Otaru dream beach is not the cleanest or nicest beach in the world, but closest to Sapporo, and therefore most popular and most crowded. It has a large parking lot (which costs 800 yen during beach season) and many yakuza run beach houses line the ocean. At dream beach one can ride a banana boat, rent a sunbathing lounge chair, an inflatable toy or even buy a beer. Good place if you want to catch some sun but don’t have time to drive all the way to Ranshima.
Otaru Dream Beach
Otaru dream beach is not the cleanest or nicest beach in the world, but closest to Sapporo, and therefore most popular and most crowded. It has a large parking lot (which costs 800 yen during beach season) and many yakuza run beach houses line the ocean. At dream beach one can ride a banana boat, rent a sunbathing lounge chair, an inflatable toy or even buy a beer. Good place if you want to catch some sun but don’t have time to drive all the way to Ranshima.