Iwata Aya

Course during the Tsugaru Channel relay crossing with Aya Iwata

Tsugaru Channel relay after landing in Shirakami Misaki in Hokkaido in Japan

Escort boat during the Tsugaru Channel relay crossing with Aya Iwata

Aya Iwata is a Japanese open water swimmer who completed a crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in September 2014 in 9 hours 51 minutes together with Usui Yukichi, Ono Ikuko, Naito Yasuo, Hachinoe Hiroko and Peter Turberfield supported by Ocean Navi and sanctioned by the Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association.

External links

• Tsugaru Channel Swimming Facebook page
• Ocean Navi website
• Ocean Navi videos
• Open Water Swimming website
• Tsugaru Channel Swimming Association
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Now Swimming, Then Success After 9 Hours 51 Minutes