We sometimes had a little sun light through the clouds in the sky, but it had been almost cloudy today.
The hydrangea in our field is now getting colored little by little. The hydrangea festival will take place at Shimoda park next month.
On the 1st day of Black Ship Festival 2015 in Shimoda the fireworks display was held at Shimoda harbor.
I went to Shimoda to see the fireworks display with my family.
We were able to see the fireworks under the clear sky last year, but we were not able to see the big fireworks in the cloud this year.
We had strong west wind, but it was very hot like summer here in Shirahama today.
We were able to see a gorgeous seascape this afternoon.
This beach looks like a southern island, doesn't it?
I was really excited when I was walking and taking pictures on the beach and the seaside road under the beautiful sun!
They came from Tokyo and stayed for 1 nights.
He is from England and she is from the United States, and he has stayed at Pesion Sakuray with his 4 friends 7 years ago, and they came to Sakuraya for her birthday.
It had been cloudy on the 1st day, but it became beautiful day after the typhoon passed.
Thank you for staying with us.
We are looking forward to meeting you one day again!
When I took my daughter to the school by my car this morning I took this picture.
This is Sotoura Beach in Shimoda, 2 or 3 minutes by car from Shirahama Beach.
In this season the blue sky and the fresh leaves are really gorgeous.
You can see the other pictures which I took this morning on our Facebook page.
The 76th Shimoda Black Ship Festival 2015 will take place for 3 days from May 15th Friday.
The fireworks festival will be held from 8:15 PM on the 1st day.
Let's enjoy "Time Travel to the Dawn of Japan's Modernization".
Click here to see 11 pictures of this past festival on our Facebook.
They came from Australia and stayed at Pension Sakuraya for 3 nights.
It had been cloudy and they sometimes had a little shower during their stay, but the blue sky came back on the last day.
The children were really cute, and the elder brother spoke English much better than me!!!
We are looking forward to meeting you all someday again!
Thank you very much for staying with us.
Have a nice trip and stay in Japan.
It was very hot and was almost summer here in Shimoda today.
I went to Yumigahama beach near the tip of Izu peninsula, 20 minutes driving from Sakuraya, with my wife and son this afternoon.
My son was very happy and excited to play with his mother, because he doesn't have many oppotunities like this.
We set up Koinobori which is carp-shaped streamer today.
Families with boys in Japan fly Koinobori outside from April to ealy May in honor of Children's Day May 5th which is originally boy's fesitival.
We also set up Koinobori in honor of my son for a good future and in the hope that he will grow up healthy and strong.
The nearest beach from Pension Sakuraya is Shirahama Ohama Beach, but there is other beach called Shirahama Chuo Beach.
It takes about 25 minutes by walking from Sakuraya.
This beach is the shape of cove and they don't have big waves.
So this beach is very popular wtih the families with small children.
I'm a member of Chorus in Shimoda, and we will have a concert with a professional chorus group, "Tokyo Philhermonic Chorus" and the conductor "Kazuki Yamada" on July 12th 2015.
Mr. Yamada got the 1st prize of International Competition for Young Conductors in Besançon, France in 2009.
He has come to Shimoda a lot of times since 1998, and we had a lot of concerts with him until now.
He came to Shimoda yesterday again and we had a special practice for the next concert with him.
It was a great time for us and we were defenitely developed by him.
In my hometown, Miyazaki prefecture in Kyushu, it was the first hottest day this year with over 30 degrees centigrade.
As we sometimes have a little cold day we can't imagine such a hot day.
This is a Sakura street along the river in Shimoda.
If it was sunny there would be a lot of people coming to see Sakura blossoms, but there was nobody even it was Sunday.