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SOUTHERN California it is not, but many foreigners find this beach town a welcome respite from big city Japan. The palms are a nice touch, even in the middle of winter, with its blue skies and harsh Siberian winds. I know a lot of guys, Australian guys like myself who choose to live in this part of Japan, just to be close to the surf. They are surfers of course, and whenever a typhoon is hovering offshore, these guys are in second heaven. They don't even bother turning in to work. There was no typhoon around the day I chose to visit, this being the dead dry heart of winter. There were plenty of surfers out in force, all of them Japanese, and I was feeling so glad I wasn't at work, free from all that work pressure. Happy to make a temporary living just from Google Adsense. Took the subway to Moto-Yawata, then JR'ed it with my Seishun Juhachi Kippu to Chiba, where I transferred to what must be one of the most scenic rides close to Tokyo: the O[(Sotobosen, "Outer Shore Line"), which in a strange kind of way reminded me of riding the rails across the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia, when I was a student in Bathurst. Maybe it was because of all of those tunnels, the creaking old train, the constant continual suprising outbursts of nature...
OTHER SITES ABOUT AWAKAMOGAWA BEACH FROM JAPAN!
Surfing Awakamogawa Beach
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