Tungkol sa lokasyong ito: Katsurahama Beach
Ang Katsurahama ay isang baybay sa Pasipiko na pinarangalan sa klasikong tula bilang lugar ng pagtanaw sa buwan. Mga five-color na bato, alon ng Kuroshio current, at 5.3-metrong estatwa ni Sakamoto Ryoma (itinayo 1928) ay ginagawa itong ikoniko. Ang lugar ay Katsurahama Park, na may aquarium at Ryoma Museum.
Mga pangunahing tampok
- 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
