is a bay located at the western end of

Wakasa Bay is a bay located in the Chūbu region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Kyoto Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture. Geography Wakasa Bay is the area south of the straight line from Cape Kyoga on the west of Tango Peninsula to Cape Echizen on the e ...

in the

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it ...

. It is located in the north of the city of Miyazu,

Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

, and is poured by Otegawa. It is north-south, east-west and its water depth is 10-20 meters.

Geography

Miyazu Bay is an inner bay between the Tango Peninsula and the Kurita Peninsula.『京都大事典府域編』淡交社、1994年、p. 513 It is separated from the Aso Bay in the inland sea by

Amanohashidate is one of Japan's three scenic views. The sandbar is located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. It forms part of the Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama Quasi-National Park. Location A thin strip of land connects two opposing sides of Mi ...

, one of the three most scenic spots in Japan. It was created by the Sea of Japan. Miyazu Bay and the Aso Bay are connected only by a narrow waterway. The eastern shore of Miyazu Bay is a rocky coast, but the west coast has a well-developed sandy beach.

References

{{reflist Bays of Japan Landforms of Kyoto Prefecture