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PHOTO BY SATOKO FUJISAWA

Thursday 18th December, 03:25 AM JST

Surfers enjoy the mild winter conditions at Kugenuma beach against the backdrop of Mount Fuji.

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Disillusioned at 01:14 PM JST - 18th December

I sometimes watch the surfers in the winter where I live on the days when the waves are large. The scenery is better in this pic! Surfing requires a great deal of talent and, like other sports requiring athletic prowess, it's a pleasure to watch.

I think I'm gonna cry or be sick, I'm not sure. BTW Betzee, who one the Billabong Pipeline Masters in Hawaii last week?
namaikisaru at 01:53 PM JST - 18th December

I live in Shonan and some people still go out when the sea is flatter than a boating lake. Better waves in Chiba but it gets big just before and after a typhoon if we're lucky.
Hawkeye at 02:47 PM JST - 18th December

I used to go with my J-wife to Shizunami South of Shizuoka-shi, Japan and I could never understand why so many Japanese surfers went there. The surf was exactly Shizunami (means quiet wave) and like surfing in Florida on a good day. Some folks want to be called surfers but the lame surf conditions and their lame lives don't equal surfing in the real sense. I liked the beach because it is flat and you can wade out a hundred feet (30 meters) and still be in knee deep water playing with your kids. Kawabunga dudes
spudman at 04:11 PM JST - 18th December

disillusioned: I live in Hokkaido and surf from march to november. Yes I wear a suit but but from June to Sept no suit, no booties just a rash guard. I must be Konishiki like, my wife says I am. nikubuton rocks
Taka313 at 09:32 PM JST - 18th December

Kuroshio or no-kuroshio, that's GOT to be cold!

Nice picture, though. I miss seeing Fuji-san.

Taka
spucky at 09:37 PM JST - 18th December

This Picture is so typical for Japan, great Mountain, nice Sea, good Weather and Surfers with the best equickment in the hole surfin World. Only one Thing is missing! Hmmm?
spucky at 09:39 PM JST - 18th December

Its like my Style of wrinting, sumimasen o kudasai!
billclinton at 09:43 PM JST - 18th December

Kugenuma beach

beach? then what is all the concrete doing in the back ground?
Sarge at 09:44 PM JST - 18th December

"I miss seeing Fuji-san"

Did you ever climb it, like I did?
I admit, it looks majestic - from a distance!

Sarge
Nessie at 09:51 PM JST - 18th December

beach? then what is all the concrete doing in the back ground?

Um...being beached?
billclinton at 10:31 PM JST - 18th December

Ummmmm, The concrete is being beached? You are so clever.
kavikahi at 02:16 AM JST - 19th December

Surfing isnt all about catching the biggest wave, it can be a naturally spiritual experience as well as physical. Shizunami gets big sometimes also. Kelly Slater won in Hawaii this year at pipe. Do you think Mt. Fuji cares?

Nice photo.
ca1ic0cat at 03:09 AM JST - 19th December

Yeah, I've climbed it. Got some great pics. This is a pretty cool photo. Very nice.
OhioDonna at 05:47 AM JST - 19th December

Forget the water. I see a beautiful photo of the most perfect dormant volcano in the world.
555Book at 03:22 PM JST - 19th December

Correct me if i am wrong, mount fuji must be quite far away kugenuma, it has to be really tall to look that close to the beach.