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There are some Sakura trees in our field, and they are almost fully blooming at last.
This season it has been very cold here in Izu Peninsula since the end of last year, so it is later to bloom than usual.
But the Sakura trees in our garden get a lot of sunshine, and the sun make them to bloom faster than the others.
The other Kawazu Sakura trees In Kawazu town and Minami-Izu town blooms after a delay of 2 or 3 weeks.
This morning I took my daughter to the school and took this picture on the way home in Shirahama.
When it is sunny we can see the blue sea from this point, but....
Since last night it have been raining in Shimoda and still raining.
Of course I know the rain is neccesary for Sakura to bloom, but it should be on weekday at least in this season.
Because a lot of people come to Izu peninsula to see the Sakura blossoms.
Click here to see the other picture taken at the entrance of Pension Sakuraya this morning.
We had heavy rain in Shimoda this morning.
This season Kawazu Sakura is blooming slowly, but the rain gave them an energy to bloom.
I could find out the water drop on Sakura in our garden.
Click here to see the other photos which I took today.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda city, Japan
This morning I took my daughter to Shirahama shrine, because she has a school trip for 3 days from today.
They took a bus to Mishima train station and will take Shinkansen to Kyoto.
I hope she has good experiences and memories in Kyoto and Nara.
I took this picture on the beach behind Shirahama shrine after my daughter left.
There were some people walking on the beach this morning.
I took this picture when I went to the school to pick up my daughter.
Today it is very warm and we could see the beautiful sea in Shirahama, Shimoda.
The scenery with the floating white coulds and the blue water always make me happy!!
In Japan we have a lot of kinds of Sakura.
And the earliest blooming is Kawazu Sakura, which usually starts to bloom from the end of January.
But this season it is later than usual.
Kawazu Sakura festival has already started from February 5th, but it is only 5 % blooming on this stage.
In our garden there are some Sakura trees and they also have just started blooming.
The best timing to watch Kawazu Sakura in this season will be after the end of February, I think.
Kawazu Sakura festival in Kawazu town and Minami-Izu town
Pension Sakuraya, a family running guest house in Shimoda, Japan
It had been cloudy and rainy since last Monday, so we could see a sunrise after 4 days here in Shimoda.
When I took my daughter to the school I took this picture on the way home.
As the air was clear we could see the Amagi mountains, which has snow on top.
In Tokyo they also had a little snow yesterday.
They are the Japanese couple and their friend who is from Thai.
They did horse riding on the 1st day and were going to try sea kayak in Shimoda on the 2nd day.
It became sunny and very warm on the 2nd day, so they could have a great experience in Shimoda, I think.
We look forward to meeting you again.
Thank you very much for staying with us.
This morning there is no wind, no big waves and very quiet.
But it's very cold as usual in this season.
When I came back home from Shimoda downtown I could see a beutiful scenery with sunrise and golden road on the sea in Shirahama.
Today we have a big party of a lot of students from Nihon University.
The sunny day will welcome them today.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
We had heavy rain and strong wind like a storm here in Shimoda yesterday.
My second daughter has a marathon competition in Shimoda yesterday, but it was cancelled due to the weather.
Today my first daughter will have a marathon of high school.
We had a beautiful sunrise again this morning after 2 days.
As this Japanese room has a southern aspect, it is very sunny and warm though we are in the winter.
It's not only rainy and windy, but also warm here in Shimoda this morning.
This is Kawazu Sakura tree in a parking lot in Shirahama.
It has just started blooming.
This season Sakura blooming in Izu peninsula is too late due to the coldness.
Is the warmth this morning a good helper for them to bloom?
On last Friday I put the red letters "Sakuraya" on the sign board on the corner near Pension Sakuraya.
Our foreign customers sometimes lost the way to our Pension on this corner.
So I wrote the red letters.
Please find out this sign and don't loose the way!!
In these days it has been very cold in Japan.
The weather forecast says in this winter they have a lot of snow in the Japan sea area, Tohoku and Hokkaido twice or three times as much as usual.
We had strong west wind here in Shimoda, but we could see the Izu seven islands clearly.
There were 2 ships came to Shirahama to protect themselves from the strong wind.
He came from Chiba prefecture by bicycle and stayed at Sakuraya for the 1st time.
He is going to Southern tip of Izu peninsula and Western side after Shimoda.
As he doesn't like photo I took this photo with only his bicycle.
Thank you for staying with us.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
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