Amanohashidate — Heaven's Bridge Sandbar

Amanohashidate (天橋立, 'Bridge to Heaven') is a 3.6km pine-covered sandbar stretching across Miyazu Bay, ranked as one of Japan's Three Scenic Views (日本三景). The sandbar contains 8,000 pine trees and divides the bay into inner and outer sections. The classic viewing method is matanozoki (股のぞき, 'looking between your legs') — bending over and viewing upside-down makes the sandbar appear to float in the sky.

The sandbar formed naturally over thousands of years from sediment deposits, creating a narrow land bridge walkable or bikeable end-to-end. The pine forest provides shade and scenic coastal walking.