A Letter from Blue Sky and Sea - Izu Shimoda Photo Diary

2011/09/29 Snorkeling at Sehama Beach in Tago, Nishi-Izu Town

I have been thinking that I wanted to go to Nishi-Izu town for snorkeling for a long time.

2 years ago, when I went to Nishi-Izu town for buissines I went to Futo Beach and found out that the water was very clear, and decided to come here again in the future.

On 29th September I could go to Futo beach but the condition was not good, so I change the point to Sehama Beach next to Futo beach.

There is a island called "Son no shima", and I could find out a lot of fishes around this island.

Click here to see the pictures I took there.

Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda

 

2011/09/27 Kamen Rider Fourze

On every Sunday morning Kamen Rider "Fourze" is televised from 8:00 AM.

My son, Yuuki usually doesn't wake up early on weekdays, but he wakes up by himself on only Sunday morning.

Kamen Rider Fourze is a new hero on TV started from the beginnning of this month.

This hero can wear various weapons or tools by using switches on his belt.

This afternoon Yuuki was making somethings in his room and came to the kitchen to show them.

Yes, he made 3 switches with toy, legos, by himself.

He loves Kamen Rider!!!

Website: Kamen Ride Fourze (only Japanese: Try to put on the switches on this site.)

Kamen Rider Fourze Episode 1 on website

Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan

2011/09/25 Thank you for staying with us this summer!

My daughter may caught a cold and has a fever around 37 degrees.

Because it had been really hot here in Shimoda until last week, but in these days it has been very cold every morning and evening.

Please be careful, everybody in Japan.

By the way all customers checked out this morning, and the long summer season was over.

After May 11th we have been worrying about this summer because of the earthquake and the nuclear accident, but we could have a lot of customers from all over the world during this summer and didn't have any troubles at Sakuraya.

Thank you very much for staying with us this summer.

Anyway, this morning we started to do a general house cleaning after the long busy season.

First of all, as we don't have any customers on these weekday we washed all bed covers and mats of the Western style rooms and dried them in the dining room!

2011/09/22 Blue sky after typhoon - - Shirahama Ohama Beach

This time the typhoon attacked Japan and landed in Shizuoka Pref.

We had been in blackout for 5 hours from 4:00 PM, but the power supply was cut off in some places near Shimoda for 24 hours.

Anyway we are all safe.

Today I went to the beach with my son after school to take pictures.

It was really beautiful day and they had good waves for surfing in Shirahama.

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Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda.

Black out

There is nothing to do.

2011/09/20 Thank you for your stay.

They came from Tokyo and stayed at Sakuraya for 2 nights.

During their stay they went to the beach, Shimoda Aquarium and some places in Shimoda.

As it had been sunny and very hot here in Shimoda, they could have a great time.

When they checked out he said,

"We came here for our 2nd wedding anniversary.!

Congratulations!!

And thank you for choosing our Pension for your memorial trip!

2011/09/19 Blue sky & White clouds - - Shirahama Ohama Beach

After taking pictures it is very difficult to select the pictures which I post on our website.

When I was cleaning up the guest rooms after check-out I could find out the blue sea through the window.

" Yes, they are inviting me today!!"

After 2:00 PM I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama".

Today it was really hot and humid, but the sky and the sea were gorgeous!!

I took a lot of pictures on the beach and this is one of best pictures today.

The white clouds were floating in the sky!!

Click here to see the other pictures which I took today.

Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan

2011/09/16 Shirahama Beach today

This morning it was cloudy here in Shimoda, but it became sunny and very hot after that.

I went to the beach to take pictures and there were some people swimming or surfing.

They had very good waves for surfing today.

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Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda

2011/09/15 Happy Birthday Yuuki!!!

Yuuki's birthday is September 17th actually, but it is Saturday during busy holidays this year and we will have a lot of customers.

So we decided to have a Birthday Party tonight.

This morning I had already told him about this party, so he couldn't wait for it after school.

"What time will we start the party?"

Because he will get birthday prezents!......

2011/09/14 Snorkeling on Togai-hama Beach at the tip of Izu peninsula

I have been thinking that I was going to go to the Togai-hama Beach to take photos since 3 days ago.

When I served the breakfast our customer this morning he said,

"Where is the good point for snorkeling?"

I told him some points in Shimoda, but I said to him,

"Oh, are you interested in snorkeling? I was going to go to the one of good points by accident, actually. Do you go with me? As we don't have any other customeres today I can take you there by  my car".

After breakfast we went to Togai-hama together by my car.

It was amazing point for snorkeling! we could meet a lot of fishes and found out the stingray as well!

Of course I could take a lot of good photos for our website.

Click here to see the photos which I took today.

Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda

2011/09/13 Snorkeling point in Shimoda - Ebisujima Island in Suzaki area

It was very hot here in Shimoda today, so I decided to go to Suzaki area for snorkeling.

It takes about 15 mintutes by car from Pension Sakuraya.

There is a small island called Ebisujima.

There are some good snorkeling points around this island.

Click here to see the pictures which I took today.

 

Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda.

2011/09/10 Perfect Beach "Shirahama" with my son

Today it was very beautiful day and very hot here in Shimoda.

when I went to the super market to buy icecreams with my son we went to the beach to take photos.

There were some people on the beach and the blue water was shinning under the sun.

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Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda

 

2011/09/09 Guests from Australia

They came from Australia to Japan for the 1st time and stayed with us for 5 nights.

On 1st and 2nd day it was rainy here in Shimoda, but it had been sunny after that.

And they could have good time on the white sandy beach.

I asked them about Shirahama Beach and they said, .....

2011/09/07 Kisami Ohama Beach in Shimoda

Have you ever been to Kisami Ohama Beach?

This beach also has a white sand and blue sea like Shirahama, but this summer it is a little different from usual.

Today, when I went to this beach and found out that the sand was black.

The typhoon took white sand away from this beach and the layer of iron sand was appeared after that.

But white sandy beach will be back in the future.

Yes, the nature is great!!

Click here to see the other pictures of Kisami Ohama, Shirahama and Tatado hama beach today.

 

Pension sakuraya in Shimoda

2011/09/06 Blue Sky after Typhoon

This morning the sun was shinning.

Yes, we could see the blue sky after cloudy and rainy days because of typhoon.

The sun and blue sky make us and our customers very happy!

All the customers went to the beach after breakfast.

I also went there to take pictures before shopping in Shimoda downtown.

Click here to see the pictures which I took today.

Pension Sakuraya in Shirahama, Shimoda city

2011/09/04 Cloudy and Humid today in Shirahama

Today I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" after several days.

I had been in my house all day since 5 days ago due to typhoon.

The typhoon had already past away to the sea of Japan, but they still had big waves today.

In this season there is no life savers, so please take care of swimming in the sea.

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Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda