Amanohashidatte

Amanohashidatte is really beautiful. It's on the official list of the 3 best views in Japan. There's tons of 3 best lists in Japan, but this one people actually know about, even if they haven't seen it. It's a beach filled with pine trees that stretches across a bay on the Sea of Japan. It's about 4 hours from Takefu - and probably only 100 miles, but the roads are always slow here. Mountains, narrow roads, and stop lights don't make for fast going.

The best way to see the view is to climb or take a chair lift to the top of either side. Then look at the view through your legs, bent over. It's kinda crazy and surreal to see everyone doing this. If you look at it this way, it apparently looks like a bridge up to heaven. I didn't come to that conclusion, but maybe I'm not imaginative enough? what can you do?

Near there is a fishing village called Ine. The houses all have garages for their boats on the bay. It was really scenic and nice to drive around such a small community. We also saw wild monkies! and rice paddies flooded with water. Seeing the reflection of the sky in the water is really cool to me. No matter how many times I see it, I'm still impressed.


Created with Paul's flickrSLiDR.