Futami-ga-ura is a sub-bay or inlet of Ise Bay in Japan, where the Isuzu River enters the bay. It is located in Mie prefecture, in the southern part of the country, 300 km southwest of Tokyo.
It is where the famous Meoto Iwa rocks are found.
Futami-ga-ura is a delta formed at the mouth of the Isuzu River that flows into Ise Bay. It is part of Ise-Shima National Park that has been designated a , and has been selected as one of . It has sometimes served as a site for ritual purification (misogi) prior to worshiping at Ise Jingu.
A rock formation called Meoto Iwa, which is within the precincts of Futami Okitama Shrine in Tateishizaki, is a well-known geological feature with significance to Shinto devotees.
The climate is temperate. The average temperature is 14 ðC. The warmest month is July, at 23 ðC, and the coldest January, at 5 ðC. The average rainfall is 2,387 millimeters per year. The wettest month is June, with 316 millimeters of rain, and the wettest January, with 60 millimeters.
Futami beach was opened in 1881 ( Meiji 15) by the first Surgeon general, Matsumoto Ryà Âjun, and was designated by the Director of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sanitation Bureau, Nagayo in 1882 (Meiji 16), the first officially recognized beach in Japan. It is said that Emperor Taisho also trained in swimming when he was a child. At that time, the sea bathing was for medical purposes (bath digging), and there were cold baths that went into the sea and hot baths that were soaked in seawater warmed by a bathtub on the beach. Including, the inn town that sings Shioyuji was formed
There is a guest house located in the area. It was designated a tangible cultural property designated by Mie Prefecture on March 17, 2004. It was designated a national important cultural property on June 29, 2010 .