Miyazu

During our vacation (back in October) we took the chance to visit a place called Amonahashidate (the Bridge to Heaven). It is a land bridge attaching one part of a bay to the other. It is located about 45 minutes away from Maizuru in another town called Miyazu.

Some beautiful scenery viewed from the chairlift

The first thing we did upon our arrival was take a chairlift up to the top of a nearby mountain that is great for viewing the bridge (by leaning over and looking through your legs) and also had a little amusement park. At the top, the view was beautiful, normally and through-the-legs style. The amusement park was not so impressive. There were things like a mini golf course, which was actually just a series of holes dug along a small patch of grass. No obstacles, no greens, no starting markers... just holes in the ground.
We rode on some go-karts, which were a lot of fun. Except that my legs were too long, so every time I turned I would bash my knee in with the second steering wheel (see picture).

After a jaunt on the ferris wheel we went back down the chairlift and wandered around for a little while. We found some interesting souvenirs. Then we made our way to the land bridge. Before we could start walking across we had to wait for a few boats to pass the bridge. It was pretty cool to see the motorized bridge rotate rather than lift in the middle.

The bridge itself was very beautiful, and we were there during the sunset. Meaning it was very beautiful, but also rather cold. So we only made it about 40% across the bridge before turning back and deciding to go find food.

We actually decided to find a Mcdonald's, but on our way to Miyazu we had spotted a crab shack. When we saw it again we realized that we hadn't spent much money on our vacation so we could afford to have a crab dinner. The restaurant was absurd. There was a boat in front of the kitchen. It was full of water and that is where they kept the crabs before killing them. I'd say before boiling them, but when we received our dinner we quickly realized that none of the crab meat had been cooked. There was also no butter to be found. So we were definitely eating crab Japanese style. The dinner was pretty good and the view was excellent.

After that we made our way back home. Thanks for reading!