Miho no Matsubara

What it is

• A UNESCO World Heritage site and National Place of Scenic Beauty on the Miho Peninsula.
• A coastal pine grove spanning seven kilometers with approximately 30,000 trees.
• The legendary setting for the Hagoromo story about a celestial robe.
• A landscape famously depicted in Utagawa Hiroshige's ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

What to see

• The Hagoromo-no-Matsu pine tree which serves as a sacred object for the local shrine.
• Miho Shrine which preserves a fragment of the legendary celestial robe.
• The Kami-no-Michi boardwalk connecting the shrine to the pine grove.
• The Miho Shirube visitor center which opened in March 2019.
• Views of Mount Fuji from the sandy beach lined with pine trees.

Getting there

• Buses run from JR Shimizu Station directly to the site.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.