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The Nakatajima Sand Dunes are a popular spot for locals to view the New Year's first sun rise. From May 3 till May 5, the dunes are the location for the Hamamatsu Festival, which involves flying of traditional Japanese kites. In the summer the loggerhead turtles land onto the beach to lay eggs, which are then collected to a secure area for ...
The year also closed with a deadly plane crash in South Korea and another in Kazakhstan, making 2024 an especially nerve-wracking year for plane travel. 25 places for 2025. An island shaped like a ...
Apart from 1984, 1985, and 1986 (Spain's first three years as a member), 2000 saw the most new sites inscribed, with five that year. As of 2024, Spain has 50 total sites inscribed on the list, which is the fifth largest number of sites per country, only behind Italy (60), China (59), Germany (54), and France (53). [5]
The Shijimizuka ruins (蜆塚遺跡, Shijimizuka iseki) is an archaeological site containing a late to final Jōmon period settlement trace and shell middens, located in what is now Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The settlement was inhabited from approximately 2000 BC to 1000 BC.
Mitake Castle is located at the top of a 400-meter hill northeast of the Iinoya valley in former Tōtōmi Province, overlooking Lake Hamana to the south and the modern city of Hamamatsu in the distance. In Iinoya valley was an important communications route between eastern and western Japan, and was thus involved in many conflicts throughout ...
Motoshirochō Tōshō-gū (元城町東照宮, Motoshirochō Tōshō-gū) is a Shinto shrine in Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1886, and its main festival is held annually on October 10. It is also sometimes known as the Hamamatsu Tōshō-gū (浜松東照宮, Hamamatsu Tōshō-gū)
Ryōtan-ji (龍潭寺) is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Kokūzō Bosatsu.
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