Oura Beach on Hakatajima Island

Oura Beach on Hakatajima Island (Photo: Rod Walters)

Oura Beach on Hakatajima Island

A picture-perfect sandy beach with an island atmosphere

Anonymous Apr 28, 2013 - 1 min read

Oura Beach on Hakatajima Island

Oura Beach is more than a kilometer of sandy beach

All sorts of boats large and small sail past the beach

In spring, cherry trees blossom along the sea front

There's no shade on the beach, but there is a little beach house next to the car park

The view from the beach house is idyllic if next to nothingness is your thing. On clear days, you can see all the way to Mt. Ishizuchi

The water of the Seto Inland Sea is clean and blue

Oura Beach is home to some hardy little flowers

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I was born in Bristol, England, and I came to Japan in 1991 … which means I’ve lived half my life in this island nation on the other side of the world. The theme of my career in Japan has been communication. I started as an English teacher, and moved into translation as I learned Japanese....