It’s a regular nice beach. If you want to relax or take a swim come by but make sure to leave before 5:00pm because they turn off the water to the showers so you can rinse off. They open at 9:00am. Make sure not to leave food out or your things unattended because the crows will get it.
I was really pleasantly surprised by this small beach. Wasn’t even planning on going to the sea, but after visiting some of the shrines and temples, I just walked on till the end of the road and there it was.
It was very clean, no left behind garbage like you find on the European beaches everywhere. But I guess this is just Japanese culture that they take trash with them, wish people would do this over here as well. Also the sand is really nice and black coloured. The water was also very clean. I was there on a cloudy day, so there are mainly some surfers in the water and I had the beach more or less to myself.
I would highly recommend you give it a look after you have done your temple tours. But please be respectful and don’t act like tourists, this beach seems to be mostly frequented by the locals, so don’t get on their nerves by leaving your trash around or screaming loudly.
Lovely quiet beach to visit right after visiting the Giant Buddha statue. People always forget Kamakura is a coastal city. I visited off season so there were not many swimmers but nevertheless some people were enjoying both the beach and the waves. There are also toilets and showers to remove the sand and salt from your body
Probably nicer at sunset or sunny days. On a hot, humid, yet cloudy day it’s a bit lame; not many sea shells, sand is black/brown, and the water colour needs a lot of post editing to look attractive.
To see Mt Fuji it must be clear. Fuji-san can only be seen ~80 days of the year, so don’t expect the view and remember you’re lucky if you do get to photograph it.
So dirty beach and sea. In the sea there is a lot of trash....plastick bags, drugs foils, paper also cardboxes....so bad...also on beach so bad and dirty toilets....changing booth only paid...not recommeded at all.....kamakura is not the right place to stop....in japan are so many other nice places. If it was possible to give zero stars I would do it. We have been 2 weeks in Japan and this is the worst place we visited.
