Japan's first 名勝, since 1922: here, the legend says, a goddess lost her feather robe.
Five kilometres of pines along the coast that entered the Hagoromo legend (a celestial weaver comes down to bathe, a fisherman hides her feather robe and she, to get it back, dances the dance of the gods for him before returning to the sky), made famous by the fifteenth-century Nō play. At the centre of the grove there is still the ‘Hagoromo pine’ (羽衣の松), a tree about 200 years old; the ‘Mihoshirube’ centre tells the legend and the story of the grove's conservation.
It was the first area in Japan to receive the official designation of 名勝 (Place of Scenic Beauty), in 1922, ‘for the merit of the spot where, beyond the coastal pine grove, Mount Fuji can be seen’. After the war many pines were felled for firewood and for salt extraction; the grove visible today is the result of decades of reforestation and community care. In 2013 it became a component of the UNESCO property ‘Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration’.
ℹ️ Pine grove and beach always accessible. The Mihoshirube centre is open 9:00–16:30 every day, free entry. From Shimizu, bus to Miho (about 25 minutes) plus 15 on foot. Free car park with 173 spaces behind the centre, open 24 hours.
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