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Scuba Diving
Ocean and BeachScuba Diving
Japan is an island nation, so should be no surprise there are endless options for scuba diving, free diving and snorkeling. Like most things in Japan, it is highly regulated, and the fishing communities do have a lot of sway on dive access, but there are world class diving experiences from ice diving to tropical diving to swimming with wild dolphins in Tokyo! Explore Japan under the water on your next Japan adventure.
Features
Paradise Found in No Man’s Land
Imagine starting your day from cold, gray Takeshiba Port, then waking up to a glowing sunrise and seabirds calling out in the rem...
Ocean and Beach
Free Fall with Hanako Hirose
“One hundred meters...and touch down!” Cheers erupt as Hanako Hirose grabs a tag from the hundred-meter mark deep below the turqu...
Scuba Diving
Japan’s Top 10 Dives
The many islands and coastlines that make up Japan are home to the greatest diversity of large and small life forms on the planet...
Scuba Diving
Return to Palau
I am sitting in the mouth of a deep, sandy channel facing the open sea. Sharks circle in front of me and black snapper coast out ...
Scuba Diving
Fire & Spice in the Banda Sea
Seven-thousand friendly inhabitants call the charming port town of Banda Neira home. It is one of the most picturesque ports in I...
Scuba Diving
Miyako Magic
Below the ocean surface lies a landscape littered with patches of coral reef, sandy areas and nudibranchs that light up against t...
Scuba Diving
Islands of the Demon King
Banner fish swirled around the huge body of this denizen of the deep, angelfish, wrasses and a few other fish also pecked at its ...
Autumn
Diving Kanto’s Coast
Divers in Tokyo will undoubtedly be thrilled to discover a colorful underwater world lies just beneath their doorstep. Bonnie Way...