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Shirogahama Beach 四郎ヶ浜ビーチ

Amakusa, KumamotoKyushu

Shirogahama Beach (四郎ヶ浜ビーチ) is a bathing beach in Amakusa, Kumamoto, in Japan's Kyushu region. In 2006 it was chosen by the Ministry of the Environment as one of the 100 Best Bathing Beaches in Japan. The ministry's judges gave it the full five stars for cleanliness.

LocationAmakusa, Kumamoto (天草市、熊本県)
RegionKyushu
Official selection100 Best Bathing Beaches in Japan — Ministry of the Environment, 2006
Beauty★★★★☆ 4/5
Cleanliness★★★★★ 5/5
Calm★★★☆☆ 3/5
Gentleness★★★☆☆ 3/5
Richness★☆☆☆☆ 1/5

The ministry scored every beach from one to five stars on five points of view: beauty, cleanliness, calm, gentleness (safety and facilities) and richness (nature and local life).

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The Official Profile

The waves are calm in the open sea. The background of the beach is on Highway 324, civilians, the Masters Amakusa course. On July 3rd, the "Respecture Festa" has been held events such as catching fish on the beach, beach flag, swimming contests, sea fireworks, and so on, and there are some 10,000 visitors to Hikari visitors every year. In an artificial beach with a total of 515 feet of white sand, the waves are gentle, the shower, bathrooms, lockers, and service facilities. It's a particularly popular spot where about 100,000 sea bathers a year visit young couples and families. In 1637, it was named because it was said that a Christian named Christian, led by 4X by, was the landing site during the turmoil on Amakusa. They trust their management to local districts, and they do cleaning work throughout the year. I can't do it. If you're on a railroad bus, you're on a bus. JRKagoshima Line-Termage Station, on the boarding bus in Kyushu. If you're in the car, you're in the car I'm going down from Matsuhashi Bridge in Kyushu, south of 266, from, Matsushima City, to.

Beach profile and access notes: Ministry of the Environment, “100 Best Bathing Beaches” official pages (2006 selection), translated from the Japanese.

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