Sayohime-iwa

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Sayohime-iwa is an extremely emotional, historic superb view spot where an old, painful Japanese legend sleeps, quietly standing within the beautiful nature of Karatsu City. It serves as the stage for the "Japan's Top Three Tragic Love Legends," a romance-filled story where Princess Sayohime grieved her separation from her beloved warrior general departing for the Korean Peninsula so intensely that she hand-waved from the cape until she turned into a single sturdy stone, and its historical story deeply shakes the visiting traveler's heart. The rich nature and silence surrounding it make you completely forget urban hustle, offering the best place for a heart-enriching, intellectual adult travel experience to quietly face your own inner mind while thinking back to the deep footprints of history.

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Karatsu City

Sayohime-iwa

Address: 11-78 Watada Sakishi, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture
Website: https://www.karatsu-kankou.jp/
Operator: Karatsu Tourist Association

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