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Bandai Asahi NP, Aomori
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Around Tanesashi, spring brings akahata mochi: a chewy, sliceable specialty made by steaming red seaweed—not rice. Locals enjoy it with ponzu or vinegared miso.
In 1932, bird’s-eye mapmaker Yoshida Hatsusaburo visited Tanesashi and gave its coast that name. He later built a home and studio here and campaigned for scenic-site status, granted in 1937.
During a 2022 spring cleanup, volunteers picking pine needles from the lawn found a horseshoe—a small, rusty reminder of the horses that grazed here until about 1965.
This roughly 7-hectare lawn was once part of Myono牧, a horse-breeding pasture. Grazing kept the grass short; today, local people tend the meadow instead.
The tunnels dug by moles (*Mogera imaizumii*) may look like signs of mischief, but the official Tanesashi guide says they actually help keep this coastal lawn healthy.
Local resident Momo Nakamura helps keep the lawn tidy, picking up litter daily during the visitor season and every 3 days off-season; she also clears clippings after regular mowing.
The lawn is part of a coastline where more than 650 wild plant species grow. Seasonal blooms include lilies, rugosa roses and hamagiku, a chrysanthemum native to Japan’s coasts.
Around the full moon, reflected light can stretch across the sea toward shore in a bright line known as the “moon road”—a shimmering nighttime feature noted in the official lawn guide.
