Sagami Bay
Sagami Bay (相模湾, also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea) lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the island of Izu Ōshima marks the southern extent of the bay. It lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
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Natural environment
A branch of the warm Kuroshio Current warms the bay, allowing it to host marine organisms typical of more southerly regions and giving a mild climate to the land bordering it. The maximum depth of Sagami Bay is about 1500 meters.
Organisms from sub-arctic regions are advected into the bay by intrusions of the Oyashio Current resulting in very high biodiversity.[3] It is the major study site for research programs at the University of Tokyo (ORI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). In 2004, soil samples from Sagami Bay were found to contain radioactive contamination from the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests that took place from 1946 to 1958.
Open Water Swimming
It is site of the Shonan Open Water Swimming event with 800m, 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km open water swimming races in Zushi and Enoshima.
2014 Shonan Open Water Swimming Video
The 2014 Shonan Open Water Swimming event was held on 31 August 2014 with over 1,400 athletes in attendance.
External links
- Swimming Shonan
- Big Marathon Swim With View Of Mount Fuji
- Strange Sharks Of Sagami
- Lisa Batey, Not Lost In Translation
- 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
- Thoughts About The Great Wave off Kanagawa
