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Shirahama Beach
Shirahama · Japan
The short version, from the cited sources
Shirahama, white beach, pairs a bright quartz-sand crescent on the Kii Peninsula with one of Japan's oldest hot-spring towns, mentioned in seventh-century chronicles; bathers move between the Pacific surf and open-air onsen above the rocks. The beach's whiteness has been maintained with imported sand over the years, a fact the town is open about. It is the classic Kansai summer escape, two hours by train from Osaka.
- Country
- Japan (JP)
- Region
- Asia
- Sand
- White
- Water
- Clear pacific water beside hot springs
- Administrative area
- Shirahama
- Timezone
- Not available from source
- Source family
- Beach Atlas editorial record
- Source updated
- Snapshot date only
Names in the record
Shirahama Beach
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Source position
33.67900, 135.33600
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