Yuigahama

Although Yuigahama is legally the entire 3.2 km beach that goes from Inamuragasaki, which separates it from Shichirigahama, to Zaimokuza's Iijima cape, which separates it from Kotsubo and the Miura Peninsula, the name is customarily used to indicate the portion west of the Namerigawa river, while the eastern half is called Zaimokuza Beach (材木座海岸).

[2] The name appears repeatedly in the Azuma Kagami to indicate spots going from Hase to Wakamiya Ōji.

[3] It became a battlefield in 1180 at the time of the battle against Hatakeyama Shigetada, and again in 1333 for the fight between Nitta Yoshisada and the defense forces of the Hōjō.

[3] The beach was considered sacred ground to the Minamoto clan and, before visiting shrines in Izu or Hakone, the shōgun would always purify his body here.

[3] During the Kamakura shogunate Sagami Bay was busy with trading ships, but its shallowness made indispensable the use of barges.