{"id":145204,"date":"2025-05-30T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/?p=145204"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:05:24","slug":"the-two-cliff-beauties-of-tanohata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/en\/the-two-cliff-beauties-of-tanohata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Cliff Beauties of Tanohata"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”5″ back_color=”color-nhtu” back_image=”145201″ back_image_auto=”yes” back_position=”center bottom” overlay_color=”color-jevc” overlay_alpha=”20″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_bottom_divider=”default” bottom_divider=”gradient” shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=”true” shape_bottom_height_percent=”100″ shape_bottom_color=”color-jevc” shape_bottom_opacity=”30″ shape_bottom_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”187519″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette” overlay_color_type=”uncode-palette” shape_bottom_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ style=”dark” font_family=”font-165032″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ parallax_intensity=”4″ parallax_centered=”yes” width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”718693″][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” heading_semantic=”h1″ text_font=”font-557908″ text_size=”custom” uncode_shortcode_id=”164291″ heading_custom_size=”38″]Automatic Heading Text[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”right” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” font_family=”font-557908″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”119624″][uncode_info_box items=”Categories|do_not_display_prefix,Date” text_size=”h4″ separator=”bullet”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][uncode_block id=”141824″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-lxmt” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”556363″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”145200″ media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”134498″][vc_column_text text_lead=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”165843″]Along the deep azure waters of the Sanriku coast lies a breathtaking panorama.
\nOne is Kitayamazaki, and the other is Unosu Cliff.
\nBoth evoke a profound sense of the earth\u2019s dignity and grandeur. Towering cliffs rising 200 meters (approx. 656 feet)stretch endlessly, overwhelming visitors yet holding within them a mysterious stillness.<\/p>\n

Sharp rock faces pierce the sky, white waves crash relentlessly below, and the green of the pines offers a vivid contrast.
\nSo serene, so majestic, these sights leave people utterly speechless.<\/p>\n

Each cliff is a miraculous natural masterpiece nurtured by the Sanriku region, a\u3000landscape that seeps deeply into the soul.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”701455″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”180614″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”161587″]Getting there: About 25 minutes by car from Tanohata-Kita IC on the Sanriku Coastal Road to Kitayamazaki.<\/p>\n

About 20 minutes by car from Tanohata-Kita IC to Unosu Cliff.<\/p>\n

Photographed: May 1, 2025, 4:00 AM to 11:00 AM<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto\/ Kenji Sakamoto
\nTranslation\/ Yumiko Sushitani[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Along the deep azure waters of the Sanriku coast lies a breathtaking panorama.
\nOne is Kitayamazaki, and the other is Unosu Cliff.
\nBoth evoke a profound sense of the earth\u2019s dignity and grandeur. Towering cliffs rising 200 meters (approx. 656 feet)stretch endlessly, overwhelming visitors yet holding within them a mysterious stillness.<\/p>\n

Sharp rock faces pierce the sky, white waves crash relentlessly below, and the green of the pines offers a vivid contrast.
\nSo serene, so majestic, these sights leave people utterly speechless.<\/p>\n

Each cliff is a miraculous natural masterpiece nurtured by the Sanriku region, a\u3000landscape that seeps deeply into the soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_GB","_original_post":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/?p=145199","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[141],"class_list":["post-145204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-03-en-iwate","en-GB"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145205,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145204\/revisions\/145205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasures-japan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}