Sobre este lugar: Playa Katsurahama
Katsurahama es una playa del Pacífico celebrada en la poesía clásica como lugar para observar la luna. Guijarros de cinco colores, olas de la corriente Kuroshio y la estatua de 5,3 m de Sakamoto Ryoma (erigida en 1928) la hacen icónica. La zona es el Parque Katsurahama, con acuario y museo de Ryoma.
Aspectos destacados
- Sakamoto Ryoma Statue — erected 1928, 5.3 m tall; the Bakumatsu reformist gazing across the Pacific. Climb stairs behind the pedestal for the seaside low-angle composition
- Bow-shaped Beach — about 400 m of white sand strewn with multicolored stones (chert, agate, amethyst, and more)
- Cape Ryuo and Ryugu Shrine — a vermilion shrine on the headland, contrasting the surf with the cape itself
- Mid-Autumn Moon — the «moon over Katsurahama,» celebrated for centuries; the «Meigetsu Ekin Festival» is held in mid-autumn
- Katsurahama Aquarium — opened in 1931; with a Pacific Ocean backdrop, the show stadium photographs spectacularly
