Shiraishi Beach

Every summer at the end of the rice planting season, people would gather at Shiraishi Beach to celebrate. They spread tatami mats on the sand and performed a simple ceremony, making offerings of sake and sekihan (rice cooked with azuki beans) in the direction of Okinoshima. After the ceremony, the participants would eat together. These traditions continued until the mid-twentieth century.

The beach is open for swimming between July and August. Outside of the swimming season, the narrow road to the beach is closed to traffic.

This English-language text was created by the Japan Tourism Agency.