Courtesy of Shonan Open Water Swimming, Japan. The Shonan Open Water Swimming event has been held for 16 years and included a 2.5 km fin swim as well as a 500m and 10 km point-to-point mainland-to-island marathon swim with 468 participants. For more information, visit shonanows.jp. Copyright © 2008 – 2021 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The largest 10 km marathon swim in Japan is between the island of Enoshima and the main island of Honshu: the Shonan Open Water Swimming in Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2016, there were a total of 450 entrants in the race: 371 men, 77 women and 2 disabled athletes). 431 people started the race
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Shonan Open Water Swimming (湘南オープンウォータースイミング) is one of the largest open water swimming competitions in Japan with 1,312 participants including 374 people who entered the 10 km island-to-island marathon swim. Held in Kanagawa Prefecture south of Tokyo, the annual event includes a 800m swim, 2.5 km swim,
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 380 swimmers participated in the 31st edition of the Shonan Open Water Swimming (湘南オープンウォータースイミング">湘南オープンウォータースイミング) event. The popular event includes a 10 km marathon swim from Zushi to Enoshima, a 2.5 km open water swim in Zushi Bay, a 2.5 km fin swim in Zushi Bay (mono fin and bifin), and two separate
