Business in Tokyo - One day to dive

[refinished]

Hi all - I have an upcoming business trip to Asia and will have a little extra time in Tokyo. I want to dedicate a free day to seeing what swims in your seas. I will have Sunday, May 25th free and want to do a couple of dives. Searches on this board have turned up Atami as a potential place to hit, but I am not finding too much advice on how to spend just one day diving if you are in Tokyo.

Any suggestions on a good day-trip itinerary from Tokyo?

I have some tech qualifactions, but will want to keep the diving somewhat mild since I will need to be in rented gear and w/o a known buddy.

 

[Geoff_H]

Hi refinished

You can try these three English speaking places, drop them an email and ask what they're doing that day

Mar Scuba - The Zen of Diving (says Open water Rescue day on the schedule, maybe you could tag along)

:: Japan Underwater Explorers :: GUE Training & DIR Equipment Centre (can't find any schedule but they often dive Atami)

Welcome to Discovery Divers Tokyo (says training for military personnel only on that weekend)

Cheers
Geoff

 

[sushimassa]

Hi,

I've been meaning to write, but trying to find someone who you could partner up with. Geoff's right, JUE often does dive Atami, but most of our regular divers aren't around that weekend. I've sent out a few mails to try to find a buddy, but not had any positive responses for you yet.

I guess that you don't speak Japanese? If you have even minimal ability, there are guides available at Atami you could use. But they don't have a tech slant...

 

[refinished]

Thanks for the great info. It will come in handy in the future, but I learned today that my trip has been delayed until early July. I will still plan for some time to dive and will take any advice offered into consideration. So Atami is my best bet as a location?

Geoff - thanks for the tips on English speaking places. I can hack neolatin and germanic languages, but Japanese baffles me. Perhaps I will post my new dates when they are more firm and I can find a buddy here.

 

[Geoff_H]

No worries - I will be up and diving in July so I'll help you out then

For a day/weekend - anywhere on the Izu penisular is good. Atami is the closest popular site (1 hour by bullet train from Tokyo), but there are other locations that are easily accessible by train/car.

 

[jagfish]

Definitely a must dive location for a short trip to Japan. However, I think other places are more fun for a weekend experience, Oshima for example...