For those who want to start SUP, a water activity that is rapidly gaining popularity, we will introduce basic knowledge, how to choose a SUP board and paddle, recommended experience spots, etc. There are endless ways to enjoy it, from enjoying a leisurely walk on the water to trying SUP yoga, SUP surfing, and SUP fishing!
An online kayak tour experience report on Tokashiki Island, Okinawa. Activity Japan will introduce the appeal of online tour experiences. A report on a fun online tour experience that also introduces uninhabited islands around Tokashiki. The video also conveys the appeal of kayak tours in great detail. You will also be taught how to paddle a sea kayak, which will definitely be useful for your actual activity experience!
We have picked out the 10 most popular activities, play, experiences, and leisure activities that are booked as optional tours for Okinawa trips, from the perspective of "price-consciousness," and will introduce the cheapest plans. Hotels, flights, rental cars, meals, souvenirs, etc. Okinawa trips can be expensive, so take advantage of discount campaigns and coupons to enjoy activities, play, experiences, and leisure activities at low prices.
We feature popular tourist spots for family trips in Okinawa! We introduce marine sports in Okinawa that parents and families can enjoy. There are also indoor craft experiences that even small children can participate in and can be enjoyed on rainy days! We also explain the best seasons and times to travel to Okinawa, such as summer vacation, spring vacation, and Silver Week. We also introduce the essential items and clothing for children on an Okinawa trip!
Introducing 19 recommended hidden beaches in Okinawa, divided into areas such as the northern, central, and southern parts of the main island, and outlying islands. The appeal of Okinawa's beaches is that you can enjoy a variety of experiences and activities such as marine sports such as snorkeling, parasailing, and swimming in the sea. We will also tell you about the characteristics and attractions of the beaches, popular tours, scenic spots, and access information!
The "Dai-ni Kamoshitamaru" offers fishing tours and experiences in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Captain Yoshiki Kumagai is a bright and friendly person, and has a reputation for being "easy to use even for beginners to enjoy fishing." We interviewed him about the new corona countermeasures, the characteristics of the company, and unique initiatives.
Araha Beach is located in Chatan Town, known for the popular Mihama American Village in the central part of Okinawa's main island. The beach is lined with palm trees and open-air cafes, creating a chill atmosphere, and is always bustling with people enjoying BBQs and marine sports! Here we will introduce plenty of ways to enjoy Araha Beach.
A thorough introduction to popular activities on Yoron Island, an isolated island in Kagoshima Prefecture! Enjoy marine leisure activities at a number of spectacular spots, including the mysterious island of Yurigahama, which you can reach by boat, a hot topic on social media.
Whale watching is a tourist leisure activity that can be enjoyed only during the winter season in Okinawa, one of Japan's leading tropical resort islands. Activity Japan has started accepting reservations for popular experience tour plans for the 2019-2020 season, which will begin in late December and run through April! On this page, we will introduce basic information about whale watching, which departs from various ports on Okinawa's main island, as well as provide the latest information that will be useful for making reservations this season, such as the "Popular Experience Tour Plan Ranking" and "Experience Tour Shop Information" based on Activity Japan's reservation data from last season (December 2018 to April 2019) ♪
In the "2019 Summer Vacation Popular Activity Ranking" announced by Activity Japan, "Sea Fishing/Fishing Boats" made it into the top 10 among other standard leisure plans such as "Snorkeling", "Diving", and "SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board)". Demand for many of the experience tours recommended on this site is also increasing year by year. On this page, we focus on "Tokyo Bay Fishing" and "Sagami Bay Fishing", which are considered the most important spots in the Kanto region for "Sea Fishing/Fishing Boats", and introduce the rankings of popular tour plans for fishing boats based in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba, as well as recommended fishing boat operators! Enjoy fishing, which has evolved from a "hobby" for old men to a "leisure" that everyone can enjoy◎
There are many popular snorkeling spots in the waters off Ishigaki Island, where various marine life such as manta rays, sea turtles, colorful tropical fish, coral reefs, etc. live and the water is clear and of good quality. Tours to these spectacular spots, which can be reached by beach or boat entry with a guide, are a "special experience" that is different from snorkeling that you can enjoy on your own at the beach.
So, including my personal notes, let's start by taking a quick look at the basics: what is Lake Shikotsu? Lake Shikotsu is a freshwater lake in Chitose, Hokkaido, and is the northernmost ice-free lake in Japan. As I mentioned before, Shikotsu-Toya National Park, which can be accessed by car in about 30 minutes from New Chitose Airport or about an hour from Sapporo, is one of the most popular tourist spots in southern Hokkaido, attracting not only Hokkaido residents but also tourists from all over the country who come to experience the natural beauty of the area as a famous outdoor spot.
"Trial diving" is a popular activity in Japan, a country surrounded by sea on all sides, where even beginners can dive without a diving license! Many trial tours are held at spectacular diving points scattered throughout the country, and are extremely popular as an experiential leisure activity for travel and outings, and are one of the many marine sports that receive the most reservations. ◎ On this page, we will focus on Ishigaki Island, a remote island area that is becoming increasingly popular in the summer season of 2019 from the tropical island of Okinawa, which can be said to be the mecca of "trial diving"! We will thoroughly introduce its charms, from the characteristics of its sea, which is said to be the most beautiful in the country, to a ranking of popular trial plans and information on diving shops that offer tours.
The Kanto region's most well-known surf spots are the Kujukuri area in Chiba, which has been chosen as the venue for the world-famous sporting event surfing, and Kanagawa/Shonan, whose scenery is often depicted in songs, dramas, and movies. In the summer, you can often see surfers with surfboards or boards loaded onto beach cruisers at each beach. What's more, they range in age from young people who seem to be crazy about surfing to older men and women, and even some grandfathers. Perhaps the fact that such a wide range of surfers gather there is the reason it is a "holy land."
Skin diving is essentially "free diving," where you dive and swim in the ocean without using any underwater breathing equipment like you would in scuba diving. If you're a good swimmer, you've probably thought at least once, like me, "I want to swim freely in the beautiful ocean of Okinawa!" This is the "Skin Diving Experience" tour, where you can enjoy this underwater experience with a professional guide instructor who knows the ocean inside and out, giving you basic lessons on how to equalize your ears, how to dive, how to use your fins properly, and more, all while being completely safe.
I think the biggest attraction of fishing in Okinawa is the fact that you can "set out on a boat on the beautiful sea and play under the blue sky." Even though I'm a huge advocate of fishing in Okinawa, I'm not interested in fishing at all in my everyday life, and I've never even been there! lol But even so, I'm interested in it as an outdoor leisure activity in Okinawa, and I think it sounds fun. Maybe the tropical paradise of Okinawa has that kind of magic.
We found a plan that combines "parasailing" with "trial diving (no license required! Beginners welcome)" at the most popular activity spot on Okinawa's main island, "Maeda Cape Blue Cave," so we would like to introduce its charms to you! If you are planning your first trip to Okinawa in the summer vacation of 2019, you would want to enjoy this luxury and the great nature that Japan is proud of to the world. Summer is coming, when Okinawa will show off its true colors!
Parasailing is a standard activity in tropical countries, but surprisingly, many people don't know what it is. It's a simple and straightforward activity where you fly in the sky like a kite towed by a boat, but the name doesn't match it. Paragliding can be easily confused with sky activities like hang gliding. That's true.
Hello everyone who is watching Activity Japan. I'm Shishimaru. After watching the animated movie "Children of the Sea", I really wanted to go to the sea. The depiction of the sea is very beautiful, and the depiction of whales, whale sharks, sea turtles, and other sea creatures is also very good, so I started reading the original manga. In it, there was a line that said, "Snorkeling may seem like a casual pastime, but in fact there are many fatal accidents." "On the other hand, if you get the hang of it, it's very useful. It will expand your world." I really empathized with this. My world really expanded after I started snorkeling. The sea is so vast. SUP has expanded my world in the same way. I will introduce the appeal of SUP, which you can start very easily if you rent the necessary equipment.
Okinawa's tourist spots are roughly divided into four areas. The central and southern areas, which have many tourist spots, are the most famous in Okinawa. If you know Okinawa even a little, this area includes well-known cities such as Naha and Itoman. The central area of the main island includes the date spot Chatan and the popular resort area Onna Village. The northern area of the main island, which includes Nago, the second most famous town after Naha, is famous for the Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu Town. In addition, Okinawa has several remote islands. In recent years, it has become such a hot topic that it is no exaggeration to say that there is a "remote island boom." Popular remote islands in Okinawa include the Kerama Islands, Ishigaki Island, and Miyako Island, as well as Sesoko Island, which can be reached by car from the main island, and Minna Island, which is a 15-minute boat ride away.