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Article: Waving goodbye to the city: Waving goodbye to the city.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2006
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Byline: Ben Stubbings
Jul. 21--The sound of waves lapping on the shore. The cool sea breeze. Beautiful people wearing very few clothes. Overdressed cocktails. What better way could there be to while away a hot summer's day than a beach-bar crawl along Shonan Bay? The beaches of Shonan -- running from Chigasaki to Hayama and only an hour southwest by train from the capital -- are home to scores of beach houses in the summer, each staffed with workers desperate to part you from your hard-earned cash in the hope that their business can break even by the end of August. Shonan is a popular destination for hordes of Tokyo residents hoping to escape the ...
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