Editing Shimane Prefecture (section)

==Transportation==

===Airports===

Three airports serve Shimane. The Izumo Airport located in [[Izumo, Shimane|Izumo]] is the largest airport in the prefecture in terms of passengers and has regular flights to [[Haneda Airport]], [[Osaka International Airport|Osaka Airport]], [[Fukuoka Airport]], and [[Oki Airport]]. The Iwami Airport has two flights each day to Haneda and Osaka and 2 arrivals. Oki Airport has scheduled flights to Osaka and Izumo Airports.<ref>[http://www.town.okinoshima.shimane.jp/event/schedule.html Flight schedule of Oki Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830091118/http://www.town.okinoshima.shimane.jp/event/schedule.html |date=August 30, 2007 }}</ref>

* [[Izumo Airport]]
* [[Iwami Airport]]
* [[Oki Airport]]

===Rail===
[[JR West]] and [[Ichibata Electric Railway]] serves the prefecture in terms of rail transportation. The [[Sanin Main Line]] goes through the prefecture on the [[Sea of Japan]] side into major cities such as Matsue and Izumo.<ref name="JR map">[http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/pdf/index_all.pdf Route map for JR West]</ref> {{STN|Izumoshi|x}} and {{STN|Matsue|x}} stations are the major stops in the prefecture. The Kisuki line, which forks from [[Shinji Station]] on the Sanin Line, connects with the [[Geibi Line]] in [[Hiroshima Prefecture]], cutting into the [[Chūgoku Mountains]].<ref name="JR map" /> Ichibata Electric Railway serve the Shimane peninsula from [[Dentetsu-Izumoshi Station]] and [[Izumo Taisha-mae Station]] to [[Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station]].<ref>[http://www.ichibata.co.jp/railway/ Route map of Ichibata Electric Railway]</ref>

JR West has three Limited Express trains to Shimane, which are ''[[Super Matsukaze]]'', ''[[Super Oki]]'', and ''[[Yakumo (train)|Yakumo]]''.<ref>[http://www.jr-odekake.net/train/category/ra.html JR West website on limited express trains]</ref> Additionally, the overnight limited express ''[[Sunrise Izumo]]'' operates daily between [[Tokyo Station|Tokyo]] and [[Izumoshi Station|Izumoshi]].

* '''[[West Japan Railway Company]]'''
** [[Kisuki Line]]
** [[Sanin Main Line]]
** [[Sankō Line]]
** [[Yamaguchi Line]]
* '''[[Ichibata Electric Railway]]'''
** [[Kita-Matsue Line]]
** [[Ichibata Electric Railway Taisha Line|Taisha Line]]

===Roads===

====General roads====
*[[Japan National Route 9]]
**[[Izumo Bypass]]
**[[Gōtsu Road]]
*[[Japan National Route 54]]
*[[Japan National Route 180]]
*[[Japan National Route 184]]
*[[Japan National Route 186]]
*[[Japan National Route 187]]
*[[Japan National Route 191]]
*[[Japan National Route 261]]
*[[Japan National Route 314]]
*[[Japan National Route 375]]
*[[Japan National Route 431]]
*[[Japan National Route 432]]
*[[Japan National Route 485]]
*[[Japan National Route 488]]

====Highways====
The four expressways in the prefecture connect major cities with other prefectures. The Matsue expressway connects Matsue with Unnan and Yonago in Tottori prefecture. Hamada Expressway forks from the Chūgoku Expressway at Kita-Hiroshima and stretches to Hamada.<ref name="Junior High Map" />

* [[Sanin Expressway]]
* [[Matsue Expressway]]
* [[Hamada Expressway]]
* [[Chūgoku Expressway]]

===Ferries===
* [[Oki Kisen]]

===Gallery===
<gallery>
File:IzumoStationbuilding 2018-1-5.jpg|[[JR Izumo Station]]
File:Kiha187-Sanin-Line.jpg|[[Super Oki|Super Oki express]] in [[Sanin Line]]
File:Ichibata-Taisya-line Series7000.jpg|[[Ichibata Electric Railway]]
File:Izumoenmusubi.jpg|[[Izumo Airport|Izumo Enmusubi Airport]]
File:Terminal building in port of Saigo (Shimane).JPG|Oki Saigo Port
</gallery>