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Hong Kong

There are no official nude or clothing optional beaches in Hong Kong. Some remote beaches are occasionally used by nude or topfree sunbathers, but this list is both incomplete and inaccurate. I will improve it when I have time. There is one local naturist organisation which has had occasional press coverage - does anyone have contact details?

Other countries

Asia as a whole offers few legal opportunities for naturists, but many countries have unofficial places for social nudity: Thailand, Bali, the Philippines, Goa and others, not to mention Japan's onsen (hot springs). Any list would need to be updated frequently as the situation can change quickly. Typically a remote beach area first becomes popular with backpackers who often swim nude, then as it becomes more popular and developed and attracts mainstream tourists, enforces anti-nudity legislation while the original discoverers move on to somewhere more remote. A few upscale beach resorts also permit nudity or topfreedom.

Most Asian cultures are conservative about nudity, and the majority of nude beach users are generally foreigners plus some westernised locals. Rodparkes 05:20, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Japan

People bathe in the nude at spas in Japan, but there are no de facto or de jure nude beaches, let alone any beaches where toplessness is accepted. One model posing nude at a random seaside doesn't quality as a *social* nudity place by any notability standard. --MangoCurry 17:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update: The pic in question was also commented on over at Talk:Suruga Bay, with people saying it's not a nude beach. --MangoCurry 18:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thailand

I have heard rumours that there should be somewhere in Thailand that it should be possible to practice naturism, although it is in theory forbidden in thai law. Anyone who knows about this? I wonder if it was at Ko Phangan or Ko Samui. By the way, it is strange that none has opened naturist resorts that are closed off from none-visitors (that is hotels) --Oddeivind (talk) 18:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eurocentric concept

Isn't the very concept of a "list of social nudity places in Asia" Eurocentric? Nudity is traditionally common, if not the norm, in most of Asia. The idea of nudity for recreational purposes is alien to cultures which regarded clothes as optional in the first place. The term is also very bad English.101.98.175.68 (talk) 00:07, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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 I have heard rumours that there should be somewhere in Thailand that it should be possible to practice naturism, although it is in theory forbidden in thai law. Anyone who knows about this?
 I wonder if it was at Ko Phangan or Ko Samui. By the way, it is strange that none has opened naturist resorts that are closed off from none-visitors (that is hotels) --[[User:Oddeivind|Oddeivind]] ([[User talk:Oddeivind|talk]]) 18:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
+== Eurocentric concept ==
+Isn't the very concept of a "list of social nudity places in Asia" Eurocentric?  Nudity is traditionally common, if not the norm, in most of Asia.  The idea of nudity for recreational purposes is alien to cultures which regarded clothes as optional in the first place. The term is also very bad English.[[Special:Contributions/101.98.175.68|101.98.175.68]] ([[User talk:101.98.175.68|talk]]) 00:07, 28 April 2014 (UTC)