Matsushima
Sign in to savethumb|Kameshima thumb|Kanejima, one of the many famous islands that dot the archipelago thumb|The view from Godaido thumb|Sagakei at Matsushima thumb|One of the islands of Matsushima thumb|One of the islands of Matsushima thumb|Chōmei-ana in Komonejima, about five meters in height, was known in folklore that people who passed through there in a pleasure boat would live three years longer. However it collapsed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Sendai earthquake. thumb|Ojima whose name is Utamakura. The red "Togetsukyō Bridge", about twenty meters in length, was wholly lost in the Sendai
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Views
- Four views of Matsushima
- Cruise
- Transportation
- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake
- Activities
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Kameshima thumb|Kanejima, one of the many famous islands that dot the archipelago thumb|The view from Godaido thumb|Sagakei at Matsushima thumb|One of the islands of Matsushima thumb|One of the islands of Matsushima thumb|Chōmei-ana in Komonejima, about five meters in height, was known in folklore that people who passed through there in a pleasure boat would live three years longer. However it collapsed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Sendai earthquake. thumb|Ojima whose name is Utamakura. The red "Togetsukyō Bridge", about twenty meters in length, was wholly lost in the Sendai earthquake. thumb|Another view thumb|Sea gulls at Matsushima
is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matsushima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations