A gaggle of college college students who went kayaking in Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture all returned safely to shore late Monday, after being reported lacking earlier within the night, with three of their kayaks having capsized.
Round 6 p.m., police acquired a report from a passerby {that a} group comprising some 20 individuals appeared to have been nonetheless kayaking despite the fact that it was near sunset, Kazuyuki Miyawaki, the deputy chief of the close by Otsu-kita Police Station, mentioned Tuesday.
When cops arrived on the scene, it emerged that some 50 college students from Biwako Seikei Sport Faculty within the metropolis of Otsu had been kayaking within the lake, and that about 30 did not return to shore on time, he mentioned.
It wasn’t till after 9 p.m. that every one the lacking college students returned to shore on their very own. After the three kayaks capsized, a number of of the scholars needed to swim again in the dead of night.
Nobody was injured.
College students described the lake, the most important freshwater lake in Japan, as having robust wind and excessive waves on the time.
Biwako Seikei Sport Faculty issued an announcement in a while Monday to substantiate the security of all its college students and apologize for the incident.
“We sincerely apologize for any fear or inconvenience this will have brought on,” the assertion learn.
