Amanohashidate From Kasamatsu Park
About the Amanohashidate Camera
Amanohashidate is a sandbar some three and a half kilometres long, covered in thousands of pines, that nearly closes off Miyazu Bay on the Sea of Japan coast of Kyoto Prefecture. Along with Matsushima and Miyajima it is one of the Three Scenic Views of Japan, a trio first named in the seventeenth century.
This camera films from Kasamatsu Park on the northern side, reached by cable car or chairlift from Fuchu. The park is the classic vantage point, and it is the home of matanozoki: visitors turn their backs, bend over and look at the sandbar from between their legs, so that the strip of pines appears to hang in the sky as a bridge to heaven, which is what its name means.
The feed carries a playback function, so you can scrub back up to twelve hours to find better light. The operator notes that a restart of the stream can reset it, in which case playback may be unavailable.
Highlights & Nearby
- •Watch for: the pine sandbar across the bay, changing light over the Sea of Japan, the view from the matanozoki terrace
- •Nearby: Kasamatsu Park cable car, Kono Shrine, Chionji, Miyazu Bay
- •Note: one of the Three Scenic Views of Japan; the stream allows playback of up to twelve hours
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Amanohashidate camera live?
Yes, and the stream also allows you to scrub back up to twelve hours.
What is Amanohashidate?
A pine-covered sandbar about three and a half kilometres long across Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture, one of the Three Scenic Views of Japan.
What is matanozoki?
The local custom of viewing the sandbar upside down from between your legs at Kasamatsu Park, so it appears to float in the sky like a bridge to heaven.
How do you reach Kasamatsu Park?
By cable car or chairlift from Fuchu on the northern side of the bay.
