Zushi passes resolution banning alcohol, loud music on beach

ZUSHI —Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan


The municipal assembly in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, has passed a resolution that bans playing loud music and drinking alcohol at the city’s only beach. Anyone with visible tattoos will also be barred.



The resolution, which was passed late Wednesday, was submitted after several instances of unruly behavior at the beach, which has turned the area into a “nightclub,” Zushi local government official Musashi Koizumi said.

Last summer, there was an increase in the number of so-called “umi no ie” (beach huts) used by beach goers to play loud music and have wild parties. Officials say moral standards among young beach goers have been deteriorating as seen in an increase in fights among drunken people, and more garbage being left on the beach, Sankei reported.

The resolution includes a prohibition on drinking alcohol and barbecuing outside beach huts, prohibition of exposure of tattoos, and a ban on playing loud music on the beach or in beach huts which must close by 6:30 p.m.

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