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

2013/02/26 The view of Mt. Fuji from Izu peninsula

I took this picture on the west side of Izu peninsula this morning.

I wanted to take it clearer, but the air was not to clear.

 

2013/02/24 Blue, blue and blue sea in Shirahama, Shimoda

Today it was windy here in Shimoda.

The strong west wind sometimes makes the sea blue and gorgeous like this.

And a lot of cargo ships come to this beach to protect themselves from the strong west wind.

2013/02/24 Thank you for staying with us.

They came from England to Japan for the 1st time.

Actually they stayed for several weeks in New Zealand before coming to Japan.

In Izu peninsula they  went to Kawazu town to see the cherry blossoms and took the cabel car to climb Mt. Nesugata in Shimoda.

They are going to Hakone and Tokyo after Shimoda, and they will leave Japan next week after a week travel in Japan.

They stayed at Sakuraya for only one night, but we could have a very good time with them.

Thank you very much for coming to Japan and staying with us in Shimoda.

2013/02/19 Kawazu Sakura in the rain

Today we had cold rain here in Shimoda.

I saw the pictures on the live camera of Izu peninsula this afternoon, and they had a lot of snow on the mountains.

Sakura blossoms were freezing today, I think.

2013/02/18 Cold rain in Shirahama

As the weather forecast said it has been rainy here in Shirahama since this morning.

And also we have strong wind.

But Sakura tree is fully blooming in our garden.

2013/02/17 Sakura tree in our garden

There are some kinds of Sakura tree in our garden.

One of them is now fully blooming and we can see it through the window in the dining room.

2013/02/13 Shirahama this morning

When it rains we usually take children by car to the school.

We had rain before 6:00 AM, but it became sunny after 6:30.

I took this picture after taking my daughter to the shool.

The sun was shining above the ocean and it was very warm after that.

2013/02/12 Sakura is blooming.

I took this picture in our garden this afternoon.

This winter, aloe, narcissus, rape and sakura are blooming at the same time in our garden.

These are Sakura blossoms raised from seed of Kawazu Sakura, and bloom earlier than Kawazu Sakura.

They are deep in pink color, and are blooming 40% now.

2013/02/11 Shirahama Beach Today

I took this picture on the way to the nearest beach from our Pension.

Today it was sunny but we had strong west wind.

In this case we sometimes see the ships which come to this beach to protect themselves from the strong wind.

We can see such a scenery in winter.

2013/02/10 Walking in Shirahama and Shimoda

Today I walked around again under the sunshine, and I took some pictures of Shirahama beach and Shimoda town from the top of mountain.

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

2013/02/09 A small port in Shirahama

This is a small fisherman's port called Itami in Shirahama.

There are some small boats and the fishermen use them to fish and to get Iseebi (Japanese spiny lobster) in this season.

And there is a small beach as well.

We can swim there in summer.

2013/02/08 Shirahama Beach Today

When I was walking I found out a lot of live savers on the beach this afternoon.

I think it is very hard to get into the water in this season, but the water temperature is about 14 degrees and the air temperature is about 8 degrees.

So it is warmer in the water than in the air actually.