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Sandboarding in Kanazawa

Chirihama beach, Ishikawa

Chirihama sand dunes

Christopher Green at the Chirihama Sand Festival, 1998

Chirihama beach in Hakui, Ishikawa — near Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast — is famous as the only beach in Japan you can drive on, and its sand has hosted festivals and sandboarding sessions since the 1990s.

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