Shirarahama Beach

This place made me wonder why Japanese travels as far as Thailand to a beach when they have such a beautiful beach like this one. The sand is so white and smooth. It is well kept and beautiful. People respectfully use the beach and the safety is well protected. I went to the season open festival and see the rescue demonstration. I also went there again at the sunset and in the morning. It is charming every time you go. You can't miss this if you are in the area.

Quiet beach sheltered by a reef so ideal for swimming. The water is as inviting as it looks. Showers and footbath at beach edge. There is also a hot spring bath during the season. This is open air so swim suits are worn. There is strange 'Squid Game' voice over the PA every hour telling you how to behave on the beach. Quite disconcerting the first.time you here it.

Probably the best beach in Japan. Beautiful sand and very good amenities next to the beach. The water is so clear and usually no waves.

This is absolutely a clean beach 🏖️ with beautiful blue water. I loved the hot spring near the Coral Princess site. It is quite a view since you can enjoy the fresh breeze from the ocean while chilling in the hot spring. Everything about Shirahama beach is quite good and the area is convenient for everyone.

Very amazing beach !! Very clean water White sand beach. I think this is one of the best beach in Japan. The parking car just in front of the beach is very cheap. Only 500 yen/day. Please keep clean and nurture this place !

It was even more beautiful in the morning. There were fewer people, and the white beach was bathed in sunlight. That’s where the day’s cycling began.

So beauty white sandy beach. This kind of beaches with white sands are very rare in Japan. Very wide and so beautiful beach. There are showers and onsen also which will be starting in May.

A beautiful Japanese beach with an amazing panoramic scenic ambience. The beach has been transformed into a very tourist-friendly usable space which means lots of concrete and infrastructure. That's not a bad thing, it's just the necessity of accommodating thousands of local and international tourists that flock to the beach and it's been done in a good way. What's been created on top of the natural shoreline is impressive and up there with any international tourist beach destination in the world. Everybody talks of the sand being 'imported from Australia' after a devastating loss of the natural sand due to past typhoons. Apparently over a 15 year period, and perhaps ongoing, sand was deployed to reinstate the beach to the beauty it is today. Here's the big question I can't get answered, "how did they get all of this sand to the beach 😱 ?" Obviously it would have been done by cargo ship, BUT that's an overly simplistic answer 🤭 I'd love to hear the story behind, how and when, and the ongoing sustained development project. In all my travels around the world this is a 'stand-out international Beach destination'. By the way, I'm from Australia, so please enjoy our sand, we Aussies are very happy to help out ⏳🤗 🇦🇺🇯🇵