Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and Ryugenji Mabu (Shaft)

石見銀山・龍源寺間歩いわみぎんざん・りゅうげんじまぶ

The sole shaft (mabu) within the UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape' (inscribed 2007) open to general visitors year-round. The site was one of the five mountains under direct shogunate administration ('Ojikiyama,' or direct-administration mountains) in the middle Edo period. Over 600 shafts have been identified at Iwami Ginzan; Ryugenji Mabu is the only one accessible throughout the year. The interior walls of the shaft preserve intact the chisel marks left by the Edo-period miners (yamashi) who worked the rock face. Also visible within the shaft is a tateko (vertical shaft) — bored vertically to a depth of 100 metres for drainage purposes — which can be viewed from the interior.

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Highlights

01The sole year-round publicly accessible shaft among the more than 600 identified at Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
02Edo-period chisel marks: the marks left by the miners (yamashi) who worked the rock face survive intact on the shaft walls
03The tateko (vertical shaft): a drainage shaft bored vertically to 100 metres — its internal structure can be observed from within

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Essentials

Location: Shimane Prefecture Oda City
Address: 〒694-0305 島根県大田市大森町ニ183
Fee: 高校生以上500円、小中学生250円（団体20名以上・WAONカード・障がい者割引あり）
Hours: 9:00〜17:00（12月〜2月は16:00まで）、最終入場は閉場10分前
Status: 営業中（元日のみ休）
Official: https://www.ginzan-wm.jp/

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