Lifestyle and Travel: Japan tourist spots - Shirahama Beach, Heart of Wakayama Tourism

Shirahama means White Beach. A simple name not for the beach that requires a lot of struggle to make it happen? After this white sand beach was created, tourists began arriving. Plus there is a direct train from Osaka, Shirahama is crowded with visitors.

It feels really difficult to find white sand beaches in Japan. The stretch of white sand with clear blue sea will always be a favorite panorama. However, Japanese beaches generally have black sand beaches.

Unfortunately, nothing is impossible for Japan. With extraordinary economic power, Japan also seems to do magic. For more than fifteen years, Japan imported white sand from Australia! This import has been carried out since he knew in 1989 to create a beach called Shirahama Beach on the southern coast of Wakayama Prefecture.

The location is indeed at the southern end and takes 2.5 train ride from Osaka. However, Shirahama Beach is indeed worth it to be a vacation spot. Bring your swimsuit, this beach offers many water play spots. Starting from sunbathing and enjoying the beauty of fresh vegetables to swim on the beach we can do. We can swim on the sun-studded beach.

Finally, this massive import of sand from Australia paid off. Tourists start coming together with family, including foreign tourists. Making Shirahama Beach a Wakayama tourism icon that is closely related to its onsen. Tourists have the opportunity to soak in onsen near the beach.

There are six onsen that we can go to. Two of them are Saki no Yu and Shirasuna, onsen with an open concept and can be accessed by the general public. Minasan can take a dip in an onsen located on the beach facing the ocean. This open onsen also shows a different side from Shirahama. Not only is it a fun place to swim, but also for relaxation and warming up. It is recommended not to soak during the summer.

The peak, every summer, we can see the fireworks festival on this beach. Every night during July to Agutus, a fireworks festival is held. Evenings in Shirahama are studded with thousands of stars and fireworks.