The Omori Magistrate's Office was located approximately four kilometers north from the mining galleries of Iwami Silver Mine. Omori Historical District is located between the magistrate's office and the mining galleries.

"TAGI" Residence used to be a Japanese style hotel, where government officials and village people stayed for their official purposes.

If you walk further to the south, you will see Kanzeonji Temple on a small hill. There is no record when Kanzeonji Temple was built. It is said the temple was built in the middle age (the fifteenth or sixteenth century). The current temple buildings were rebuilt in 1860, after the fire happened in 1800.

From Kanzeonji Temple, you will see Omori Historical District. Red tile-roofed houses are very impressive.

The successive magistrates prayed for the prosperity of Iwami Silver Mine at Kanzeonji Temple.

The "KAWASHIMA" residence looked a commoner's house compared with "KUMAGAI" Residence, it is a typical "Samurai" residence in the Edo Age.

The historical district continues to the south. The street was almost empty, Few sightseers were walking to Iwami Silver Mine.

Some of these historical buildings used to be houses which were owned by a officer of the Omori Magistrate's Office. Some of them were commoners houses and some were tradespeople houses and their shops.

In other areas especially in a castle town in the Edo Age, the area for "Samurai", tradespeople and commoners were strictly divided, because Japan in the Edo Age was a class society. But in Omori Area, the town was rapidly developed, which resulted in a peculiarly mixed urban structure of these different classes of people.

The historical district further continues along the street more than one kilometer from Omori Magistrate's Office. The below building with white walls used to be a Japanese style hotel.

Omori Area was completely destroyed by fire in 1800, these buildings were rebuilt after the fire. However, the historical district has the atmosphere as it was in the Edo Age and maintains the mixed urban structure of different classes of people. "Omori Historical District" is designated as a conservation district of traditional buildings.

Five hundreds of Rakan Statues are located in stone caves across a small river from the temple.

After long walk in Omori Historical District and visiting Kanzeonji and Rakanji Temples, you will finally arrive at "Ginzan Area" where mining galleries of the silver mine were located.

How to get there
From Matsue, take a Limited Express "Super Marsukaze" or "Super Oki" to Ohdashi. It will take fifty minutes by a Limited Express. Also, raid trans are available. From Ohdashi Station, take a bus to Iwami Silver Mine.

Other Historical Sites near by:
Historical Sites in Iwami Silver Mine
Omori Magistrate's Office
Ginzan Area
Ruins of Shimizudai Smelter
Yunotsu Port Town