After lunch, we walked along the sandbar across the bay. There are four ways to get to the opposite shore. You can walk, bicycle and take motorboat and pleasure boat. The sandbar is only about 3.5 kilometers long and it was very fine! In order to enjoy the nature enough, we challenged walking along the sand promenade.
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The starting point The seas spread out to the right and left. |
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| The sand promenade runs the pine forest over sandbar. |
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| The outer side of Miyazu Bay, from the sandbar beach. |
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| The inner side of Miyazu Bay, from the sandbar beach. |
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| There is a gun. |
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NOTE: This gun was gifted by the Japanese Navy on 5th February, 1923. Name: (sorry, I cannot translate it.) Maker: Armstrong, UK 1902 Price: 16,000 yens Weight: 5t Length: 6.40m Weight of cannonball: 45kg Distance: 12,500m Time: 38s Price of gunpowder: 100 yens par 1 shot Former owner: The Battleship Kasuga |
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| We came across small Amanohashidate Jinja Shrine. |
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| Amanohashidate Jinja Shrine(Amanohashidate Dai Myojin) Amanohashidate Jinja Shrine has been sometimes called Isoshimizu Jinja Shrine, because the spring of fresh water named Isoshimizu appeared nearby. One archive says that the main deity is Izanagi and the other says that it is Toyoukebime. Also, it is considerd that this shrine moved from Chionji Temple to here Atsumatsu area according to several old archives and pictures. It is clear that Amanohashidate and this Shinto shrine has belonged to Chionji Buddhist Temple since at least Edo Period (1603-1867). The main hall was built in 1907. (The rest is omitted) Miyazu Municipal Board of Education |
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There is Isoshimizu behind Amanohashidate Jinja Shrine.
Very mysterious or unique water is sometimes deified by the way of Shinto, and that kind of Shinto deities has a relationship to Buddhism. In this case, very pure water Isoshimizu is appreciated and deified, therefore it is guarded by Amanohashidate Jinja Shrine, in addition, this well and its guardian shrine belong Chionin Temple. |
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Isoshimizu This well, Isoshimizu has been regarded as a miraculous spring for a long time. Its water is fresh with no salt at all instead that it is encircled by the sea. Travelers has been valued it very much. A waka poem by Isumishikibu (?-AD.976?) Hashidate no Matsu no shita naru Isoshimizu Miyako nari seba Kimi mo kumamashi (There is Isoshimizu under pine trees in Amanohashidate. If this place were the Capital Kyoto, you would draw its water, too.) A haiku poem by someone Hitokuchi wa Geni senkin no Isoshimizu (A sip of the Isoshimizu water is priceless indeed.) The fresh water has appeared also now, and people appreciate it. In 1985 this well was selected one of the best 100 waters of Japan by the Ministry of the Environment Miyazu Municipal Board of Education |
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A large tree named "Senkan Matsu" "Sen" means thousand and "kan" is an old unit of weight. One kan equals to 3.75kg. |
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Senkan Matsu A pine that people said was equaled to one thousand kans. |
3.5 kilometers might be long, especially when you walk through the same forest. Actually, we nearly got tired of the same scenery.
However, there are a lot of special trees which have unique stories like "Senkan Matsu". Miyazu City sets information poles under each special pines. Or, it sets various information boards of literally and history related to Amanohashidate, too. We could find them here and there, and enjoyed them very much. We appreciated the historical nature here, indeed.
If you can read the Japanese language, try to search one!
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| This is the ending point. |
We reached the opposite after about an hour. Very enjoyable walking!
Fee:
Walking: of course free
Rental bicycle: 400 yen (first 2 hours, and next, 200 yen/1 h)
* You can find rental bicycle shops near parking areas and the mouth of sandbar.
* You do not have to return your bicycle to the same shop. You can return it to the other shop on the opposite shore.
* There are tandem bicycles in some shops, but I am sorry, I did not watch it.
Thank you for reading! Sorry for my poor English. If you have any questions, take it easy to ask me! Also, I would like you to correct my errors, if you could.
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