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Trip: West Japan, summer 2008

Written by yann

Friday August 15 2008 06:52:04 AM

Date: from Aug 4, 2008 to Aug 24, 2008

Surf trip description:

I went to Japan with all my family to see my wife's family. It was not really a surf trip. But I brought an old surfboard with me (6'2'' rusty) in case of waves. I will let this board in Japan. We are on the west coast of Japan which is not the good one for surfing. But surf's up sometimes with tropical storms in summer or tempests during winter.

2 photos representatives of Japan:

Temple where is born the Soto Zen

suburban landscape

I have to eat: I love japanes food but, below it was a little too much for me :

fish eggs

I went to the Noto Peninsula which is a beautiful coast with carraibbean beaches. all of the 3 photos below are surf spots.

The last one shows the jetties you find everywhere in Japan. You have to urf carefully and it destroys the landscape.

People of Noto Hanto:

I have checked all the maps. No waves. But the 15 august, a small tropical storm came and I get some small waves. The lessons:

Conditions change quickly on the west coast, you have to follom the forecast 2 times a day
The average surf level is no so bad: it means there is surf here which is a surpried for me.

I went near Fukui to explore other spots. I take my surf but I was unlucky:

eating "ramen" and waiting for the big japanese fireworks with 20 000 other people.

a beach break but waves were too small. I didn't surf

Oshima island: a wonderful surf spot. It's a reef, a left, along the cliff on the right of the photo. The wave finishs just at the entry of the temple. This is the type of spot which make you buy an airplane ticket!

And I got the SURF: Check the VIDEO

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	Date	Surf spot	Wind direction	Waves height	Author
Show	23-08-2008	Ataka	Onshore	1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft	yann
Show	22-08-2008	Ataka	No wind	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft	yann
Show	22-08-2008	Ataka	Offshore	1.5m / 5ft	yann
Show	19-08-2008	Ataka	Onshore	1.5m / 5ft	yann
Show	15-08-2008	Ataka	Offshore	Less than 1m / 3ft	yann