Swimming season starts at Okinawa beach

Swimming season starts at Okinawa beach

NAHA, Japan - Children enjoy swimming March 3 as the swimming season began at a beach on subtropical Okinawa Prefecture's Iriomotejima Island, one of the earliest starts to the season in Japan where most areas remain in early spring.

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