"Shimane"@en . . "6.70795e+09"^^ . "712336"^^ . "106.0"^^ . . . . . "Shimane Prefecture (\u5CF6\u6839\u770C, Shimane-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Ch\u016Bgoku region on the main Honshu island. The capital is Matsue. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, after its eastern neighbor Tottori. The prefecture has an area elongated from east to west facing the Ch\u016Bgoku Mountain Range on the south side and to the Sea of Japan on the north side."@en . .