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Izumo

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Izumo (ēz`mō), city (1990 pop. 82,679), Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Hii River. It is an important railway and road hub and stock-raising center. Its smaller industries include silk manufacture, woodworking, and brewing.

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And the Izumo Taishakyo and Christian & Missionary Alliance emblems were approved in about four months.
This need for a substitute arises from the belief that all the major deities travel to Izumo for a meeting that takes place during the tenth lunar month.
Amaterasu, sister of the god of wind and chaos, Susanowu, enshrined at the edge of the inland seat at Izumo, nestled among the primeval pines and mountains.
 
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