{"id":799,"date":"2019-12-02T17:17:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T08:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/?p=799"},"modified":"2020-02-15T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T13:43:28","slug":"column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/en\/799\/","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian\u2019s experience of Oda city (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beautiful Nature, Uniquely Fascinating Historical Sites and Friendly people - Oda Awaits!\u00a0
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>My name is Steve. I am a Canadian who has worked and lived in the Oda area for well over a decade now.
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\n<\/span>I look forward to sharing with you in both this and the entries to follow a bit about this place that I have come to know and love: Oda, Shimane!<\/p>\n

<\/span>The City of Oda is a truly fantastic area on the Sea of Japan coastline, centrally located midway along the long-stretching prefecture of Shimane.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although it does have a town-center with all of the basic amenities and more, Oda \u201cCity\u201d in its entirety is more of a sprawling and picturesque \u201ccounty\u201d made-up of a scattering of small unique areas that each await your discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes Oda such a neat place is its abundance of gems - and hidden gems - all tucked into this region:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape<\/strong> which achieved UNESCO World Heritage Site status and it's nearby village of Omori which are chalk full of history and culture.<\/span>\"\"
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\nKotogahama Beach<\/strong>: a pristine white sand beach long-ranked as one of the top 100 beaches in all of Japan and more recently was nationally designated as a Natural Treasure.
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<\/span>The port town of Yunotsu:<\/strong> historically linked to the silver mine, famous for its hot-springs as well as pottery.
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<\/span>Mt. Sanbe National Park<\/strong>, which offers hiking, scenic views, an impressive nature museum, a mind-blowing underground exhibit of an ancient buried forest, top-class hot springs, and even a tasty burger shop as well as a lunch diner which both use locally sourced ingredients!
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And the list goes on! These are just a sampling of some of the exciting discoveries that await the person who ventures to Oda.<\/p>\n

<\/span>I'll delve a little deeper into details on all that in the instalments to come, but sufficed to say: Oda is a place blessed with beautiful nature, uniquely fascinating historical sites and friendly people.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a population of around 35, 000, Oda is just the right size for an ideal experience abroad.
\n<\/span>It has a thriving community spirit that is truly tangible - which is both an essential and very appealing part of rural living.
\n<\/span>So many groups contribute to making this a great place. Visitors who come with a volunteer spirit and are eager to contribute in some way are welcomed with smiles and friendship.<\/p>\n

This might seem a little funny, but it might help share some insight and perspective: when I look back I have to admit that I used to fuss and fret over trying to arrange activities for visiting friends, families, or newcomers to Oda that would showcase all that I feel the region has to offer.
\nBut time and time again, my fussing has been proven unnecessary; the people and places of Oda always step-up and warmly receive its guests with a tailor-made experience that is seemingly custom-made to their interests.
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That wraps up this first instalment - but like I said from the top: I look forward to sharing with you in the entries to follow some more about this area that I have come to know and love.<\/p>\n

But ultimately, the choice is up to you!
\nOda awaits!<\/p>\n

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Beautiful Nature, Uniquely Fascinating Historical Sites and Friendly people - Oda Awaits!\u00a0 My name is Steve. I am a Canadian who has worked and lived in the Oda area for well over a decade now. I look forward to sharing with you in both this and the entries to follow a bit about this place that I have come to know and love: Oda, Shimane! The City of Oda is a truly fantastic area on the Sea of Japan coastline, centrally located midway along the long-stretching prefecture of Shimane. Although it does have a town-center with all of the basic amenities and more, Oda \u201cCity\u201d in its entirety is more of a sprawling and picturesque \u201ccounty\u201d made-up of a scattering\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"797"},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/1210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yukimi-inn.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}