What did you wear to the beach this summer?

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Here I am paddling in the sea - the Inland Sea, to be precise - on a beach on the island of Ikuchijima (生口島) in western Japan.

That day, the missus and I were cycling along the coast of Ikuchijima on power-assisted bicycles that we rented when we arrived on the island. Included in the rental package were flip-flops and a beach towel, so it would've been rude not to have gone for a paddle to say the least.

We spent barely a quarter of an hour on the beach - Setoda Sunset Beach - before heading off on our bikes towards Tatara Bridge (多々羅大橋) that links Ikuchijima to another island called Omishima (大三島).

Gentleman's Beachwear, 2024

If you are wondering about my beachwear...

I was wearing a vintage pair of 3/4 length hiking trousers by the UK outdoor clothing company, Rohan. Those trousers must be at least 30 years old because I haven't bought any gear from Rohan for, well, decades, and it seems that Rohan doesn't produce them anymore, not for men at least.

As for the shirt, it is polyester-cotton number, soft and comfortable fabric, with button-down collar, one of the Brick House brand by the Tokyo Shirt Company.

The pork-pie hat is another vintage number, being at least a quarter of a century old, by the New York Hat and Cap Co.

In short, the perfect beachware on a hot summer's day, don't you think?

Cheers!

David Hurley
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I got to one conclusion from this photo... You need to go out more often and collect more of those sun rays... 😃

Btw... Nice photo... When I thought about it, I never heard or saw people posting photos from Japanese beaches... The water is too cold? Do they go to the beach in summer (massively 😃) as in Western countries?

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Ha ha! I collected a whole summer's worth of sun rays that day - the lower calves of my lily-white legs turned red and started peeling.

Going to the beach is largely a thing of the summer in Japan, and only for a fairly limited window of time... the commonly cited reason for not swimming is jellyfish. Also, a lot of women don't want to expose their skin to the sun, and quite a lot of beaches have "no swimming" rules which are largely obeyed. Actually, there were a lot of people enjoying themselves just up the beach from where we were.
!BBH

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the lower calves of my lily-white legs turned red and started peeling.

hahahaha... what a description of the legs' color! 😂

Also, a lot of women don't want to expose their skin to the sun

Oh, I forgot about that! They WANT to be as white as possible!

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