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Best for waves
3 places in Japan have at least one spot with waves: Shonan Coast, Chiba and Okinawa (Uruma City). Between them, 4 wave spots and 5 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
Shonan CoastChibaOkinawa (Uruma City)Everything Japan doesWaves nearbyAlso in Japan
3 places, largest first
2 of its 2 spots are marked for waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 39%, Feb 49%, Mar 35%, Apr 37%, May 31%, Aug 24%, Sep 32%, Oct 31%, Nov 47%, Dec 35%. No figure for Jun, Jul. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
"Southern Beach Chigasaki" by 山本悠星, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jul, Aug, Sep.
"Kujukuri beach and around 2" by Syced, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also beginnersalso foiling
"Katsuren Peninsula seen from Ferry Kugani 202311" by Kugel~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shonan Coast | none | 2 | none | none | none | 2 |
| Miyakojima | none | none | none | 1 | none | 3 |
| Chiba | none | 1 | none | none | none | 2 |
| Miura Peninsula | none | none | 1 | none | none | 2 |
| Okinawa (Uruma City) | none | 1 | 1 | 1 | none | 1 |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for Japan where there is one - 1 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Waves nearby
South KoreaChinaPhilippinesThailandIndonesia
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: South Korea 903 km, China 2,981 km, Philippines 3,085 km, Thailand 4,368 km, Indonesia 4,806 km.
Also in Japan
A place is here when at least one of its spots describes waves, surf, swell or a beach break in its water, or is tagged for wave riding, surf or strapless. Spots whose only wave mention is "small waves" do not count. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.