The view from this point is called Hiryukan (literally, “view of the flying dragon”), because the trees seem to be climbing into the heavens. The Ama no Hashidate view is often called “looking between one's legs”, and when you do peek at it from between your legs, due to the land and sky appear to be reversed, the line of pine trees give create an illusion of floating up into the air, causing it to be called variously, “Fisherman's boat of Heaven” and “Bridge to Heaven”. The scenic view from Kasamatsu Park and Ama no Hashidate View Land's “Hiryukan” evoke the imagination to such an extent that they can be said to be a natural cultural treasure.

Ama no Hashidate is actually a sand bank 3.6km in length, created by the sand washed down from Mt. Oe via the Noda River where the sand is flung back from Lake Yosanoumi.
Just as 18th century Haiku Poet Yosa Buson used to compose of it, “Hashitate! The pines are seeds overflowed from the moon and the sun,” eight thousand of pine tree of many sizes grace its slopes. Also, the area has from long ago been frequented by writers and painters, and is featured in the traditional game of 100 cards as “The road going over Mt. Oe and via Ikuno is so far that I have not set foot on Ama no Hasidate and seen a letter from my mother yet”. This comes from a work of the Heian Era female singer Lady Koshikibu no Naishi, who at that time was left in the capital as her father Fujiwara no Yasumasa was sent to Tango as an ambassador with his wife Lady Izumi Shikibu, herself a poet. Also, Izumi Shikibu wrote, “As if found in the capital, you too, could cup in your hands the fresh water of Iso-Shimizu that tumbles from the Hashidate pines.” This famous well water “Iso-Shimizu” is surrounded by the sea, and strangely enough is fresh, not saltwater, and this constantly outflowing fresh water has been known from long ago as the “Water of Everlasting Life”, and is featured as one of the 100 best waters in Japan.Ama no Hashidate's line of pine trees are a highly recommended sight to see, as they have been featured in the top 100 Japanese Pines, the top 100 Japanese roads, and the top 100 white sand and blue pine ocean scenics. This area was first called one of Japan's famous trio of scenic views about 350 years ago, in the Kan-ei reign during the Edo Period, when it is said that the Edo Period scholar Hayashi Shunsai, in “Concepts concerning sites of Japanese national affairs (Nihon Kokuji Sekiko)”, wrote: “Ama no Hashidate of Tango, Matsushima of Mutsu, and Miyajima of Aki”.