Surf Stadium Japan

Surf Stadium Japan opened in 2021 in Shizunami, Makinohara City, on Shizuoka's Pacific coast, one of the fastest wave pool builds on record at 13 months from groundbreaking to waves. The PerfectSwell basin hosted national-team training around the Tokyo Olympics, including Team USA, and runs public sessions by reservation.

PerfectSwell's programmable air-chamber system delivers lefts, rights, and barrel sections on demand, the same technology family as Waco Surf and Boa Vista. Settings scale from beginner rollers to competition-grade waves used by Japan's Olympic-level surfers.

Surfers in central Japan wanting guaranteed practice, and visitors pairing a session with the Shizunami beach break out front. The park sits in an actual surf town, so pool-plus-ocean days are easy.

Admission is published at ¥1,100 for high school age and above and ¥550 for ages 3 through junior high, which is also what non-surfing spectators pay. Session rates are handled through the account-gated booking system rather than a public rate card; third-party reporting has put hourly sessions in the ¥6,600 to ¥8,800 range depending on the course, with a wider ¥3,300 to ¥9,900 spread quoted earlier in the park's life. Courses are tiered from beginner through expert and the wave setting changes hour to hour, so confirm the current rate for your course on the official booking site before travelling.

Shizunami is roughly three hours from Tokyo by rail and road via Shizuoka. Use the international visitors page to book, bring a translation app for fine print, and check the ocean forecast, because the beach break out front can make the pool optional.