Onjuku Beach

Onjuku (御宿) is a fishing town on the Pacific coast of Chiba prefecture, Japan and a popular spot with surfers and holiday beachgoers.

Kenn and I had a great beach weekend. Of course we forgot to bring our video camera or old digital so had to rely on my phone cam and a disposable. We took the 1 hour 25 min train rain from Tokyo really early. Somehow we missed our hotel pick up but walking to the hotel is only 10 minutes (though we got lost). Onjuku is a great little surf town. It's early in the season so this time of year it was pretty empty except for the tons of surfers. I can't believe how many people surf in this area. The waves were tame but good surfing waves. We stayed at a hotel right on the beach with Japanese style tatami mats and futons and an awesome view.


They even had our name written out front!





A Japanese breakfast buffet was included and so was a traditional dinner. The dinner included so many little dishes including a small lobster the size of a cell phone, sushi/sashimi instead it's own ice igloo, and many other assorted delicious dishes. It was a feast!

We arrived early on Saturday and lounged on the beach, the weather was perfect. The water was pretty cold but Kenn was brave enough to swim in it. We were looking for a place to eat for lunch and down the beach were some small food areas. They looked empty and closed due to it being pre-season. We started talking to the woman working at one place but we had so much trouble communicating. I couldn't make out much of what she was saying. She was really friendly though and we bought some drinks from her and sat down. Then she brought us some food, just some tamago (egg omelet) and sushi roll, but it was out of her own lunch! She was sweet and it was so nice of her to offer that to us. We couldn't get over the wonderful hospitality.

Sunday was a bit cloudy, cooler, and around noon started to drizzle so we headed home after finding a nice lunch place with korean food.

I have a great Kenn-and-Jenn-are-confused-in-Japan typical story about our beach experience on Saturday that I will save for another post...