Best Ryokans Near Amanohashidate

Amanohashidate — "Bridge in Heaven" — is a 3.6-kilometre sandbar lined with 8,000 pine trees that stretches across Miyazu Bay on the Japan Sea coast of Kyoto Prefecture. It is one of Japan's three officially designated scenic views (Nihon Sankei), and tradition holds that the best view is from the hillside viewpoint above, where visitors bend forward and peer between their legs to see the sandbar appear to float in the sky. The ryokans here combine sea views, pine-forest walks, and the quiet character of the Japan Sea coast — a very different atmosphere from southern Kyoto.