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Nijinomatsubara
虹の松原

  • Specific Nature

It is a wide road bordered with pines along Karatsu Bay where trees were planted

as a windbreak and a prevention of erosion of sand in the 17th century,

but it is a beautiful tourist spot now. One million black pines last 5 km endlessly.

It is good to walk in pines, Also it is great to look from Karatsu Castle and Kagamiyama observatory.

Access and Getting Around

By train

8 minutes from Karatsu Station to Nijinomatsubara Station by JR train with 1 train per 30 minutes.

By car

5 km from Karatsu Station.

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