Chriselle 158 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I assume a lot of folks here get out in the off season for a bit of camping from time to time. Post your pictures and favorite spots. Last weekend I got away to the five lakes around Mt. Fuji. I stayed at Shoji-ko but did some exploring around Sai-ko, Mototsu-ko. Also, found some of the dirt roads up to the Fuji highlands and spent Sunday blasting around some off-road trails. Lots of fun..!! Shojiko in the AM.. Proper camp spots were full so I parked where no one else could get into...the riverbed.. Playing around Fuji Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nice pics. But camping not for me. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 We like camping and will probably go for a weekend out sometime during summer. Problem is summer is spring and summer are my busiest periods so not easy to get out much. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I do most of my camping in winter Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'd like to go camping. Used to love doing it as a kid. How does that half-tent on the back of your car work? Looks to small to sleep in... Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Id say you sleep front to back. Looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Ya..that's right. Bed goes from front to back. It's just an extension so you can have the tailgate and hatch open thus gaining about a meter of space and remedies the condensation problem you get when sleeping in a car. Sets up in about 30 seconds and is nice to be able to park and sleep anywhere. I have a tent as well and a side tent....depends on the location and weather and how genki I feel about setting it all up.. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 As you probably well know Chriselle, be careful of camping in riverbeds. Heavy rain can make these "streams" raging rivers in a matter of a few hours. There was an incident a few years ago with campers being washed away during the night here in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'm a big fan of camping. I usually spend a few weeks each year camping somewhere near a beach. I like the Izu islands a lot... except when it's vacation time. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 @Stemik......Haha...When I checked in.. the lady advised me not to camp there but unless by an act of god that the starry night and zero probability of precipitation could turn to torrential rain,,, then I had it coming.. I'm off to Ibaraki for the JOA (Japan Offroad Association) festival and will be setting up camp. Should be cool...all the Japanese red necks in their trucks... Link to post Share on other sites
Peetan 10 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I heard tell that they've clamped down on overnight beach camping this year, and even the beach bars?? Say it isn't so!! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Beach camping is great, we have done it a few times. Hope they don't stop overnight beach camping. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Is that a RAV4 about to drive into the lake? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I heard tell that they've clamped down on overnight beach camping this year, and even the beach bars?? Say it isn't so!! The beach bars around Shonan have been under more restrictions the past few years......closing earlier. This year I heard that they've banned live music from most bars and in Zushi they have banned tattoos on the beach (how can that be enforced??) and BBQ's. Around Shonan you weren't allowed to camp on the beach anyway Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Pretty sure they banned alcohol there too Tubby. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yep, here it is: ZUSHI —The municipal assembly in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, has passed a resolution that bans playing loud music and drinking alcohol at the city’s only beach. Anyone with visible tattoos will also be barred. The resolution, which was passed late Wednesday, was submitted after several instances of unruly behavior at the beach, which has turned the area into a “nightclub,” Zushi local government official Musashi Koizumi said. Last summer, there was an increase in the number of so-called “umi no ie” (beach huts) used by beachgoers to play loud music and have wild parties. Officials say moral standards among young beachgoers have been deteriorating as seen in an increase in fights among drunken people, and more garbage being left on the beach, Sankei reported. The resolution includes a prohibition on drinking alcohol and barbecuing outside beach huts, prohibition of exposure of tattoos, and a ban on playing loud music on the beach or in beach huts which must close by 6:30 p.m. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Zushi? I hadn't heard that, but they are still allowing the bars to operate so I'd be surprised if they banned alcohol. Being honest, Id gladly ban them all....I always preferred the beach when it was bar-less.....that way there was less drunken nob-ends down from Tokyo and Yokohama puking up, fighting and almost drowning. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Is that a RAV4 about to drive into the lake? No...but I wish he would have... It was about 5:30 in the morning and I wanted a nice sunrise shot of the lake and Fuji and that douche pulls up right there and sat there (in his car) all morning. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yeah so u can still drink in the beach huts....right? Closing at 6.30?!? Wow! Seems hardly worth them opening in the first place. The funny thing is that Zushi was the least chavvy affected beach as it's a wee bit of a walk from the station. Kugenuma was where most of the skanky shit was going on. They used to be open until 10-11pm and be really chilled, locals n surfers having a good time. In the last 5 or so years they had started to go downhill a bit and was attracting a lot of assholes from out of town, the city made em close at 8.30. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 You could've gotten this Instead of douche bag RAV4. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yeah so u can still drink in the beach huts....right? Closing at 6.30?!? Wow! Seems hardly worth them opening in the first place. The funny thing is that Zushi was the least chavvy affected beach as it's a wee bit of a walk from the station. Kugenuma was where most of the skanky shit was going on. They used to be open until 10-11pm and be really chilled, locals n surfers having a good time. In the last 5 or so years they had started to go downhill a bit and was attracting a lot of assholes from out of town, the city made em close at 8.30. What kinda bar closes at 6:30??????????????????????? Maybe 6:30am? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 exactly Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 6:30 thats when most barscare thinking about opening not closing. I guess if it keeps the rifraf away then maybe a good thing for those that want to enjoy a quite and peaceful beach. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I'm sure you get some pricks going to the beach, but its usually easy to get them to all go to the same places. It doesn't mean you need a blanket ban for every beach in the country. As for camping, I love it, but my wife works now, so I guess its Saturdays only, even in the school holidays. I wanted to stick the car on the Niigata-Hokkaido ferry, but its not going to happen this year. The camp sites I've been to in Japan have often had cleaner toilets and showers than minshukus. I've also been to ones where they have carts and wheelbarrows for carrying your stuff from the car to your pitch. My favourite one I've been to is the one by the walk to the waterfall at the north end of the main Okinawa island. The one I want to go to most is the one by the beach to the east of Kabira on Ishigaki. We've been to that beach and the snorkeling there is killer. It would be great to spend a few days there. With so many onsens around, its also very easy to camp without going to a camp site. Link to post Share on other sites
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