Tohoku : Experience a dawn unlike any other at the Kamiwarizaki in Miyagi Prefecture
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Scenic spot “Kamiwarizaki” (cape divided by the gods) in the town of Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, in 2020
15:43 JST, June 2, 2022
A phenomenon that is best observed over a span of one to two weeks in February and October each year, the morning sun peeks through a three-meter-wide space between cliffs separating the town of Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. The scenic spot “Kamiwarizaki” (cape divided by the gods) was said to take its name from a legend.
In the Edo period (1603-1867), two villages fought over ownership of the land. Suddenly, a huge cliff was split in half in a great rumbling of the earth. The villagers believed that the creation of the cliff was the gods’ way of deciding the borders.
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Scenic spot “Kamiwarizaki” (cape divided by the gods) in the town of Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, in 2017
Kamiwarizaki
Location: The town of Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
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