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Iwami (???; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the area that is today the western part of Shimane Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Matsue, Shimane. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, next to the Tottori Prefecture that is a neighboring prefecture on the east side....
. Iwami bordered on Aki
Aki Province

or Geishu was a Provinces of Japan in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan....
, Bingo
Bingo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshu, comprising what is today the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. Bingo bordered Bitchu Province, Hoki Province, Izumo Province, Iwami Province, and Aki Provinces....
, Izumo
Izumo Province

Izumo was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region.It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major political powers arose....
, Nagato
Nagato Province

, often called , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshu, in the area that is today Yamaguchi prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Provinces....
, and Suo province
Suo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suo bordered on Aki Province, Iwami Province, and Nagato Provinces....
s.

The ancient provincial capital was at modern Hamada
Hamada, Shimane

is a cities of Japan located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is the third largest city in the prefecture and is located at the south-western end of the prefecture....
. During the Sengoku period it was a fief of the Mori clan
Mori clan

The Mori clan was a Japanese clans of daimyo, descended from Oe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki Province. Their name was derived from a shoen in Mori, Aiko District, Sagami Province....
 of neighboring Aki.








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Iwami (???; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the area that is today the western part of Shimane Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Matsue, Shimane. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, next to the Tottori Prefecture that is a neighboring prefecture on the east side....
. Iwami bordered on Aki
Aki Province

or Geishu was a Provinces of Japan in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan....
, Bingo
Bingo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshu, comprising what is today the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. Bingo bordered Bitchu Province, Hoki Province, Izumo Province, Iwami Province, and Aki Provinces....
, Izumo
Izumo Province

Izumo was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region.It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major political powers arose....
, Nagato
Nagato Province

, often called , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshu, in the area that is today Yamaguchi prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Provinces....
, and Suo province
Suo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suo bordered on Aki Province, Iwami Province, and Nagato Provinces....
s.

The ancient provincial capital was at modern Hamada
Hamada, Shimane

is a cities of Japan located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is the third largest city in the prefecture and is located at the south-western end of the prefecture....
. During the Sengoku period it was a fief of the Mori clan
Mori clan

The Mori clan was a Japanese clans of daimyo, descended from Oe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki Province. Their name was derived from a shoen in Mori, Aiko District, Sagami Province....
 of neighboring Aki.

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    Japanese battleship Iwami

    Japanese battleship Iwami was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905....
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    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

    The was a silver Mining in the city of Oda, Shimane, Shimane Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. It was added to the World Heritage List in 2007....