Kotohikihama Beach — Attraction in Kyotango

Kotobiki Beach : Amino is located in the northern-most part of Kyoto prefecture called Kyo-Tango. The area belongs to Takeno region of Kyo-Tango. Although the area was once an independant town of Amino-cho, as of 2004 it was merged with 5 other neighboring towns to form Kyo-Tango City. The local industry is a type of traditional fabric called Tango Chirimen. The area is blessed with abundance of nature such as waterfalls, hot springs, sand beaches, mountains etc.

**Kotobiki Beach 琴引浜

Kotobikihama Beach is located in Kakezu village in the area of Amino. The sand of this beach is known to make a squaking sound reminds you of a sound of strings of harp being plucked for each step you take on the beach. This beach is a part of National Park around Wakasa Bay. The beach is formed with white sand and designated as one of the selected 100 scenic beaches in Japan. The beach is vigorously enlivened with many visitors for swimming in summer time. ( Trans-word+ TGM...

The much talked about Singing Sand Beach.

Parking here sets you back 1000 yen 💴, so you might want to think about wanting to stop here. The fees go towards beach maintenance.

Sand could probably squeak more under your feet on a drier and sunnier day. But this was good enough. It's a nice place to sit back and watch the waves rolling in.

What's nice too is that much efforts have gone towards conservation of the beach ⛱️ and sand ⌛ quality. A brilliant strip like this in other countries would most likely have been exploited...

Beautiful beach, but is difficult to reach without a car. Lots of walking, and the public transportation in this region is minimal. The distant forests that wrap the beach create a very pretty scene, and the sand is soft and clean (not very rocky and no trash) and there's interesting wildlife. The rocky outcropping protruding from the sea has anemones and coral growing in the shallow pools, and you can find sand crabs all...