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With all the negative hype surrounding Japan at the moment, and possibly a lot more to come, I thought it might be time to take a look at some of her remaining beauty. For surfers, avoid Fukushima and surrounds like the plague, but if you like the idea of heading a little south and further offshore than rock-bottom ticket air ticket sales to the island nation will surely attract your attention.

I’m calling this blog series ‘Journey Japan’, and will do a succession of posts relating to safer surf travel destinations in the South. Remember the Fukushima situation is one that will take years to contain, so please travel safe and use this only as a guide. At the end of the day, trust in your own instincts and don’t go anywhere you feel might not be safe.

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Island Surfing in Tokyo?

One night you are singing karaoke in a dim tobacco smoke filled room in downtown Tokyo, chugging beer out of pitchers and shaking tambourines to the melodic pop arrangement of the Red Hot Chilli Pepper’s hit ‘Californication’ - the next morning, feeling in prime health, you board a rainbow coloured jet ferry and bounce your way across the Pacific Ocean for two hours before transferring to rickety bicycles making your way to an unspoilt coastline where head-high barrels await your company.

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