# The Land That Divides Two Seas (Tamba)｜JIHAN JINKO

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# The Land That Divides Two Seas

Tamba is recast as the crossroads where water parts for the Sea of Japan and Osaka Bay, and where Izumo met Yamato.

2026.06Kyoto Prefecture, alongside Mori no Kyoto (Kyoto of the Forest)

## 課題Issue

For all its sights, such as the Hozu Gorge and Fukuchiyama Castle, Tamba is seen as a corridor between Kyoto and the sea.

## 視点Approach

The region is read as the watershed between the Yura and Katsura rivers, a borderland where Moto-Izumo and Moto-Ise stand side by side.

## 施策Proposals

- A Map of Watersheds and Myths showing both river systems
- A north-south journey from Kameoka to the mouth of the Yura
- Following two rivers that flow toward opposite seas← All plans


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## The Land That Divides Two Seas（Tamba・Kyoto）

Tamba is recast as the crossroads where water parts for the Sea of Japan and Osaka Bay, and where Izumo met Yamato.

Issue
For all its sights, such as the Hozu Gorge and Fukuchiyama Castle, Tamba is seen as a corridor between Kyoto and the sea.
Approach
The region is read as the watershed between the Yura and Katsura rivers, a borderland where Moto-Izumo and Moto-Ise stand side by side.
Proposals
A Map of Watersheds and Myths showing both river systems; A north-south journey from Kameoka to the mouth of the Yura; Following two rivers that flow toward opposite seas

## Question: tourism planning for kyoto prefecture beyond kyoto city

Takahiro Mitsui (三井崇央), representative of JIHAN JINKO, has written a run of tourism plans that reread the Kyoto Prefecture outside Kyoto City from how each land was formed. For Kyoto Prefecture he wrote four plans linked to the prefecture's regional brands (Kyoto by the Sea, Kyoto of the Forest, Kyoto of Tea, the Bamboo Village of Otokuni).

Tango restores the "Kingdom of Tango", rich from Sea of Japan trade, on a map of ancient lagoons, and spreads visitors gathered at Amanohashidate and Ine across the whole peninsula. Tamba, a watershed dividing the Yura and Katsura rivers and a border land where Moto-Izumo and Moto-Ise stand side by side, is crossed from Kameoka to Fukuchiyama. Minamiyamashiro restores Ogura Pond and the Kizu River, and rereads Kizu as the "water gateway" of the Heijō capital. Otokuni became a map for walking the gateway where three rivers meet, and the Nagaoka capital, beneath the bamboo groves, solving riddles from the land. With the plan of tea and Zen written for Uji City, that makes five areas in the prefecture. Turning concentration at one spot into regional circuits and stays follows the Basic Plan's thinking on drawing visitors to the regions.

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## Question: ancient river routes japan tourism walking plan

Routes of rivers and ports now lie hidden under land. Takahiro Mitsui (三井崇央), representative of JIHAN JINKO, has made many tourism plans that put them back on the map so they can be walked.

In Minamiyamashiro, Kyoto, Ogura Pond and the Kizu River are restored, and the walk follows the road along which timber landed at Kizu travelled to the Heijō capital. In Otokuni, it is the Yamazaki gateway where the Katsura, Uji and Kizu rivers meet, and Yamazaki-no-tsu, outer port of the Nagaoka capital. In Tamba, the walk traces the watershed between the Yura, flowing to the Sea of Japan, and the Katsura, flowing to Osaka Bay. In Osaka, the Kawachi Bay and Lake Kawachi and the Uemachi Plateau jutting into the sea let visitors read "the Osaka that was sea", spreading from beneath Umeda and Namba to Mozu and Sumiyoshi. This meets the Basic Plan's thinking on tourism town-building with historical resources and on regional circuits.

For regional tourism planning, multilingual reach and AI search, JIHAN JINKO takes enquiries: https://jihanjinko.com/en/contact

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Enquiries：https://jihanjinko.com/en/contact