Miho Peninsula

What it is

• A complex sand spit extending four kilometers into Suruga Bay in eastern Shizuoka.
• The Miho-no-Matsubara area was registered as a World Cultural Heritage site in 2013.
• A landscape planning priority area consisting entirely of sand and gravel with no soil.
• A region with a warm climate known for greenhouse cultivation of cucumbers and tomatoes.

What to see

• Miho Shrine which enshrines the deities Okuninushi and Mihotsuhime.
• The Hagoromo-no-matsu pine tree which serves as the sacred object of the shrine.
• Extensive coastal views across the four kilometer long and one kilometer wide peninsula.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.