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Japan beach receives international Blue Flag award

YOKOSUKA, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - Children play in the water at Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on July 1, 2016, the first day of the sea-bathing season for the beach. The beach has received the Blue Flag designation, an international award given by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education to beaches and marinas that implement sustainable management and meet high standards in safety and conservation.

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Beach in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 27, 2014, shows crowded Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Nickname sought for Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura, Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Beachgoers flock to Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, in this file photo taken in August 2013. Yuigahama is one of three beaches in Kamakura for which nicknames are being sought by Toshimaya, a local confectionary maker known for pigeon-shaped "Hato Sable" biscuits. The confectioner, which won 10-year naming rights for the beaches in 2013, is soliciting nickname applications through March 28, 2014.

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Summer beach in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows parasols on Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 14, 2013, a day before the Marine Day national holiday in Japan.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery.

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Japan beach receives international Blue Flag award

A flag is hoisted at a lookout station on Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo on July 1, 2016, the first day of the sea-bathing season for the beach. Yuigahama beach and Wakasa Wada beach in Fukui Prefecture were the first in Asia to receive the international Blue Flag designation, an award given by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education to beaches and marinas that implement sustainable management and meet high standards in safety and conservation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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No-swimming flag up in Kamakura beach after shark sightings

A no-swimming flag is placed on the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2015, following sightings of sharks in waters near the beach. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Enoshima from yuigahama beach

Entitled Enoshima from Yuigahama, but what is seen in the photo is probably Shodo Cape viewed from Shichiriga beach. The people standing may be the boat men of ferry boats.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐25‐0]

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Tsurugaoka hachimangu shrine and a big ginko tree

The Hachiman Shinto Shrine and great ginkgo trees. Hachiman Shrine was first built in Yuigahama by Minamoto Yoriyoshi in 1063, but later it was moved to the present site at Mt. Kita by the Shogun Yoritomo. It became the guardian of Kamakura. The Shogun Sanetomo is said to have been assassinated by Kugyo in 1219 under the gigantic gingko tree to the left.(This shrine is designated as a natural monument by Kanagawa prefecture.)==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐15‐0]

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery. (Kyodo)

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Beach in Kamakura

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2017, shows Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, crowded with people on the first weekend after most Japanese schools entered the summer recess. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beach in Kamakura

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 22, 2017, shows Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, crowded with people on the first weekend after most Japanese schools entered the summer recess. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo