{"id":333817,"date":"2017-09-28T16:20:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T08:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/sanin-japan-hidden-gem-333817.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T03:40:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:40:40","slug":"sanin-japan-hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/sanin-japan-hidden-gem-333817.html","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Gem: 7 Reasons why San'in Coast is Japan's best kept secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many travel content you\u2019ll find today often purport so-and-so<\/em> country as the newest underrated, hidden gem <\/a>of a destination to visit. And while some of these places definitely warrant that enthusiastic claim, the rest of them fall short. But when we say that San\u2019in in Japan<\/strong> is our newly-discovered town in Asia you absolutely need to travel to, we cannot stress that enough. <\/p>

Never heard of it? You\u2019re not the first. San\u2019in might just be Japan\u2019s best kept secret.<\/p>

San'in Coast: Japan's hidden gem<\/strong><\/span> <\/h2>

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Dubbed Route Romantique San'in<\/em>, the coast which faces the Sea of Japan with imposing mountains<\/a> in its vanguard, stretches from the Tottori Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture to Yamaguchi Prefecture.\u00a0<\/p>

The Shinkansen bullet train doesn\u2019t even reach here; instead, you\u2019ll find a more obsolete railway line that winds its up the dramatically rock coast with its white beaches and a calm azure ocean<\/a>. <\/p>

While the area is conspicuously absent of Western tourists, it\u2019s in fact popular with the Japanese, who vacation there in the summer, drawn by the undisputed allure of its unspoiled, rugged beauty of the shorelines and the cultural riches of the towns. It is also known as the land loved by Lafcadio Hearn, the Greek-Irish writer who wrote Kwaidan.<\/p>

There you\u2019ll find the Shimane Prefecture, at the heart of the San\u2019in region, which is the site of a few celebrated religious shrines<\/a>. The most notable shrine here is the Izumo-taisha<\/strong>, one of the oldest, largest and most venerated pilgrimage destinations in Japan, where it is believed 8 million spirit gods congregate for their annual conference. <\/p>

You can't deny that San\u2019in offers you a Japanese experience like no other: an insight into the older, more rural and traditional vestiges of Japan which starkly contrast to its developed and industrialised regions. Browse the gallery above for 7 amazing things to do in this coastal gem.<\/strong><\/p>

Sarah Khan<\/em><\/p>

Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>

Read More:<\/span> <\/h2>

Hidden Gems: 6 Less-travelled cities in Japan that will surprise you<\/a><\/p>

Labuan Bajo: An Indonesian gem for the adventure seekers<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It's no wonder the coast has been dubbed the Route Romantique San'in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":277204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Find out the best things to do in the breathtaking and underrated San'in Coast in Japan.","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17182,9791,16864],"tags":[1634255],"class_list":["post-333817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-hk","category-galerie","category-galerie-hk","tag-has_diapo"],"yoast_head":"\nHidden Gem: 7 Reasons why San'in Coast is Japan's best kept secret - Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out the best 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