ruler of Izumo. He also became known as the deity of good relationships and marriages.



Izumo Taisha (Shrine)



Entrance to Keiun