10 Activities Long sandy beach at Naruto Cathy Cawood Long, sandy and deserted beach on Oge Island in Naruto.
9 Activities Nafune Coast and Sosogi Beach Alena Eckelmann Nafune Coast offers a scenic ocean landscape with rocky stretches and small sandy beaches.
Shirahama Beach Sand Art Contest Tomoko Kamishima Shirahama Kaigan Park: This Sand-Art Contest started 47 years ago and has taken place every year, much like the famous snow f...
8 View from Okinawa's Emerald Beach Victoria Vlisides View from Emerald Beach's startling white-coral beaches on the coast of Okinawa
Activities A Frozen Beer on Kugenuma Beach Reynald Ventura Last summer, I boarded the Kamakura-bound Enoden Line at Fujisawa Station. After about seven minutes, I got off at Kugenuma. ...
7 Activities Kemmin Sun Beach on Awaji Island Cathy Cawood Yellow sand and blue sea makes Kemmin Sun Beach in Ura an inviting summer resort.
8 Activities Two Hours from Tokyo: Onjuku Beach Victoria Vlisides Splash not summer at the famous Onjuku Beach in Chiba.
Blue Water of Suisho-hama Beach Hiroshi Ohnuki The aerial video of crystal clear, blue water of Suisho-hama Beach in Fukui Prefecture, a popular summer destination for summ...
Culture Sand Craft in Mitane 2026 Kim Bergström When people think of artistic mediums, they might picture paint, canvas, or clay, and sand is not usually the first thing tha...
8 Oirase Stream in Summer Mandy Bartok Enjoy the emerald colors of summer in Tohoku on a walk along the Oirase Stream in Aomori.