Swimming season for famous beach in western Japan

Swimming season for famous beach in western Japan

Few people attend a ceremony marking the following day's opening of a swimming beach in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 22, 2020, with a Shinto priest praying for people's safety. The famous swimming beach, which attracted 400,000 people last year, will open two and a half months behind schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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