Summer Beach

Summer Beach in Kamakura

Kamakura Summer Beach

in Yuigahama & Zaimokuza

On June the 29th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that Tsuyu 梅雨-rainy season in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura etc. was over.

It's 22 days earlier than the average of the past and Tsuyu-ending in June is the first time since JMA started to keep Tsuyu's report about 70 years ago.

Kamakura's Summer Beach with Umi-no-Ie began on such a hot summer day.

July 1, 2018

Umi no Ie period July 1 - Aug 31, 2018

* Last order at 8:30pm (by beach regulations)

Kamakura's wide beaches draw visitors from all around the Tokyo and Shonan regions. Enjoy lunch and casual dining at the temporary beach-houses on the strand, which are called "Umi no ie". They are eateries and bars built on the beach during summer, some of which prepare locker rooms.

Nearly 20 Umi-no-ie houses and Food Court will stand by the peak of summer and open everyday until the end of August.

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Related page: "Umi no Ie" -Glossary-

Fireworks Display

One of the most popular Kamakura's yearly events was held on schedule.

It's cloudy and there was hardly any wind. Therefore fireworks in the sky were seen in the clouds and smoke. With a little more wind, it would have been better.

Even so, the lowest fireworks that explode in the water were good to see.

Jul. 24th, 2018

2018

Photo in the past

2017

2016

"Fireworks on the water"

"Close to the shore line"

"Low"

Besides fireworks set off from the surface of the sea, some running boats blow up the firework-balls by dropping them into the water. That is Kamakura's fireworks.

Bon Odori on the beach July 28, 2018

* Unfortunately, this event in 2018 was canceled due to the Typhoon No. 12.

We are looking forward to enjoy the ttraditional folk dance called Bon-Odori盆踊りon the beach next year 2019.

2017

=Bon odori=

It was originally an event to calm the ancestral spirits being said to come back during Obon summer season. It's now more enjoyed as a kind of Japanese folk dance in the summer and the religious meaning has softened.

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