Nijinomatsubara
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thumb|Nijinomatsubara thumb|Fisheye view of Nijinomatsubara is a 360-year-old pine forest in Karatsu, Saga. It has a width of 400 - 700 metres, a length of about 4 km, and a total area of 240 hectares. It was also referred as , though this name is uncommon today.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Nijinomatsubara, and connects out to geographic coordinate system, Fukuoka and Saga Prefecture.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Forests of Japan, Geography of Saga Prefecture and Special Places of Scenic Beauty.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- windbreak
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Karatsu
- Founded by
- Terazawa Hirotaka
- Image
- Nijinomatsubara.jpg
- Has parts of class
- Pinus thunbergii
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- Commons category
- Nijinomatsubara
- located in protected area
- Genkai Quasi-National Park
- name in kana
- にじのまつばら
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thumb|Nijinomatsubara thumb|Fisheye view of Nijinomatsubara is a 360-year-old pine forest in Karatsu, Saga. It has a width of 400 - 700 metres, a length of about 4 km, and a total area of 240 hectares. It was also referred as , though this name is uncommon today.
The forest was originally planted by the feudal lord Terazawa Hirotaka as a counter-measure against the strong winds and tides in Karatsu Bay. Today it is a popular tourist spot, and on a list of the 100 most beautiful places in Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nijinomatsubara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations