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The Izumo Dome in Yano-cho, Izumo, was completed in April 1992 and is the largest wooden building in Japan, a 143-metre-diameter, 49-metre-high arena whose PTFE membrane roof admits soft daylight, its form inspired by the Japanese umbrella. Seating 2,500, it hosts basketball and volleyball matches and concerts, and doubles as a civic gathering point on the road to Izumo Taisha.

The Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, next to Izumo Taisha, opened in 2007 and traces the region's story from Jomon and Yayoi to the Kofun era. Its treasures include 358 National Treasure bronze swords, six dotaku bells and 16 bronze halberds excavated at the Arashiyama site, the towering Uzubashira pillar from the shrine precinct, and a 1:10 model of the ancient Izumo Taisha hall said to have stood 48 metres high. After closure for seismic retrofitting from April 2025, it reopened on 1 October 2026 with refreshed Myth Theatre screens.