IZ01
Izumo Taisha
出雲大社
← startIZ02 出雲そば 荒木屋 →
The shrine is open from six in the morning to seven at night. The areas behind the main hall close at 16:30, so see them in the morning.
No printed price120 min6:00–19:00
Izumo Taisha 出雲大社 · 6:00–19:00
IZIzumo line · 5 stations1 dayon foot
Izumo Taisha
The great shrine, soba in five bowls, and zenzai
出雲大社：参拝、割子そば、ぜんざい
A day at Izumo Taisha with Jalan's visitors' guide as a map: the shrine in the morning, soba from a house that has made it for more than 240 years, zenzai twice, and a night in the ryokan on the shrine's doorstep.
- stops
- 5
- km, 2.3 on foot
- 2
- hours
- ~6.5
- per adult, estimate
- from ¥30,240
The total is a floor: 竹野屋旅館 prints a starting price, not a fixed one. Entry and food as printed; 1 stop without a printed price adds nothing.
Sora Nakamura · 2026.09.25 · Sora Nakamura is a pen name. Routes are written from the sources named on each stop, and read before they go out.
The line
Five stations, one day
SeeNoodlesCoffeeSweetsStay
The line
walk ≈19 min · 1.2 km
Walk ≈19 min · 1.2 km¥840–¥2,370
IZ02
出雲そば 荒木屋
Noodles
← IZ01 出雲大社 Izumo TaishaIZ03 くつろぎ和かふぇ 甘右衛門 →
Izumo soba for more than 240 years, since the Edo period: buckwheat stone-ground with its inner skin, so the noodles are dark and fragrant. The five-tier warigo soba is ¥2,370; hot kamaage soba ¥840.
Plan B Closed on Wednesdays: go on to 出雲ぜんざい餅 大社店, since the next stop shuts on Wednesdays too. Both open on a holiday.
¥840–¥2,370Jalan · Sep 202650 min11:00–16:00, until it sells out
walk ≈6 min · 0.4 km
Walk ≈6 min · 0.4 km¥850
IZ03
くつろぎ和かふぇ 甘右衛門
Coffee
← IZ02 出雲そば 荒木屋IZ04 出雲ぜんざい餅 大社店 →
Izumo zenzai with a Daikoku monaka on the side and red and white mochi of Okuizumo Nita rice, ¥850.
Plan B Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays: go straight on to the next stop. It opens on a holiday.
¥850Jalan · Sep 202645 min11:00–17:00 (last order 16:30)
walk ≈3 min
Walk ≈3 min¥200
IZ04
出雲ぜんざい餅 大社店
Sweets
← IZ03 くつろぎ和かふぇ 甘右衛門IZ05 竹野屋旅館 →
Zenzai to carry: Izumo dainagon azuki wrapped in gyuhi of Shimane mochi rice, grilled, ¥200 each. A bowl of hot zenzai is ¥800.
¥200Jalan · Sep 202620 min9:00–17:00 (last order
walk ≈3 min · 0.1 km
Walk ≈3 min · 0.1 km¥28,350
IZ05
竹野屋旅館
Stay
← IZ04 出雲ぜんざい餅 大社店end of the line →
A ryokan on the approach to the shrine. Jalan's plan is a kaiseki of nodoguro and Shimane wagyu, from ¥28,350 a person with dinner and breakfast, two sharing.
¥28,350Jalan · Sep 2026
日 Day by Day · IZ
The day costs
¥30,240–31,770
≈ $191–201 · €171–180 at the ECB rate of 11.09
Per person · one adult · 4 of 5 stops priced
- IZ02出雲そば 荒木屋¥840–¥2,370
- IZ03くつろぎ和かふぇ 甘右衛門¥850
- IZ04出雲ぜんざい餅 大社店¥200
- IZ05竹野屋旅館¥28,350
- —1 stop with no printed pricenot in the total
The day, in words
A day at Izumo Taisha with Jalan's visitors' guide as a map: the shrine in the morning, soba from a house that has made it for more than 240 years, zenzai twice, and a night in the ryokan on the shrine's doorstep.
Avoid Wednesdays and Thursdays: the soba house closes on Wednesdays, the café on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Hours and prices are Jalan's as of 2 September 2026; the shrine's hours are from its own site.
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