As the title says… which half-decent beaches allow drinking alcohol at the beach (like BYO on the beach, not only at "beach huts") and accessible from tokyo by public transport? A group of us want to get together at a beach this month and I'm organising, but am really struggling to work out where to go and latest regulations.
I was originally thinking Zushi cos it used to be a great party vibe beach but TIL Zushi banned alcohol and BBQing back in 2014 (my last visit to Zushi was way back in 2012) and they've even gone so far as to ban tattoos (which some in our group do have). Struggling to figure out which half-decent beaches still allow BYO drinking while chilling on your towel/under your sunshade and aren't a big downer with the fun/tattoo police… We aren't a rowdy messy group by any means but we do want to relax with a few drinks. Our group members live all over Tokyo so no one departure station is preferable – anywhere is fair game if it's walking/bus/taxi distance from a train station <2hrs from Tokyo. Big bonus points if it's a white/yellow sand beach not grey/black sand, and mega bonus points if it allows bbqing as well!
Would reaaaally prefer to do things the legit way, not have people in the group going all teenage incognito with pre-mixed drinks in coke bottles etc lol
by Mitsuka1