Three Views of Japan
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The Three Views of Japan is the canonical list of Japan's three most celebrated scenic sights, attributed to a 1643 book by the scholar Hayashi Gahō.
Pine-clad islands of Matsushima
Sandbar of Amanohashidate
Torii at Itsukushima Shrine
Ōnuma
Matsushima
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Matsushima is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands covered in pines – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan.
Three Views of Japan
…New Night The views are of the eponymous pine-clad islands of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture; the pine-clad sandbar of Amanohashidate in Kyoto Prefecture; and Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture. All three are…
Kameshima
Kanejima, one of the many famous islands that dot the archipelago
The view from Godaido
Sagakei at Matsushima