Swimming beach in Yunoko
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- The swimming beach is full of children. Some guardians watch the children playing in the shallow waters. You can find a tidal land of sands and rocks.
- The present swimming beach of Yunoko is a monotonous artificial sand beach. Huge amounts of white sand were brought to make an artificial beach for swimming from 1981 to 1985.
Reference sources
- The Edo Period:
The Picture Map of Ashikita-gun, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, the late Edo Period. - The Meiji Period:
The Japanese National Atlas at the end of Edo Period and in the Meiji Period, Kashiwa Shobo, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, 1983.