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The Kujukuri-hama Beach is a 66-kilometer-long coastline from Osakabe-misaki Point in Iioka-cho Town to the south of Choshi City to Taito-misaki Point in Misaki-machi Town, facing the magnificent Pacific Ocean. It is Japan's second longest beach and a popular swimming and surfing destination.
The name 'Kujukuri' is translated as 'Ninety Nine Leagues', with 'kujuku' meaning 'ninety nine' and 'ri' being an old measurement equating to approximately 3.93 kilometers. This was not intended to be interpreted as the actual length of the beach, but rather means that the beach is so long one cannot count how many 'ri' it might be.
The actual length of the beach in kilometers is around 66 kms, which is still pretty impressive.
The Kujukuri Beach has a long, straight coastline, which is rare in Japan where most of the coastlines are irregular. There are no reefs, so it offers wonderful opportunities for swimming in the sea as well as surfing and other marine sports.
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[ Jul 24, 2007 12:00:00 AM ]