Bathing season begins on western Japan beach

Bathing season begins on western Japan beach

People play on a beach in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on May 3, 2023. The popular swimming beach, known for its white sand, opens the same day, the earliest among the beaches of the Japanese main island of Honshu.

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