Yunotsu Port

Yunotsu's sheltered cove, around 20 meters deep, made it a natural harbor for maritime trade in medieval Japan. The town reached its peak in the late 1500s when the Mohri clan built harbor fortifications here and used Yunotsu as the main supply port for the Iwami Ginzan silver mine, with trading ties extending to China and Korea. During the Edo period, it became a node on the kitamaebune shipping route connecting Hokkaido with Osaka. After a railway station opened in 1918, the port's commercial importance declined. Today it is a quiet fishing harbor and hot spring town, with the view across the bay largely unchanged from its prosperous centuries.