Kumihama T,
Amino T,
Tango T,
Ine T,
Iwataki T,
Miyazu C,
Maizuru C |
Seaweed beds |
Marine algae |
Nearshore waters of Tango-hanto and western Wakasa-wan |
While both Wakasa-wan and Toyama-wan are large bays on the Japan Sea side of Honshu, the former is much shallower than the latter, and has vast seaweed beds (2000 ha), and is the northernmost habitat of naturally occurring Eisenia bicyclis. |