ISHIKAWA — A married couple died Saturday night after falling into a pit dug on a beach in Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, rescue workers said. Police identified the victims as Hiroki Demura and his wife Risa, both 23.
According to a report on NHK, Risa and five friends dug a 2.5-meter-deep hole on Friday afternoon as a birthday surprise for her husband. When they went back to the beach on Saturdxay night with their friends, the Demuras fell in and their upper bodies were covered by sand.