The literal translation of Amanohashidate leaves one dreaming: the bridge to paradise. It is not usurped at all, if we know that the city is the scene of one of the three most famous views of Japan. It was Hayashi Gahō, a man of letters of the Edo period, who classified these natural views in his work Nihonkoku jiseki kō, "On the heritage of Japan". A true dreamlike picture emerges before the eyes of visitors impressed by this creative nature. A tombolo, a 3.6 km long sandy barrier beach that connects two stretches of land, links the two opposite edges of Miyazu Bay for a natural spectacle of beauty. The tombolo is about 20 to 170 meters wide and is covered with pine trees and sand, so visitors can walk from one end to the other in just one hour. You will see the Nariaiji temple which is part of the Shingon sect, an esoteric Japanese Buddhist school. It is one of the 33 temples that make up the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. The main object of worship at the temple is a carved wooden statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, dating from the Heian period.

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