Nijinomatsubara
Nijinomatsubara is a 360-year-old pine forest in Karatsu, Saga. It has a width of 400 - 700 metres, a length of about 4 km, and a total area of 240 hectares.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Forest reserve
- Description: pine forest in Karatsu, Japan
- Also known as: “Niji no Matsubara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nijinomatsubara Station and Higashi-Karatsu Station.
Nijinomatsubara Station
Railway station
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Nijinomatsubara Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line. The station is set within the Nijinomatsubara pine forest, which gives it its name.
Higashi-Karatsu Station
Railway station
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Higashi-Karatsu Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi Line.
Kagami Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Kagami-jinja is a Shinto shrine located in Karatsu, Saga prefecture, Japan. The shrine is at the base of Mount Kagami in Genkai Quasi-National Park. It is now called Matsura Sōchinshu Kagami-jinja, and formerly known as the name of Kagami no mikoto Byōgū, Kagami-gū, Matsuura-gū, Itabitsu-sha and Kuri Daimyōjin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karatsu.
Karatsu
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Karatsu is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 kara, and 津 tsu, signifies its historical importance as an ancient trading port between Japan with China and Korea.
Nijinomatsubara
- Categories: pine forest and windbreak
- Location: Saga, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Marathi—“Nijinomatsubara” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “虹之松原”
- French: “Nijinomatsubara”
- Japanese: “虹の松原”
- Japanese: “虹ノ松原”
- Korean: “니지노마쓰바라”
- Marathi: “निजिनो मत्सुबारा”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nijinomatsubara”. Photo: Hamasaki gion higashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.