Refuge of a Maladjusted Moose

Amano Hashidate is essentially a natural land bridge that almost covers a coastal inlet. It's described in Japanese poems and literature as a "Stairway to Heaven". To see it in its full glory we took a chairlift up a hill to the view spot on the south side (it is viewable from the north as well but we felt that was bast left for another day). Looking at Amano Hashidate the right way isn't quite that simple. The correct way to view it is this your head between your legs, looking behind you. It's odd how many people took pleasure in prostrating themselves in this manor to view this famous site in the way it must be viewed.

I'm not sure I'm convinced that it looks like a stairway to heaven. I do think though, that upside down it looks more like one then the right way up. And if you were to have a few beers first, and fall and hit your head while attempting to look through your legs after those few beers. Eventually it could end up looking very like a "Stairway to Heaven" I suppose.

PS - Pictures can be found on the left.