Shimane Ken Postal code

Shimane Prefecture is a prefecture in Japan. It is in the Chgoku region of the island of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture in Japan, with 665,205 people living there on February 1, 2021. It has a land area of 6,708.26 km2. This is the map of Shimane Prefecture. It has Yamaguchi Prefecture to the southwest, Hiroshima Prefecture to the south, and Tottori Prefecture on the east. You can find the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, called Matsue, as well as other big cities like Izumo and Hamada. Shimane Prefecture is home to most of the Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area, which is centred on Matsue and has a population of about 600,000. It is Japan's second-largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast, after Niigata. Two-thirds of the people live in Shimane Prefecture, which is near the Sea of Japan and the Chgoku Mountains. Shimane Prefecture is in charge of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, which includes the disputed Liancourt Rocks ( Takeshima). It is home to Izumo-taisha, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, and the Matsue Castle, which was built by the Tokugawa dynasty.