It’s the first day of winter here in Tokyo with only 25 days to go until Santa visits so, like all good Australian’s, we had to undertake our December pilgrimage to the beach. The day turned out to be absolutely spectacular and I even ended up getting a little sunburned.
We weren’t the only people out enjoying the day and there were a number of large groups of runners out taking in the sun and enjoying the solitude that can only come with running.
This “beach” is located on the side of Tokyo bay and very close to the base of the Rainbow Bridge which comes to life after dark displaying a huge array of lights. The walls at the bottom of the bridge originally formed part of a fort that was constructed over 400 years ago to help defend Tokyo from attacks from the sea.
However, digging in the sand soon revealed that decades of pollution had accumulated in the sand making it sticky, black and very unpleasant. That may explain the sign, one errant naked flame here and the whole place would burn for months. As for swimming…
We weren’t the only people out enjoying the day and there were a number of large groups of runners out taking in the sun and enjoying the solitude that can only come with running.
This “beach” is located on the side of Tokyo bay and very close to the base of the Rainbow Bridge which comes to life after dark displaying a huge array of lights. The walls at the bottom of the bridge originally formed part of a fort that was constructed over 400 years ago to help defend Tokyo from attacks from the sea.
However, digging in the sand soon revealed that decades of pollution had accumulated in the sand making it sticky, black and very unpleasant. That may explain the sign, one errant naked flame here and the whole place would burn for months. As for swimming…
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