Cape Futtsu
{{Short description|Cape in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}}
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| name = Cape Futtsu
| other_name = 富津岬 (Futtsu misaki)
| type = Cape
| image = Futsu_misaki.JPG
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| caption = View of Cape Futtsu from the Meiji Centennial Observation Tower
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| location = Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
| water_bodies = Pacific Ocean
| coordinates = {{coord|35|18|46|N|139|47|12|E|type:landmark_region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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{{nihongo|Cape Futtsu|富津岬|Futtsu-misaki?}} is a cape located east of Tokyo Bay in Futtsu, Chiba, Japan. The entire area in the cape has been developed as Chiba Prefectural Futtsu Park, and has been selected as one of Japan's Top 100 White Sand and Green Pines and one of Kanto's Top 100 Views of Fuji.{{Cite web|title=千葉県 関東の富士見百景|url=http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/honkyoku/kikaku/fuji100/map/chiba.htm|website=www.ktr.mlit.go.jp|accessdate=2019-10-17}} Futtsu Tidal Flat on the north side of Cape Futtsu is included in Japan's 500 important wetlands.{{Cite web|title=環境省_生物多様性保全上重要な湿地（略称「重要湿地」）|url=https://www.env.go.jp/nature/important_wetland/index.html|website=www.env.go.jp|accessdate=2019-10-17}}
Geography
Cape Fuutsu is a cape that juts out from near the mouth of the Koito River toward Tokyo Bay for approximately {{cvt|5|km|abbr=on}} in the southwest direction.{{Cite web|title=富津岬|url=http://maruchiba.jp/sys/data/index/page/id/6473|website=まるごとe! ちば －千葉県公式観光物産サイト－|accessdate=2019-10-17|language=ja|last=千葉県観光物産協会}} It consists of a long, narrow sandbar called Futtsusu that stretches from the mouth of the Koito River to the tip of the cape, and a triangular alluvial plain called Futtsuheiya that stretches from there to Isonezaki. Off the tip of the sandbar are the First Sea Fort and the Second Sea Fort (artificial islands), which were used as forts.
Along with Cape Kannon on the Miura Peninsula on the opposite shore, which is about {{cvt|6|km|abbr=on}} away, Cape Futtsu forms the boundary between Tokyo Bay and the Uraga Channel. On the north side of the cape, a 174-hectare (ha) tidal flat called Futtsu Higata is formed on the calm shore of the inner bay, and on the south side, it serves as a breakwater against the rough waves of the open ocean.
The wetland also has a community of seaside plants that attract mallards and spot-billed ducks, and is designated as a natural monument of Chiba Prefecture as the Futtsu Seaside Plant Community.{{Cite web|title=富津州海浜植物群落地|url=http://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/kyouiku/bunkazai/bunkazai/p431-037.html|website=千葉県|accessdate=2019-10-17|language=ja|last=千葉県}} On the south side, there are many communities of halophytic plants such as Kouboumugi and Kikamonohashi, which grow on Kujukuri Beach, and on the north shore of the beach, inner bay wild plants such as Psyllium japonica and Okahijiki grow thickly.{{Cite web|title=千葉県立富津公園|url=https://tokyo-bay.biz/pref-chiba/city-futtsu/ch0044/|website=東京湾観光情報局|date=2017-03-01|accessdate=2019-10-17|language=ja}}
References
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External links
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- [https://maruchiba.jp/sys/data/index/page/id/6473 Cape Futtsu] - Chiba Prefecture