This man is known as a godfather of Japanese surf culture: 78-year-old Teruo Adegawa. The Olympics coming to his doorstep to host its inaugural surfing competition was set to be a once in a lifetime ...

ON THE SHONAN COAST, Japan — In summer, the action gets going at four in the morning. Men and women in black wetsuits begin to appear, lugging their boards on foot or tucked into special bike racks.

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ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Surfing makes its Olympic debut next year at Chiba’s Ichinomiya beach but for many Japanese it is the Shonan coast, 50 kilometers south of Tokyo, that is regarded as the ...

Australian-born surfer Connor O’Leary said on Wednesday he had been selected for the Japan team for the Paris 2024 Olympics, after officially switching his allegiance to the country of his mother’s ...

July 20, ISUMI, Japan (Reuters) - Whenever Teruo Adegawa arrives at Taito Beach, other surfers recognize him right away. Dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts, the 78-year-old steps out of his car, ...

An elementary school student, left, tries surfing in a physical education class at Okuragahama Beach in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 6, 2023. (Mainichi/Tsugio Shigeharu) HYUGA, Miyazaki -- In a ...

ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Surfing makes its Olympic debut next year at Chiba’s Ichinomiya beach but for many Japanese it is the Shonan coast, 50 kilometres south of Tokyo, that is regarded as the ...