Yabase Coast
The white sandy beach and emerald green sea, which even Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) admired, offer a breathtaking view. In the past, during the swimming season, it was bustling with families and young people, but currently, the beach is no longer open for swimming. In winter, you can see hundreds of black-tailed gulls gracefully flying overhead. It is well known that Lafcadio Hearn swam here, but at that time (1891, the 24th year of the Meiji era), Japanese people did not have the custom of sea bathing, so it is said that many people came to watch him swimming.