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Ise-Shima NP, Mie
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Zasahama’s quiet pond was once part of the sea. Sand and dunes gradually closed off the old inlet, leaving a coastal lagoon—a little piece of former shoreline tucked behind the beach.
A Kumano Kodo side-route guide records a local belief that Heike (Taira) refugees washed ashore at Zasahama. It is a legend, not a documented landing, linking this secluded cove to the Genpei War’s aftermath.
By Zasa Pond grows hamantsume, a thorny coastal shrub. The Environment Ministry lists its small thicket here as a precious plant population, while Mie Prefecture says the species may reach its northern limit in Mie.
