Meoto Iwa (Husband and Wife Rocks)

Rock
The Husband and Wife Rocks is a fantastic sightseeing spot on Futamigaura Beach and this unique geographic feature has long been seen as a place to worship the sunrise. The rocks are seen as torii gates for the rising sun and are located on the sacred Okitama jinseki group of holy stones 700 meters away from the coast connected to the god Sarutahiko. The male stone is nine meters high; the female four meters. The sun can be seen rising between the rocks from May through July, while in autumn and winter, full moon appears between them.

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Address
Mie Pref. Iseshi Futamichoue 575 Meoto Iwa in map map Map
Area
Ise Area
Phone
0596432020

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  • Worth a Quick Stop
    4.0 Reviewed : 2023.02.04
    If visiting Ise, you have to visit Meotoiwa Rocks. Its a few minutes drive from town along the coast. There is parking here, but it can be limited. There is a nice paved trail hugging the coast that...
  • small but nice
    4.0 Reviewed : 2020.01.27
    The rocks is smaller than I expected. But I think its nice to have a visit. After I have lunch near Toba station, I took a bus to the rocks, get down the bus near the shopping mall, the bus took...
  • A spiritual walk...
    4.0 Reviewed : 2019.12.29
    It’s a nice shoreline walk on a sunny day. The rocks that are tied together is a symbolism of being together, ie man and wife or ball and chain (wink wink). There’s a statute of “Father of Japan...

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