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Flowering Information] Hamayu at Niihonohama (as of July 15)

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    Jul 16, 2016

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Hamayu at Nijinohama
Large evergreen perennial grasses called hamaomoto (also known as hamaomoto) grow in clusters on the beach, and usually bloom in July and August during the swimming season, when their pretty white flowers are in full bloom. The name "hama-yu" (meaning "white cotton") is derived from the fact that the flowers droop white like cotton (yu). The flowers begin to open in the evening and fully bloom at midnight. It produces more than a dozen fragrant white flowers at the end of a thick stem. The hama-yu is a plant that grows naturally along the coast of warm countries, and the northern limit of its habitat on the Sea of Japan side is Niinohama in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, so it is not easy to see it further north. In 1956, this hamayu was designated as a prefectural natural monument.    Niinohama Beach
? Nijinohama
Niinohama Beach is located in the Kita-Nagato Kaigan National Park in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the San'in region, on the Sea of Japan coast. It is a small sandy beach with a length of approximately 400 m that is influenced by the warm Tsushima Current. Niinohama Beach was rated as a "Beach Water Quality Special Beach" in the "2012 Bathing Beach Water Quality Survey Results" published by the Ministry of the Environment in July 2012.The site was selected as one of eight in Japan as a "good bathing beach in theThe beach is a beautiful white, fine sand beach. The gradation of the white, fine sandy beach and the emerald green to cobalt blue ocean is very beautiful. After the bathing season is over, surfing is popular and marine sports can be enjoyed. 
Legend of Nichino-hama
It is said that Nijino-no-okochi, a member of the Heike clan who was defeated in the battle of Dannoura between the Genji and Heike clans, threw herself into the sea with the young Emperor Antoku in her arms, and her corpse was washed ashore on this beach by the Kuroshio Current. The corpse was carried by the Kuroshio Current and washed up on this beach. 
Niinohama Beach
Location 1026-24 Hiokinaka, Nagato, Yamaguchi 759-4402
TEL. 0837-37-2400 (in season only) 0837-22-8404 (out of season, Nagato City Tourism Convention Association)
Period. Saturday, July 16, 2016 - around the end of August
Parking lot 200 spaces, 700 yen/normal car *Paid from 7/16 to the end of August
Facilities Hot showers 100 yen (3 min.), changing rooms, concession stand * Restrooms available only during season (available year-round)
Access ・About 13 minutes by cab from "Nagato Furuichi Station" of JR Sanin Honsen Line・About 25 minutes by cab from "Nagato City Station" of JR Sanin Honsen Line・About 60 minutes by car from "Mine IC" of Chugoku Expressway

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