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A mirage seen on the Yatsushiro Sea about the first day of the eighth lunar month; a national scenic site.
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A mirage phenomenon seen over the Shiranui Sea (Yatsushiro Sea) on the first day of the eighth month of the old calendar (Hassaku), designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. According to the Nihon Shoki, Emperor Keiko lost his bearings on the Shiranui Sea and was guided to land by a distant fire, but no one knew whose fire it was (shiranui).
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