Matsushima

Kameshima
Kanejima, one of the many famous islands that dot the archipelago
The view from Godaido
Sagakei at Matsushima
One of the islands of Matsushima
One of the islands of Matsushima
Chōmei-ana in Komonejima, about five meters in height, was known in folklore that people who passed through there in a pleasure boat would live three years longer. However it collapsed in the Sendai earthquake.[1]
Ojima whose name is Utamakura. The red "Togetsukyō Bridge", about twenty meters in length, was wholly lost in the Sendai earthquake.[1]
Another view
Sea gulls at Matsushima

Matsushima (松島) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan.

Nearby cultural properties include Zuigan-ji, Entsū-in, Kanrantei, and the Satohama shell mound.

  1. ^ a b 名勝・松島、崩落被害=「長命穴」消え、半壊の島も-国宝「瑞巌寺」は壁にひび (in Japanese). Jiji Press. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.