Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Center

This nineteenth century multi-layer outer shrine is constructed in the style of Kamedo Tenmangu in Edo and enshrines the patron god of Omori. On the alter ceiling a "Crying Dragon" is painted, and it is said to cry when you clap your hands in prayer.

This was formerly the house of local officials of the Magistrate's Office, once inhabited by the Shikano and Sawai families. (Not open to the public).

This was formerly an official inn for visitors to the Magistrate's Office responsible for correspondence between the office and the villages of the domain. This is the only tsumairi-styled structure in Omori with outer walls of white mortar. (Not open to the public).

Enshrined here is an Magistrate who saved the locals from famine by introducing sweet potatoes to the area in the mid Edo Period.

This was the home of the police constable responsible for guarding the silver mine. Despite its simplicity, the entrance and room layout exhibit the typical features of a samurai residence. (Not open to the public).

This house was once inhabited by the Tanabe Family. Tanabe Hikoemon, the founder of the Tanabe Family line was a local official at the commissioner's office. Originally from Kai Province, Hikoemon was summoned to Omori by Okubo Nagayasu, the first commissioner of Iwami Ginzan under the Tokugawa Shogunate. The residence is constructed in a samurai style and features fences and a gate leading to the garden. (Not open to the public).

This was the former residence of Abe Seibei, a local official, who was summoned from Kai Province by Okubo Nagayasu and taken into his service at the Magistrate's Office. Surrounded by walls and complete with a terrace-house style Mon-Nagaya, it is one of the largest residences in Omori. (Not open to the public).

It is believed that this temple was the site where ldo Heizaemon first heard about sweet potatoes from a traveling priest. Originally built in 1536, the temple was rebuilt in 1807.

The site of the Izumiya Inn and former residence of the Kawakita Family, this house reportedly survived the Great Fire of 1800, but the historical plaque on the building dates back only to the end of the Edo Period, indicating that it was rebuilt at some later time. The building follows the omoteya-zukuri style, peculiar to tradesmanﾕs houses, with outer walls of white mortar. This is the second largest merchant house in the town, after the House of the Kumagai Family. (Not open to the public).

The mining rights to Iwami Ginzan passed to the Fujita-gumi Corpration of Osaka in 1887, and the mine was renamed the Omori Silver Mine. At the time, the Kojidani Eikyu Refinery in Oguni, Nita Town, was the center of development. Electric pumping, made possible with the construction of a power plant in 1902, helped bring the mine back to life.

The Toyosaka-jinja Shrine enshrines the warlord Mori Motonari. The Choshu Clan, occupying Omori in 1866, were inspired by the wooden statues of Motonari in the shrine and set about restoring the dilapidated grounds. An inner shrine and alter was added the following year.

Originally called Tenchi-ji, this temple was built in Ishigane on Mt. Sennoyama, and renamed during the Heian Period (794 - 1192). The shrine was relocated to the foothills of Mt. Sennoyama towards the end of the Edo Period, and to its current location in 1878. Inside are many cultural properties, including a kimono given by the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to Yasuhara Bicchu (Important Cultural Property).

This was one of five mabu shafts under the direct management of the Magistrate's Office (Ojikiyama), which was originally developed in 1713 as a drain shaft.

This mountaintop castle was a vital stronghold in the struggle for the silver mine during the Warring States Period. At the summit there are dry moats and vertical moats.

This mine was placed under the direct management of the Magistrate's Office for a certain amount of time during the middle of the Edo Period, but was otherwise privately owned. This mine extends under the Ginzan River towards Mt. Sennoyama.

This was formerly the residence of the manager of the mine in charge of miners' affairs and procurement. This home was one of the most prominent residences in town, with a teahouse and an adjacent building where sake was brewed. (Not open to the public).

A guardian deity of Iwami Ginzan, this shrine was founded in the mid 15th century. The shrine is dedicated to Kanayamahiko-no-mikoto, the god of metal refining. It is one of the largest mountain shrines in the country. The current structure was rebuilt in 1819.

This was one of the five mine shafts under the direct management of the Tokugawa Shogunate, developed during the middle of the Edo Period. As many as 50 miners reportedly worked in the shaft towards the end of the Edo Period.

Hon Mabu literally means the main mabu of the entire mine shaft system. However the date of its initial development is unknown.