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[[File:Yumigahama-beach.jpg|400px|thumb|right|[[Yumigahama Beach]] in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan]] 静岡県南伊豆町[[弓ヶ浜海水浴場]]: 「日本の渚・100選」にも選ばれた美しい弓形の砂浜が1200m続く海水浴場です。浜辺から100ｍくらい先まで歩いて行けるほど遠浅で、波も比較的穏やかですので、小さいお子様がいるファミリーやグループにおすすめです。水の透明度も高く、伊豆の三大美浜のひとつに数えられます。

[[Yumigahama Beach]] is a beach in Izu-machi, Shizuoka, Japan.  The beach faces eastward out to the Pacific Ocean and the Izu Islands in a sweeping arc around a calm bay.  [[Yumigahama Beach]] is in the Izu National Park in Shizuoka, Japan.  

==JIOWSA==

It is also site of the [[Japan International Open Water Swimming Association]]'s Japan International Masters Open Water Swimming Championships held annually in September on the relatively uncrowded 2-kilometer long beach with decent surf and mostly calm conditions about 2 hours south from Tokyo by train where the hustle and bustle of the urban life can be easily forgotten.  It is the site of the [[International Masters Open Water Swim Race]] ([http://minamiizu-sports.com/jiows/ji-ow/ 国際マスターズOWS弓ヶ浜大会開催]) and sponsored by the [[Japan International Open Water Swimming Association]] ([http://www.openwater.gr.jp/ 日本国際オープンウォータースイミング協会]). 

==External links==

* [http://www.at-s.com/facilities/detail/204814.html 弓ヶ浜海水浴場]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Open Water Swimming]
*[http://dailynews.openwaterswimming.com/2013/09/kaoru-yamanaka-wins-japan-masters-open.html Kaoru Yamanaka Wins Japan Masters Open Water]
* [http://www.tsugaruchannelswimming.com/2013/12/free-wi-fi-in-japan-for-foreign.html Free Wi-Fi In Japan For Foreign Swimmers]
* [http://www.tsugaruchannelswimming.com/2013/12/free-wi-fi-in-japan-for-foreign.html Free Wi-Fi In Japan For Foreign Swimmers And Crew]

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