June 16-17 2018. TO PARTICIPATE, REGISTER BY June 11.
Ocean and beach sports event for kids and adults, at Hojo Beach. Swimming races, stand-up paddle-board races, beach tug-of-wars, relay races, canoe races, beach sumo, lifesaving classes, run-swim-run courses, kids’ sumo, etc. Group and individual registration.
Last Sunday in June. REGISTRATION from April.
Get into the summer spirit with Standard- and Sprint-courses and relays for men and women, aqua-thlons for elementary aged kids, and a challenge course for middle schoolers on up. Coastal running and inland biking routes, swimming off of Okinoshima. Related events an lots of food and entertainment.
For information in Japanese, see http://tate-tra.com/index.html. For inquiries, contact: info@deporte.jp.
Check out the map and you’ll see that Tateyama isn’t only ALL BEACH but EVERY KIND OF BEACH — gentle and wild, sandy and rocky, Continue reading
July 15-16, 2018. REGISTRATION, April – May.
Welcoming swim-race participants from 1st graders through the over-75 crowd. 5-k on the 20th, and 3-k, 1-k, relays, and kids’ OWS clinics on the 21st. Rankings by age. At Kagamiura (Mirror Bay).
For information in Japanese,
see https://www.swim.or.jp/tournament/423.html
UPCOMING matsuri:
the incomparable Nago Sairei, July
small-town intimacy at fishermen’s Mera and Banda Festivals, July
Funakata Sairei, a riot of floats, flags, and fishermen, July
Tateyama no matsuri, August 1-2
fireworks and flamenco, August 8, 7:30-8:45 p.m.
ancient festivals of Awa Shrine (August) and Sunosaki Shrine (August)
downtown Yawatan-machi extravaganza, September
For details and annual calendar, see: https://tateyamacity.com/foreign/festivals/festival-map-and-calendar
and
https://tateyamacity.com/foreign/festivals/introduction
These’s a possibility that schedule may be modified.
Corn, early June to mid-July
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/Hyakusyouen
FIGS, late August to late November:
Greenhouse, produce shop, picnic tables. Tea, jam, chiffon cakes for sale.
See: http://www.pioneer-farm.jp/pages/experience/
CHECK BACK HERE FOR FALL AND SPRING PRODUCE
August – November:
LOCAL SPECIAL: ISE SHRIMP prepared-like-steak, with all the trimmings and fixings
3900 yen
Reservations required
See: http://www.tateyama-gourmet.com
LOCAL PRODUCTS, LOCAL FOOD — ON SALE AT NAGISA NO EKI
See: http://www.city.tateyama.chiba.jp/en/page100006.html
July 13-14, from Ido
July 27, from Shiroyama Castle
July 30-31, from Hojo Beach
Note: Check the weather first!
For more information: https://tateyamacity.com/foreign/fuji-views