Shirahama beach
Shirahama Beach is a beautiful beach on the Izu Peninsula. It blends a well-developed infrastructure and impeccable sanitation with breathtaking scenery and delectable cuisine. Nearby are thermal springs, an amusement park, Japanese casinos, and a slew of other attractions.
Shirahama is an 800 m long beach located on the Izu peninsula. It's famous for the following features:
- Soft and white sand;
- Clean transparent water;
- Regular surfs;
- Smooth depth draft;
- Ideal waves for surfing.
A dense forest, rugged mountains, and hills surround the shore. It's ideal for going for a walk, having a picnic, swimming, and sunbathing. Surfers, windsurfers, and divers all frequent this location. The swimming season in this town begins in mid-July. However, the first swimmers can be seen as early as the end of May. You can swim here till the end of September if the weather is nice. The beach is popular among the Japanese because of the following reasons:
- Its safety - a very small amount of crimes is documented here;
- Its cleanliness - the beach is cleaned twice a day, which allows for barefoot walking;
- It's wide shore that can contains numerous of visitors;
- Its fresh air;
- And the people who come here - respectable and calm.
Location: Shimoda, Japan
