Japan's Golden Week surf crowd

[waikikikichan]

Golden Week holidays surf crowd at Kugenuma beach. Photos taken by pro surfer Tadashi Doi.

[dtc]

is that the nearest surfing beach to Tokyo?

I wonder how many injuries there are

[Big H]

Been very crowded here lately.....more than a few collisions.....seems like it only gets more crowded in the lineups anymore.

[malattia]

is that the nearest surfing beach to Tokyo?

It should be, the ride to Chiba is a little longer.

I hope there's not many places like that and also that it's not so crowded so often (I may end up there in a couple of weeks...).

[RinkyDink]

Golden Week holidays surf crowd at Kugenuma beach. Photos taken by pro surfer Tadashi Doi.]

I heard there were tea ceremony, flower arranging, and speed dating groups that meet regularly in the Kugenuma lineup.

[OlegLupusov]

Is it even possible to surf in such conditions? Can't even imagine paddling out without being hurt.

[waikikikichan]

Kugenuma is in Shonan, Kanagawa prefecture which is south of Tokyo. 1 hour drive.

Sometimes surfing there is like trying to run sprints in a baby play pen, you can't really get up to speed to really hurt someone. I got yelled at once for trimming across the face once. The local guy said I prevented 5 people from getting on the wave.

[waikikikichan]

By the way, this is what Tokyo looked like on the same day. Doesn't get any less crowded.

[surf patrol]

I got yelled at once for trimming across the face once. The local guy said I prevented 5 people from getting on the wave.

[dtc]

I don't know, Omotesando is looking a bit less crowded than normal...

Was it a crowd from the Meiji - Jingu spring festival?

[waikikikichan]

Was it a crowd from the Meiji - Jingu spring festival?

Could be that some of them were going there. Was just the last Saturday of Golden Week. They stopped the "pedestrian mall" on Omotesando quite a few years back.

[MartinBlasiusson]

I really wanna travel to Japan, and this photo just made me more eager to go.