Cartão Postal Amanohashidate Japan

Amanohashidate, translated as the 'bridge in heaven,' is a pine-covered sandbar that spans Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. It is celebrated as one of Japan's three most scenic views, looking like a green ribbon connecting two sides of the land. Tradition holds that visitors should turn their backs to the view, bend over, and look at the sandbar through their legs; from this perspective, the sandbar appears to be a bridge floating in the sky. The area is dotted with shrines and white sand beaches.