Amanohashidate is one of the 'Three Beautifuls' in Japan, a very select group given the great many beautiful things that they compete with there. The reference though is to the loveliness of the view, its location and doubtless other unquantifiable factors.
We went to Amanohashidate twice during our time in Japan, the second time with the infant Tom. It was a hot day, a very hot day, when the icecream was already melting in the cone as you exchanged yen with the shop assistant.
But what is it? Well, a long, thin sandbar extends from one side of the bay to the other, and the bar is covered with a fairly thick stand of trees. The waters of the bay gently lap at either side, and visitors can walk or ride bicycles from end to end. At some point it is obligatory to ascend to a lookout by a funicular, and even more obligatory to then stand and look backwards through your legs at the great beautiful below. The trees then appear as if to hang from the sky, a pleasant illusion and one not at all compromised by an Asahi or two.
In the second shot, my head is partly obscuring this great beautiful. Gommen nasai. In the top one, Nadia is doing the aforementioned party trick, with the assistance of a camera, of course.
upsidaisy summer skies
amanohashidate
like abe lincoln's beard
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