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16-594: Matsue is located at the northernmost point of Shimane Prefecture, between Lake Shinji and Nakaumi on the banks of the Ohashi River connecting the two lakes, though the city proper reaches the Sea of Japan coast. Matsue is the center of the Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area , which has a population of approximately 600,000 in 2020. The Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area is the fourth largest on

32-673: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 34 members. Matsue conributes 11 members to the Shimane Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Shimane 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Matsue is a major regional commercial center and as one of the base cities of the San'in region , and along with Yonago, there are many head offices of companies operating in

48-596: Is 1,791.9 mm (70.55 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C (80.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.6 °C (40.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Matsue was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 1 August 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.7 °C (16.3 °F) on 19 February 1977. Per Japanese census data,

64-518: Is caught using a 'joren', a tool unique to Lake Shinji, which is made up of a basket tethered to a rake. The shellfish is often referred to as one of the 'Shiji-ko Shitchin', the 'Seven Delicacies of Lake Shinji.' This Shimane Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wagashi Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

80-582: Is the seventh largest in Japan, with a circumference of 48 kilometres (30 mi). It is enclosed by the Shimane Peninsula to the north, and the Izumo and Matsue plains to the west and east respectively. 7,652  ha (18,910 acres) of wetland are a Ramsar Site . Lake Shinji offers an economic benefit to nearby residents in the form of active fisheries and mild tourism opportunities, such as

96-613: The Kyōgoku . Kyōgoku Takatsugu served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Takatsugu's son Tadataka married the 4th daughter of Hidetada, Hatsu. He served in the Battle of Osaka and reportedly took 300 heads. In 1634, he received the province of Izumo, succeeding the childless Horio Tadaharu. During his rule he was instrumental in engineering projects that helped control the flow of the Hiikawa river. In 1637, Tadataka also died childless and

112-450: The Sea of Japan coast after Niigata , Greater Kanazawa , and Fukui . Matsue has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, and is somewhat heavier in June, July and September. The average annual temperature in Matsue is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall

128-517: The Matsue clan, when he built Matsue castle and planned the surrounding town over a five-year period from 1607 to 1611. Matsue continued to be the seat of Matsue Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate until the Meiji restoration . Horio Yoshiharu's son Tadauji died before his father, thus the province was inherited by his grandson Tadaharu. However, Tadaharu died childless so the province was passed on to

144-559: The San'in region. Agriculture, commercial fishing and tourism play major roles in the local economy; however, the city has only a small industrial base. Matsue has 33 public elementary school, 17 public junior high schools and one public high school operated by the city government, and seven public high schools operated by the Shimane Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture operates five special education schools for

160-577: The city. Various traditional festivals are still held, such as Dōgyōretsu, a drum parade held annually on the third Sunday of October, and Hōranenya, one of Japan's top three boat festivals that is held only once every 10 years (most recently in May 2019). Lake Shinji Lake Shinji ( 宍道湖 , Shinji-ko ) is a lake in the northeast area of the Shimane Prefecture in Japan . The lake

176-646: The domain passed to the Matsudaira clan . Naomasa was the third son of Tokugawa Hideyasu . Hideyasu, daimyō of Echizen Province , himself was the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu , making Naomasa the grandson of the first Tokugawa Shōgun. Naomasa made a name for himself fighting in the Battle of Osaka at the age of 14. He was daimyō of Ono in Echizen and later Matsumoto in Shinano Province before becoming

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192-510: The handicapped. There are also four private high schools. [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - San'in Main Line [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Kisuki Line [REDACTED] Ichibata Electric Railway (Bataden) - Kita-Matsue Line Matsue's sister cities are: Although not an official friendship city of Matsue, there has been ongoing exchange with Dublin , Ireland since 1988 when former mayor Nakamura Yoshijirō visited

208-600: The population of Matsue in 2020 is 203,616 people. Matsue has been conducting censuses since 1920. Matsue is located within ancient Izumo Province and there are many archaeological sites from the Yayoi , Kofuns and Nara periods within the city borders. The area was also the stronghold of the Amago clan during the Sengoku period . The present-day castle town of Matsue was originally established by Horio Yoshiharu , lord of

224-461: The ruler of Izumo 1638. Unlike the previous rulers Naomasa had children and his heirs managed to keep Izumo for ten generations until the end of the Edo period . Overall, ten Matsudaira daimyō ruled Matsue. The most famous after the first (Matsudaira Naomasa) is the seventh, Matsudaira Harusato , more commonly referred to as Fumai (不昧公). He revolutionized the administrative system of the Matsue clan which

240-494: The various hot spring resorts built along the lake's coast and sunset cruises offered by local companies. Lake Shinji is connected to the Sea of Japan via Nakaumi Lagoon , and as a result is made up of brackish water of good quality, which adds to the abundance of aquatic life, such as whitebait , eel , sea bass , and the most famous Lake Shinji delicacy , the Shijimi clam ( Corbicula japonica ). The Shijimi shellfish

256-421: Was in financial difficulties and put it back on its feet. He invested in mulberry bushes and promoted special foods like shijimi clams that were a delicacy in Matsue. Harusato was a great enthusiast of Japanese tea ceremony . Because his influence on wagashi , Japanese sweets for the tea ceremony from Matsue are famous, especially one called wakakusa . Matsue has a mayor-council form of government with

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