Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya Courtesy of WOWSA and Ocean Navi, Tsugaru Channel and Sado Channel, Japan. Since 2008, Masayuki Moriya has been training, preparing, planning, escorting, documenting and observing channel swims in the Tsugaru Channel (between Honshu and Hokkaido) and nearby Sado Channel (between Sado Island and the Honshu mainland) in
Courtesy of Aleksandr Brylin, Sakhalin, Russia - Hokkaido, Japan Speedo diplomacy will be utilized once again by an international team of swimmers. Pioneering swimmers from Russia, Japan, China and South Africa will attempt an unprecedented 42.8 km relay from Sakhalin, Russia to Hokkaido, Japan called the International Swim across La Perouse Channel this
Swimming Benefits Society As It Ages Graph courtesy of CNN. "The unprecedented demographic trends currently underway in Japan are one clear indicator how important swimming can be for the overall health and wellness of every society and country," says Steven Munatones. "The benefits of swimming are so evident in one's youth and middle-age, but the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1185, a famous battle was fought in Kanmon Straits, a narrow waterway that separates the main island of Honshu with the southern island of Kyushu in Japan. Two major samurai clans battled fiercely across the 700m strait with their warriors entering the water. The Japanese samurai practiced suijutsu
Courtesy of Masayuki Moriya in a sea cave in Dogashima (å ‚ãƒ¶å³¶) along the western coast of Izu Peninsula (西伊豆) on Honshu Island in Japan.
400 Years Ago, An Open Water Swim Competition Was Born Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Centuries before pool swimming became the rage in 20th century, mankind competed in open water swims. Emperor Go-Yozei, the 107th Emperor of Japan who reigned from 1586 to 1611, organized the first national swimming organization in 1603. Prior to that,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. During our aquatic travels around the world, we have occasionally hired a local mariner to boat us over to an uninhabited offshore island and played Robinson Crusoe for a few hours. We usually spent as long swimming in the water around the uninhabited islands as we did walking around and exploring its land
Video courtesy of Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi. Masayuki Moriya of Ocean Navi organizes all kinds of swims and ocean expeditions around Japan and the western Pacific Ocean. Some are competitions, some are solo channel swims, some are relays, some are sea expeditions. One of his recent sea expeditions was to Dogashima (è¥¿ä¼Šè±†å ‚ãƒ¶å³¶) along the western coast of
Yasunari Hirai, Yumi Kida Win Japan Championships Courtesy of WOWSA, Tateyama Hojo Coast, Chiba, Japan. "Pace was slow in the beginning," said Japanese Olympian Yasunari Hirai about the Japan Open Water Swimming Championships along Tateyama Hojo Coast in Chiba Prefecture, south of Tokyo. Within view of Mount Fuji, the pre-race favorite had to use every
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. England to France ... Scotland to Northern Ireland ... China to Taiwan ... U.S.A. to Canada ... Cuba to U.S.A. ... Mexico to Cuba ... Russia to Japan ... Chile to Argentina ... Japan to Taiwan ... Jamaica to Cuba ... Hong to Macau ... India to Sri Lanka ... Jordan to Egypt ... Mozambique to
