Yakumo, Shimane

Yakumo (八雲村, Yakumo-mura) was a village located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,931 and a density of 123.77 persons per km². The total area was 56.00 km².

On March 31, 2005, Yakumo, along with the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka (all from Yatsuka District), was merged into the expanded city of Matsue.

External links

• Village of Yakumo at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
• Saeki, Shizuka (佐伯静香) (June 2002). "Yakumo: A Play in Eight Clouds". Look Japan. Archived from the original on 2002-08-16. - Japanese version: 地方文化シリーズ： 「八雲国際演劇祭」