On July 14, we took went on an impromptu two-hour drive north to a part of Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan. Our destination was Miyazu City, home of Amanohashidate, a scenic sand bar that was once called one of Japan's three most beautiful views by the scholar Hayashi Razan in 1643. It really was a beautiful sight and a fun tourist attraction.
The meaning of Amanohashidate is bridge in heaven derived from the idea that if you look at the sand bar upside down it looks like a bride into the sky. We joined all the Japanese tourists in gazing at the sand bar with our heads through our knees. It was a little hard to imagine it, and we heard many choruses of Japanese tourists saying, “I don't get it!”
For dinner, we visited a restaurant called "Tondaya" that was highly rated on Tabelog. Apparently everyone else decided to end their day trips to Miyazu at Tondaya also, because we had to wait an hour to get a table! Fortunately the he wait was worth it. We ate a yummy beef dish, fresh grilled clams, and squid and eggplant tempura.
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