Hashiguiiwa Rocks

A rock formation in Kushimoto Town, Higashimuro County, southern Wakayama Prefecture. It is also called Tateiwa. Stretching about 700 meters south from the coast toward Oshima Island, more than 30 large and small giant rocks line up in a row on the sea. They were formed by marine erosion of a vein of quartz trachyte that erupted into a crack in a Tertiary shale layer. There is a legend that Kukai (Kobo Daishi) abandoned construction of a bridge here. It is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument. It is part of Yoshino-Kumano National Park. There is a swimming beach adjacent to it.

[Yoichi Koike]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

和歌山県南部、東牟婁(ひがしむろ)郡串本(くしもと)町にある岩石列。立岩(たていわ)ともいう。海岸から南の大島に向かい延長約700メートル、大小30余の巨岩が海上一列に並ぶ。第三紀頁岩(けつがん)層の亀裂(きれつ)に噴出した石英粗面岩の岩脈が海食を受けたもの。空海（弘法大師(こうぼうだいし)）が架橋を中断したという伝説がある。国指定名勝・天然記念物。吉野熊野国立公園に含まれる。隣接して海水浴場がある。

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