Not holy, as in the religious kind, but holey, as in it has holes. Islands like these had protected the Matsushima bay from the 2011 Great Tōhoku Earthquake and following tsunami. The damage here was minimal and most settlements could reopen within a matter of weeks.
taken on 5 August 2014, 15:25
location: Basho sightseeing course in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan