Tourist areas Yomi-no-kuni Matsue in Japan

Yomi-no-kuni is a popular myth of Japan since the road to the afterlife where visitors will hear the most when visiting arriving Matsue lands.

According to the beliefs of indigenous peoples, when the Universe was divided into two parts, heaven and earth. Many of the sky gods to earth to live longer remains an amorphous chaos. Therefore, deities Izanagi and Izanami created - the first living gods on earth.

Entrance Yomi-no-kuni is believed that the temple is located near Iya. This is known as a quiet and bleak even in those days the weather is clear. Photo: Myth.

After creating the Japan region, both gave birth to many gods ruled the earth. Initially, their sons are good deities like Poseidon, god of wind, trees ... Finally god, god of fire Izanami Kagutsuchi birth and horribly burned in time beyond this shallow. Izanami seriously injured and did not survive.

Izanagi buried atop wife Hiba, which lies on the border of Izumo (eastern Shimane Prefecture) and Hoki (western Tottori Prefecture). From the day his wife died, Izanagi always grieving wife missed. Then God decided to Yomi-no-kuni, where belief in Japan's underworld to find his wife. Izanagi go way up to the small and to the gates of Hades have Izanami stood waiting.

When I met his wife, Izanagi Izanami begged to return to earth they live together and continue the unfinished work. However, sadly Izanami said everything was late because I was eating place underworld. Due husband begged patience, Izanami relented, agreeing to go back and run a consensus begs the gods of hell custodians. Conditions for Izanami Izanagi can pick on is absolutely not back at his wife until up ground.

Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture. Photo: Myth.

However, due to waiting wives begged the gods for too long, burning torches and god decided to go deeper into the Yomi-no-kuni to find. People stunned when he saw his wife, with the decaying body, worms being gouged. Frightened, Izanagi fled to get out of the ground.

Angered disobey her husband, and felt ashamed of his ugly body being exposed, instant volume control military wife chases Izanagi on. The husband was lucky to escape, and used a huge stone to seal the road in Yomi-no-kuni.

Izanami angry husband, said: "Because you make me ashamed, so from now on I will start each day the lives of 1,000 people on earth". Izanagi replied, "If she did, every day we will create 1,500 people". And this is the last conversation of the couple loved each other.

Today, visitors to the city of Matsue will be directed to visit Izanagi rock to seal the entrance to Hades. Yomotsu Hirasaka - the official name of limbo given entrance is located in a house of stones near Iya . The tomb of the wife is also nearby, along with the temple Izanami. 

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Yomotsu Hirasaka - gateway to the underworld is said to be located in Iya, Matsue, just above street 9. It is a quiet, secluded and bleak even in the days of clear skies. In this area there are many large rocks scattered, and no one knows exactly where the rock leads into Hades in legend.

Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, located in the east side of Lake Shinji. Due to the two lakes located near the Sea of ​​Japan, Matsue also known as "water city".
Other attractive destinations of Matsue's ancient castle and the residence of Lafcadio Hearn - world-famous writer. "City of Water" is also the ideal place for tourists to visit the Adachi Museum of Art and Izumo Taisha, one of the most important temples in Japan.