Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued ... if you go swimming in the sea during your summer vacation.” But several beaches around the country have already been shut ...

"Before, summer leisure meant a trip to the beach ... Paper on Leisure," while about 37.90 million people visited beaches in Japan in 1985, in 2022 the count stood at about 3.6 million.

Once packed with beachgoers in the summer, Miura Beach in Miura ... Miura is one of the growing number of resort beaches in Japan being closed, highlighting challenges such as labor shortages ...

Hit the beach and unwind in hot springs in two of Japan's seaside towns, Shirahama and Kushimoto. The small towns of Shirahama and Kushimoto, 50km apart on the coast of Wakayama Prefecture ...