I have a mental list of beaches around here that you need to pay to park at. Not that many TBF but annoying when you find a new one.
I too like both sea and mountain. It limits where I could consider living. One of the things I love about Japan is how the sea and the mountains are so close to each other. You can (for example) walk from Inasahama beach where the Kami hang out in November here in Izumo to the top of Misen, a 500m high mountain, in 4 or 5 km. It's less than 3 as the crow flies
Oh now that sounds like my kind of ocean / beach combination! And it’s actually walkable! Here you can ski on Gassan and go surfing on the same day, simply because there’s that much snow on Gassan. But apparently it’s all ice….
The rules for when swimming is allowed are very frustrating , especially when staying at an ocean resort which features lots of photos of crowded pools on its website, and has a resort fee, but you find out when staying in early July or late August that the pools are off limits, except for precisely 4 weeks. And when they are open, you have to wear a swim cap even if you don’t have significant hair. You could try doing laps in the large 露天風呂, where no swim cap (or any other garments) are required or allowed, but that is also frowned upon.
Ugh, that just sounds horrible. The first time I swam here in Japan I didn’t know you needed a cap. I swam one length and got told off 😆 (although there is one pool in the region that doesn’t require a cap)
The outdoor pool season is so strange. As I mentioned in the article I worked at outdoor pools and they were open for pretty much 4 months (November to March), I don’t get why they have to limit it to only the hottest part of the year. Cold pools are very nice to swim in. But the resorts just sound like the worst!
I have a friend who does Nihon Eiho! He’s also a yamabushi and a top swimmer in Japan for his age group (like 70+}. He says that test was so hard he failed right at the start :) I didn’t know that they were called Natori! Thanks for sharing. That’s another interesting avenue to go down.
I have a mental list of beaches around here that you need to pay to park at. Not that many TBF but annoying when you find a new one.
I too like both sea and mountain. It limits where I could consider living. One of the things I love about Japan is how the sea and the mountains are so close to each other. You can (for example) walk from Inasahama beach where the Kami hang out in November here in Izumo to the top of Misen, a 500m high mountain, in 4 or 5 km. It's less than 3 as the crow flies
Oh now that sounds like my kind of ocean / beach combination! And it’s actually walkable! Here you can ski on Gassan and go surfing on the same day, simply because there’s that much snow on Gassan. But apparently it’s all ice….
And I forgot to mention you get Izumo Taisha for your emmusubi needs about midway between the two.
We can, in theory, do the same day ski and surf thing. Kotobiki ski area is ~40km from places where people surf.
Hehe great, what better excuse to visit Izumo Taisha!
The rules for when swimming is allowed are very frustrating , especially when staying at an ocean resort which features lots of photos of crowded pools on its website, and has a resort fee, but you find out when staying in early July or late August that the pools are off limits, except for precisely 4 weeks. And when they are open, you have to wear a swim cap even if you don’t have significant hair. You could try doing laps in the large 露天風呂, where no swim cap (or any other garments) are required or allowed, but that is also frowned upon.
Ugh, that just sounds horrible. The first time I swam here in Japan I didn’t know you needed a cap. I swam one length and got told off 😆 (although there is one pool in the region that doesn’t require a cap)
The outdoor pool season is so strange. As I mentioned in the article I worked at outdoor pools and they were open for pretty much 4 months (November to March), I don’t get why they have to limit it to only the hottest part of the year. Cold pools are very nice to swim in. But the resorts just sound like the worst!
Whow I didn’t know. A piece of knowledge in exchange, there’s actually a iemoto school for Japanese swimming so you could possibly become a natori.
I have a friend who does Nihon Eiho! He’s also a yamabushi and a top swimmer in Japan for his age group (like 70+}. He says that test was so hard he failed right at the start :) I didn’t know that they were called Natori! Thanks for sharing. That’s another interesting avenue to go down.
Surprising!