Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) is an open water swimming governing body in Tokyo that offers local races, biathlons and swimming holidays. JIOWSA was founded by Yutaka Shinozaki and has created a nationwide open water swimming series as well as offers open water swimming
Yutaka Shinozaki, founder of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) announced the 2014 schedule. The 19-race open water swimming series in Japan is now attracting an international following with athletes coming from Australia, Germany, Sweden, Korea, China, Taiwan and the United States. Shinozaki-san has also added a number of
Professor Morrie Chiang, chairman of the Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival in central Taiwan and Yutaka Shinozaki, chairman of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association, are quite the movers and shakers in the world of open water swimming in Asia. With a focus on promoting open water swimming for the benefits of health, wellness
When the ocean water is cold or coolish, we find ourselves looking forward to sight or looking across the ocean surface when we breath. There is a tendency to not look down when we swim. Our eyes, of course, are not necessarily closed, but we tend not to be focused on the depths below. There is nothing really to see and for some reason, the darkish hues
Young Kaoru Yamanaka won the season-ending Japan International Open Water Swimming Association festival on beautiful Kumejima Island in Okinawa, Japan this weekend. Kumejima is often said to be one of the most beautiful of the Okinawa Islands which lie south of Japan and east of Taiwan with an ocean that is inviting and stunningly gorgeous. The Kumejima
Yutaka Shinozaki founded the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA). The 14-race open water swimming series in Japan is now attracting an international following with athletes coming from Australia, Germany, Sweden, Korea, China, Taiwan and the United States to its latest addition - the International Masters Open Water Swim in
Although SwimSwam reported that funding was recently cut for the American open water swimming program and that American swimmers are angry and frustrated, we are certain that the future for the elite swimmers during the 2016 Olympic quadrennial is increasingly bright and financially rewarding. While the American swimmers will have to pay for their coaches
Yutaka Shinozaki founded and developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water swimming series in Japan. From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water swim series for all ages and abilities. From the pre-race beach
Yutaka Shinozaki founded and has developed the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association (JIOWSA) to be a 9-month-long, 14-part open water
swimming series in Japan.
From Okinawa to Honshu, Shinozaki-san and his
staff and volunteers have created an enjoyable, safe, competitive open water
swim series for all ages and abilities. From the
Yutaka Shinozaki, founder of the Japan International Open Water Swimming Association, spoke eloquently on the last day of the Open Water Swimming Safety Conference in San Francisco. "In Japan, we lost many people including those in Miyagi [where the Nihonsandaikei Okumatsushima Open Water Swim is held].""Everything shook so much, my home was shaking so
