Get exhilarating feeling by driving on the beach! I ran “Chirihama Nagisa Driveway” in Ishikawa Prefecture!

Located on the west side of the base of the Noto Peninsula, the Chirihama Coast, which is about 8km from Hodatsushimizu Town to Hakui City in Ishikawa Prefecture, is the only sandy beach in Japan where all vehicles such as cars, buses, bikes, and bicycles can run along the beach. It is famous as “Chirihama Nagisa Driveway”.

Because the sand on Chirihama Coast is even and smaller than the usual so when it absorbs water it will firmly tightened and automobile can run without sinking on the beach. However, even at such Chirihama Coast, at the seaside with too much water and land side with less water, you won’t be able to ride vehicles because those sands flow easily and vehicles sink easily.

You can also swim in Chirihama Coast in summer. The shallow beach will be full of tourists who enjoy swimming. The traffic will be controlled in the crowded swimming season in Chirihama Nagisa Driveway, and road signs set up on the beach.

You can run along the beach at no charge for 24 hours, but traffic regulations and closing may be done during winter and when the waves are high.

The sunset in the Sea of Japan while driving “Chirihama Nagisa Driveway” is magnificent, so this is also the place recommended to visit the evening twilight time.

From April to October every year, people make sand sculptures at the end of the north side (Hakui City side) of “Chirihama Nagisa Driveway”. You can see the process of finishing sculpture by removing sand from big lump little by little.