Vs. Japanese sun I don't know why, but the sun here in Japan feels just brutal. Maybe it's the combination of elevation and angle and temperature and all of that. Regardless, going to the beach can be positively torture. My wife and I needed something to take the heat off. I owned a tent once built similarly to this one. It was an instant tent and I loved it. This one, built especially for the beach seemed like a good buy. I'm happy with it. Much like my previous tent, this one is pretty forgiving when you want to put it away: Just give the support bars a twist and it pretty much takes care of itself. The extended floor is a nice touch, and I was greteful that the tent included the anchoring pegs. My wife thinks it's odd to have a tent without a tent flap, but the reason this tent misses 5 stars is because I would have liked for it to have a bit more of a bill, or lip extending from the entrance. This isn't such a big deal because if you angle the entrance way from the sun then you should be pretty good, but if it points away from the water then it seems kind of funky. I do appreciate the UV protection though, and the fact that wind passes pretty well through it. I think if the angle is incorrect, then a good breeze would simply flatten it, but we'll see what happens.