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.

foreign missionaries began building holiday cottages in the town to escape Japan's fierce summer heat. Eventually, wealthy Japanese people began to join them, turning Karuizawa into the place to ...

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 ...