Shonan Open Water Swimming

Shonan Open Water Swimming (湘南オープンウォータースイミング) is a multi-race open water swimming competition on Honshu in Japan that includes a 800m swim, 2.5 km swim, 5 km and 10 km marathon swim from Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture on the main island of Honshu to Enoshima (江の島), a small offshore island in Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture. These include some of the closest sandy beaches to Tokyo and Yokohama, Enoshima, Zushi and the adjacent coastline are the hub of a local resort area.

Events

• 10 km interisland marathon swim from Zushi to Enoshima, オープンウォータースイミング１０ｋｍ　（逗子海岸⇒片瀬東浜）
• 2.5 km open water swim in Zushi Bay, オープンウォータースイミング２．５ｋｍ　（逗子湾）
• 2.5 km fin swimming in Zushi Bay, フィンスイミング２．５ｋｍ（逗子湾）　★モノフィンの部（足ひれ１枚）　★ビーフィンの部（足ひれ２枚）
• 800m swim tour in Enoshima, 江の島スイムツアー800ｍ　集団泳（江の島⇒片瀬東浜）
• 800m swim tour in Zushi Bay, 逗子海岸スイムツアー800ｍ　集団泳（逗子海岸内）

2014 Shonan Open Water Swimming Video

Video by Yuhki Endoh shows the 2014 Shonan Open Water Swimming event was held on 31 August 2014 with over 1,400 athletes in attendance.

2018 Japan Open Water Swimming Circuit Series

It is part of the 2018 Japan Open Water Swimming Circuit Series, a 14-race series of races held throughout Japan:

Race 1: 5 km Shizuoka Ocha Open Water Swimming Race on 3 June at Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Race 2: 5 km Nakaumi Open Water Swimming on 24 June at Yonago City, Tottori Prefecture
Race 3: 5 km 5th Annual Nanki Tanabe・Ogigahama Open Water Swimming on 24 June at Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture
Race 4: 5 km Akune Open Water Swimming on 1 July at Akune City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Race 5: 5 km 6th Annual World Heritage Yakushima Open Water Swimming on 7 July at Yakushima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture
Race 6: 5 km 22nd Annual Tateyama Open Water Swimming Festival on 15-16 July at Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture
Race 7: 5 km Open Water Swimming Mie Open Owase on 29 July at Owase City, Mie Prefecture
Race 8: 5 km Sado Open Water Swimming on 5 August at Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
Race 9: 5 km Kamaishi Open Water Swimming Nebama on 5 August at Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture
Race 10: 5 km 5th Annual Biwako・Nagahama Open Water Swimming on 19 August at Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture
Race 11: 3.2 km 12th Annual Himeji Ieshima Open Water Swimming on 25-26 August in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Race 12: 10 km 15th Annual Shonan Open Water Swimming on 1-2 September at Zushi City ・Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Race 13: 5 km Setouchi Open Water Swimming in Shibukawa on 30 September at Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture
Race 14: 5 km Susaki Open Water Swimming on 1 October in Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture

2018 OWS大会一覧

• 第1戦：静岡お茶OWS大会 2018、6月3日、静岡県沼津市、5km他
  
• 第2戦：中海OWS 2018、6月24日、鳥取県米子市、5km他
  
• 第3戦：第5回南紀田辺・扇ヶ浜OWS、6月24日、和歌山県田辺市、5km他
  
• 第4戦：阿久根OWS 2018、7月1日、鹿児島県阿久根市、5km他
  
• 第5戦：第6回世界遺産「屋久島」OWS2018、7月7日、鹿児島県屋久島町、5km他
  
• 第6戦：第22回館山OWSフェスティバル、7月15日/16日、千葉県館山市、5km他
  
• 第7戦：OWS三重オープン2018尾鷲、7月29日、三重県尾鷲市、5km他
  
• 第8戦：2018佐渡OWS、8月5日、新潟県佐渡市、5km他
  
• 第9戦：釜石OWS2018根浜、8月5日、岩手県釜石市、5km他
  
• 第10戦：第5回琵琶湖・長浜OWS、8月19日、滋賀県長浜市、5km他
  
• 第11戦：第12回ひめじ家島OWS 2018、8月25日/26日、兵庫県姫路市、3.2km他
  
• 第12戦：第15回湘南OWS 2018、9月1日/2日、神奈川県逗子市・藤沢市、10km他
  
• 第13戦：せとうちOWS 2018 in 渋川、9月30日、岡山県玉野市、5km他
  
• 第14戦：すさきOWS 2018、10月21日、高知県須崎市、5km他
  
• ＯＷＳオーシャンズカップ 2018、6月2日、千葉県館山市館山市北条海岸、5 km・7.5 km ・10 km
  
• 第73回国民体育大会水泳競技大会、9月12日、福井県若狭町若狭町食味海岸特設会場、5 km
  
• 第94回日本選手権水泳競技大会、9月23日、千葉県館山市北条海岸、10 km
  

External links

• Swimming Along Shonan, Jamming In Japan
• Shonan Offers The Largest Marathon Swim In Asia
• Swimming Shonan
• Big Marathon Swim With View Of Mount Fuji
• Japanese Open Water Swimming
• Japan OWS Circuit
• Japanese Open Water Swimming Facebook page
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Shonan Open Water Swimming
• Shonan Open Water Swimming Facebook page
• Scott Imaye Getting Addicted Even With Open Water Swimming
• Interisland Swimming In Shonan, Japan
• World Open Water Swimming Association