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Flowering Information] Hamayu at Niihonohama (as of July 13)

  • Last updated:

    Jul 13, 2017

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The beautiful Hamayu colony is now at its best!

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(2017.7.13) Flowering status Almost in full bloom.

Hamayu at Nijinohama

Large evergreen perennial grasses called hamaomoto (also known as hamaomoto) grow in clusters on the sandy beach and usually bloom with pretty white flowers during the swimming season in July and August.
Hama-yu" is written "hama-kiwen" because the flowers hang down in white like cotton (yu).
Flowers begin to open in the evening and are in full bloom at midnight.
It produces more than a dozen fragrant white flowers at the end of a thick stem.
This Hamayu is a plant that grows wild along the warm seashore, and since the northern limit of its habitat on the Sea of Japan side is Niinohama in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is not easy to see it further north.
In 1956, this hamayu was designated as a prefectural natural monument.


Niinohama Beach

Ninth Beach

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 about 400 m that is influenced by the warm Tsushima Current.
In July 2012, the Ministry of the Environment announced the results of its "2012 Bathing Beach Water Quality Survey," which showed that Niinohama Beach was "one of the beaches with the highest water quality in Japan.The site was selected as one of eight in Japan as a "good bathing beach in theThe first time the project was completed, the project was completed.
The gradation of the white fine sand 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 the Heike side was defeated in the battle of Dannoura between the Genpei clan and the Taira clan, and that Nijinono-no-Nokochi, holding the young Emperor Antoku in her arms, threw herself into the sea, where her corpse was washed up on this beach by the Kuroshio Current.
From there, it came to be called Niinohama.

Information

  • Place Name:

    Niinohama Hamayu colony [Best time to visit: July-August

  • Location:


    Hioki-Kaminishigayu Valley, Nagato City, Yamaguchi 759-4401 Admission fee: Free
    Parking: About 200 cars (charged only during the swimming season)

  • Access:

    Approximately 13 minutes by cab from Nagato Furuichi Station on the JR Sanin Honsen Line, approximately 60 minutes by car from the Mine IC on the Chugoku Expressway

  • Website:

    http://nanavi.jp/attractions/hamayuugunraku

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