Like yesterday, the search began at Yoshida. Here’s how it looked:
Eerily similar – wouldn’t you agree? Sunny, fishermen staking out the middle part of the beach and tiny waves.
Of course we knew that the Shizuoka Longboard Classic finals were today so we continued past Shizunami to Kashima.
Like yesterday, cars were parked along the narrow roads leading to the beach. Why were so many cars here? Overflow from Shizunami? Great waves?
Anyways, we parked on the street and walked down to the beach with the trusty digital camera in my hand. Here’s what we saw:
Not particularly exciting. To the right here’s what we saw:
Lots of people waiting for little waves. We also saw some tents – the telltale signs of a surf contest. Doh! That meant that the middle part of the beach would be off-limits and that everyone would be clumped together. Oh well.
Surfed for just over two hours until the wind picked up. Today was the first Sunday of the month so that meant that it was official beach clean day. At 9 am, plastic garbage bags were handed out to the civic-minded surfers including yours truly. I’d estimate that 25 – 30 people spent 15 minutes or so picking up garbage. It’s amazing how much cleaner the beach was when we were finished. I’ll we definitely try to go to the beach next month too!
