Cape Muroto
Cape Muroto
Thất hộ giáp | |
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 View from Kanjōgahama(Quán đỉnh ヶ bang)at the cape | |
  Cape Muroto Location of Cape Muroto onShikoku  Cape Muroto Cape Muroto (Japan) | |
| Coordinates:33°15′12″N134°10′39″E/ 33.253301°N 134.177494°E | |
| Location | Muroto,Kōchi Prefecture,Japan |
Cape Muroto(Thất hộ giáp,Muroto-misaki)is aheadlandat the southeastern tip of the Japanese island ofShikoku,in thecityofMuroto,Kōchi Prefecture.Extending into thePacific Ocean[1]and situated inMuroto UNESCO Global Geopark[2][3]withinMuroto-Anan Kaigan Quasi-National Park,[1]the cape has beendesignatedaPlace of Scenic Beauty[4]and the local vegetation aNatural Monument,[5]while theSound of the Waves at Cape Muroto andMikurodo Caveis among the100 Soundscapes of Japan.[6]
Cultural features[edit]
On the summit overlooking the cape isHotsumisaki-ji,the twenty-fourth temple on theShikoku Pilgrimage,[1]as well asCape Muroto Lighthouse,which started operating in 1899,[7]and a statue ofNakaoka Shintarō.[8]
Geology[edit]
Due to thesubductionof thePhilippine Sea Platebeneath theEurasian Platein theNankai Trough,some 140 kilometres (87 mi) off the cape, the land around the cape is beingupliftedat a rate of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) per millennium, at the top end of the world's uplift rates.[2]
Fauna[edit]
Birds observed in the vicinity of the cape include theospreyandblue rock thrush.[9]Marine life in the waters offshore includes theJapanese amberjack,Japanese anchovy,Japanese barramundi,Japanese jack mackerel,Japanese mackerel,Japanese pilchard,Pacific mackerel,Blackfin seabass,three-line grunt,andspear squid.[9]
Access[edit]
- Kochi Tobu Kotsu
- Tokushima Bus
- Asa Seaside Railway(1 return on only holidays)
- ForAwa-Kainan Station(extends to this station viaAsato Line)
See also[edit]
- List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kōchi)
- List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Kōchi)
- Muroto Typhoon,Second Muroto Typhoon
- Cape Ashizuri
- Kūkai
- TheAsatō Line,which usesdual-mode vehiclesto reach Cape Muroto
- Dual-mode vehicle(theAsatō Lineis said to be the first line in the world to use this technology)
References[edit]
- ^abcThất hộ a nam hải ngạn quốc định công viên の khái yếu と kiến sở[Outline and Highlights of Muroto-Anan Kaigan Quasi-National Park] (in Japanese).Kōchi Prefecture.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^ab"Muroto UNESCO Global Geopark".UNESCO.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^"Geopark Map".Muroto UNESCO Global Geopark.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Thất hộ giáp[Cape Muroto] (in Japanese).Agency for Cultural Affairs.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Thất hộ giáp á nhiệt đái tính thụ lâm cập hải ngạn thực vật quần lạc[Cape Muroto Subtropical Forest and Coastal Plant Communities] (in Japanese).Agency for Cultural Affairs.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Tàn したい "Nhật bổn の âm phong cảnh 100 tuyển" パンフレット[Remaining 100 Soundscape of Japan (Pamphlet)] (in Japanese).Ministry of the Environment.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Thất hộ giáp đăng đài[Cape Muroto Lighthouse] (in Japanese).Muroto City.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^Thất hộ giáp chu biên quan quang マップ[Sightseeing Map Around Cape Muroto] (in Japanese).Muroto City.Retrieved17 April2021.
- ^abDuyên ngạn vực 13804 thất hộ giáp chu biên[Coastal Area 13804 Cape Muroto Environs] (in Japanese).Ministry of the Environment.Retrieved17 April2021.