"Iwa" coast

One sunday in May, I visited the "Iwa" coast in Manazuru, which is a neighboring town of Yugawara. Although "Iwa" means rocks, there is a beautiful sandy beach too. More than 800 years ago, a famous samurai, Minamoto-no Yoritomo, had lost a battle and ran away by ship from this coast.

 

 

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