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Tatara Beach

Kanagawa · Yokosuka · Historic Districts

Japanese name: たたら浜

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WHAT TO DOTatara Beach

A shore in Yokosuka, taken as the landing place in a monster film, with a commemorative footprint monument.

WHEREKanagawa

Yokosuka

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A shore in Yokosuka, taken as the landing place in a monster film, with a commemorative footprint monument.

About this place

One of the few white-sand beaches on the Miura Peninsula, in Kamoi, Yokosuka. It is the place where the first Godzilla appeared on this beach in 1954 (Showa 29), and its footprints remain there today.

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pref.kanagawa.jphttps://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/docs/d2t/kanko/cycling/miurahantocyclingtatarahama.htmlkanagawa-kankou.or.jphttps://www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp/spot/984

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