Miyazu Bay

Japanese: 宮津湾 - みやづわん

Miyazu Bay is a branch bay in the northwest of Kyoto Prefecture, occupying the westernmost tip of Wakasa Bay in the Sea of Japan. It is about 9 kilometers north to south and 1.5 to 2.5 kilometers east to west. The coast is a submerged coastline, and on the west side in particular, a fault cliff runs steeply from the northeast to the southwest of the Tango (Okutango) Peninsula. Amanohashidate, a sandbar formed by coastal currents flowing through the bay, stretches from the west coast, separating Miyazu Bay from the inland sea of Asokai. At the inner part of the bay is Miyazu Port, which flourished as a port of call on the Nishimawari shipping route during the Edo period.

[Takeo Oda]

[References] | Asokai | Amanohashidate | Wakasa Bay

Amanohashidate
The sandbar was created over many years by sand carried by the wind and tides in Miyazu Bay. The photo shows the view from the Ejiri side, with Asoumi Sea on the right. A forest of over 7,000 black pine trees stretches out to the opposite shore in a beautiful green belt. It is part of the Tango-Amanohashidate-Oeyama Quasi-National Park and is one of the "Three Views of Japan." Nationally designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture ©Masashi Tanaka ">

Amanohashidate

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Japanese:

京都府北西部、日本海若狭(わかさ)湾の最西端を占める支湾。南北約9キロメートル、東西1.5～2.5キロメートル。沿岸は沈降海岸で、とくに西側は丹後(たんご)（奥丹後）半島の北東から南西に延びる断層崖(がい)が急崖をなして走る。西岸からは湾内を流れる沿岸流によって形成された砂州(さす)の天橋立(あまのはしだて)が延び、宮津湾と内海の阿蘇海(あそかい)を分けている。湾奥には江戸時代、西廻(まわり)航路の寄港地として栄えた宮津港がある。

［織田武雄］

[参照項目] | 阿蘇海 | 天橋立 | 若狭湾

天橋立
宮津湾内の潮流と風に運搬された砂により、長い年月をかけてつくりだされた砂州。写真は江尻側からの眺望で、右側が阿蘇海。7000本余のクロマツ林が、美しい緑色の帯となって対岸まで延びる。丹後天橋立大江山国定公園の一部で、「日本三景」の一つ。国指定特別名勝　京都府宮津市©Masashi Tanaka">

天橋立

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