Araha Beach

The sailing ship that serves as a play structure is the Indian Oak, wrecked here on 14 August 1840.

It is the beach of Chatan's residents, not the hotels' beach: six hundred and sixty metres of sand, a pedestrian promenade and a basketball court. In the middle of the park there is a wooden ship with slides and rope courses, and it is not a pirate ship: it is a replica of the Indian Oak, a sailing ship of the British East India Company that ran aground on the reef just off this shore in 1840. There were sixty-seven men on board, and the people of Chatan brought them ashore, fed them and built huts for them.

A 3.7-hectare park on the Chatan seafront, with an artificial beach. The spot where the Indian Oak ran aground, a cultural property of the municipality, lies a little over a kilometre west of the mouth of the Hiruhi River; the 1984 underwater survey recovered copper sheets and nails, porcelain and bottles. Fifteen minutes' walk from American Village.

ℹ️ Swimming from 10 April to 31 October, generally 9:00–17:30, until 18:00 at the height of August. ⭐ There is a jellyfish net: it appears in the prefecture's list as at 14 August 2026, along with the sign and the vinegar. ⚠️ No source states whether a lifeguard is on duty: ask on 098-926-2680. Free car park; there is a charge for showers and lockers.

🚉 Kuwae · 25 min walk

Sources: chatan.or.jp · town.chatan.okinawa.jp · pref.okinawa.jp

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