Shirahama literally means White sands and they are the prettiest we'd seen in Japan. Found out that they'd been importing the sands from Australia due to previous sand erosion in 1990s, and I'd da...

This is a stunning beach which was about 10 minutes drive from Shimoda station. We enjoyed a paddle and there were a lot of swimmers. Coastguards are on duty. We could not get a taxi back through Ube.

Beautiful white sandy beach off Shimoda in Izu peninsula. Well connected by bus from Shimoda Station. Nice clean beach