Miho no Matsubara is a 7 km long seashore lined with pine trees in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Shizuoka on the island of Honshu in Japan. Miho no Matsubara is the site of the Legend of Hagoromo (The Feathered Robe) which tells of a celestial being who left her feathered robe on a pine tree so she could bathe in the water there. A fisherman named Hakuryo took the feathered robe and refused to return it until she danced for him. A statue of Hakuryo watching the dance is at the entrance to the park.
SOURCE: Legend of the Pine Tree (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Legend of the Pine Tree – Detail (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Hakuryo Holding the Robe (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 1 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 2 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 3 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 4 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
SOURCE: Miho no Matsubara – 4 (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 26 April 2019.
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