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surfing in Japan
  Imagine : 4 big islands and 3 300 smaller islands just in the Pacific. Yes , Japan is an underrated country for surfing. Typhoons season sends beautiful swells from June until October. The real problem in Japan is that life is very expensive.

World class reef breaks aroun Okinawa.

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1 Okinawa 11 surf spots 0 surf zones
2 Kanagawa & Chiba 24 surf spots 0 surf zones
3 Izu Islands 9 surf spots 0 surf zones
4 Kii Hanto 4 surf spots 0 surf zones
5 Shizuoka 18 surf spots 0 surf zones
6 Shikoku 29 surf spots 0 surf zones
7 Kyushu 9 surf spots 0 surf zones
8 West Coast 13 surf spots 0 surf zones
9 Tohoku 5 surf spots 0 surf zones


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Japan at a glance
 
Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Geographic coordinates: 36° 0' N, 138° 0' E
Coastline: 29,751 km km
Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous
Elevation: lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m
Natural hazards: many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons
Currency: yen (JPY)
Population: 127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Japanese
Capital: Tokyo
Divisions: 47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

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comment by fresh, 2008-01-22 18:29:27

surfing in hokkaido
whats the surf like up there?

comment by muz, 2007-10-24 07:33:17


Surfing in Japan isnt a waste of time.If you are surfing cold shitty waves with 600 people you are in the wrong fuckin place mate. Try doing a little research about which places cop the most swell instead of heading to the place with the best nightlife or most jobs. muz

comment by Daniel W. Jozayt, 2007-09-20 22:41:27

Trying to find some info?
I am in the U.S. Navy. Stationed in California. Finally have the money to fly out to Japan. Just wondering how are the locals about tourists in Japan? California, not soo bad. Even though I originated from Florida. But, another country, where I don't speak the language soo well??? They nice to outsiders, or pricks? I am a pretty good surfer. Been doing it for 15 years. Don't kook out too much.

Also, what is a good place to fly into, and be near decent breaks? Thanks to all who answer!

EOCA Jozayt U.S.N. Seabee.

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Niijima - Habushiura, Japan
By matboj, 2009-07-22 14:33:23


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Ataka, Japan
By yann, 2008-08-23 07:30:00
finish
And th my last session in Japan was not the best. 12 surfers at the peak and the sell was powerful, close outs and mushy... I took several waves but none were good. Nethermind, my trip in japan was good ! there is a guy in the wat
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Ataka, Japan
By yann, 2008-08-22 16:30:00
short and good
Just a look at Ataka and I decided to jump into the water. Waves were smaller than in the morning but the swell was longer and the waves were better. I took a lot of them and it was fun ! a good short session. VIDEO   not
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Ataka, Japan
By yann, 2008-08-22 07:30:00
good waves
Good surprise this morning: there were glassy waves! And they were pretty good. We were 3 to 5 surfers with 2 brasilians. I took a lot of waves. Waves were a bit weak but so;e of them were very good. I took a big hollow left. All the surfers w
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Ataka, Japan
By yann, 2008-08-20 16:30:00
Ouch!
Now the tropical depression was here. And it was big, windy. Nearly it was too much ! I jumped into the water to surf with 2 other surfers: at the peak, I discovered thet the other surfer was brasilian who was working at the local Sony's f
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Trip: West Japan, summer 2008
By yann, From 2008-08-04 to 2008-08-24
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 whic
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Trip: Biscarrosse
By yann, From 2008-04-25 to 2008-05-03
I went to Biscarosse for my Holidays. I didn't expected much surf as the weather forecast seemed bad. But it has been pretty good except 3 days. I get some excellent sessions on excellent sandbanks.
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Trip: Onjuku, Chiba-ken, Japon
By raidako, From 2007-03-12 to 2007-06-15
Viatge a Onjuku, Japon. Per ieu lo primièr surf trip de ma vida. Decidiguèri de me'n anar 3 setmanas per èsser segur d'aprene, de prene ma volada. Voliái escriure lo nom del viatge en japonés aic&ia
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Trip: Japan 2006
By yann, From 2006-07-31 to 2006-08-18
Check my blog to read this trip My Trip in Japan
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