TARGET 160511
THE SEAGAIA WATER PARK
There are very few places where you can go to the beach, lie out on the sand under a clear blue sky all day and not get a sunburn - and in fact, not even be outside. The Seagaia Water Park in Miyazaki, Japan is one such place.
An odd sort of situation exists in Japan: It is an island nation, completely surrounded by ocean, but it was formed largely by volcanic action. If you go to the ocean to swim, you tend to find clear water, but few places where there is sandy beach and sandy bottom to the water. Because it was formed by volcanic action, the sea floor also tends to drop off very rapidly in most places around the country. So, except for some places in the south, where the water is warmer and where man-made beaches have been constructed, the Japanese don't go into the ocean a lot. But they do love the water, and they do love to swim. So, in Japan, you tend to find many public pools - lots of them with artificial wave mechanisms and even salt water, but very few good natural public beaches.
The ideal beach.
But one of the paradigms of the Japanese culture is, "If you have a problem - solve it." Another paradigm seems to be, "Solve it big." So it is that they simply built the ideal beach for themselves.
Within sight of the real ocean
They built an enclosed beach 300 meters by 100 meters (985 feet by 328 feet), equiped it with magnificant ocean waves and pure white sand.
The roof retracted
They put a retractable roof over it, so that when the weather is perfect, they can open it to the natural sky, and when the weather is less than perfect, they can keep the inside temperature at 30°C (85°F), and the water temperature at 28°C (82.4°F) - no chill when you go into the water and no chill when you get out - year round.
The wall on the side facing the real ocean is made to look like the water extends to the horizon, and there is even an island you can swim to.
Always family minded, they also have an area in one end where there are kiddy pools, small boat and innertube rides, a fire-spewing volcano, and other shallower swimming features.
The Ocean park is only one part of the Sheraton SeaGaia Resort, which includes a hotel, of course, large tennis courts an even a zoo. The resort is most easily reached by air from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, just 30 minutes from the Miyazaki airport by small plane, and then a bus ride from the city to the resort.
Ocean Dome prices are actually pretty fair: Summer admission: adults ¥2600 (around $24), children ¥1600 ($14.70), children under 4 ¥800 ($7.35). A 3 months pass (unlimited admission): adults ¥8000 ($74), children/children under 4 ¥4000 ($37). Guests at the Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort get a ¥300 ($2.75) discount. Surf board Rental Fee: ¥1,000 ($9.20). Hours: Between 21/7-31/8, 10:00-20:00. Other dates, 10:00-17:00
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Many thanks to Silver Karolin for this target.