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Where to stay in Shimane Prefecture
This guide covers 3 destinations in Shimane Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 12 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Matsue, Izumo and Hamada. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Izumo Enmusubi Airport (IZO).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Places to stay
- 12
- Main airport
- IZOIzumo Enmusubi Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Shimane Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Shimane Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Shimane Prefecture
3 places to stay in Shimane Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Hamada-eki Kita-guchi hotel | Hamada |
| Toyoko Inn Izumo-shi Ekimae hotel | Izumo |
| Toyoko Inn Matsue Ekimae hotel | Matsue |
Where to stay
More hotels in Shimane Prefecture
9 hotels in Shimane Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Shimane Prefecture
From the climate of 3 destinations in Shimane Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 7 °C | 114 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 8 °C | 103 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 11 °C | 125 mm |
| April | 0 of 3 | 17 °C | 115 mm |
| May | 0 of 3 | 21 °C | 135 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 24 °C | 204 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 28 °C | 290 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 151 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 25 °C | 198 mm |
| October | 0 of 3 | 20 °C | 126 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 15 °C | 108 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 9 °C | 134 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Shimane Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Shimane Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
IZO · Izumo Enmusubi Airport
IWJ · Iwami Airport
YGJ · Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base
OKI · Oki Global Geopark Airport
IWK · Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
HIJ · Hiroshima Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Shimane Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Shimane Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.