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

2015/05/30 Shirahama Beach today

I walked on the seaside road and the beach this afternoon.

There were some people swimming in the water and a lot of surfers on the beach.

2015/05/26 Sotoura Beach in Shimoda

Between Shirahama and Shimoda city, there is a small beach called Sotoura Beach.

They usually don't have big waves on this beach in shape of a cove.

That's why this beach is very popular with families with small children.

2015/05/25 Shirahama Beach today

I walked along the seaside this afternoon as usual.

The TV news said that it has been very hot in Tokyo this morning, but it was cool here in Shirahama because of the north wind.

2015/05/21 View from Ogasaki Wing

The Ogasaki^wing is one of the good view points in Izu peninsula.

We can see the beautiful landscape and the seascape from this point.

In addition, for example, when I came back from Tokyo we can feel "Yes, we are home!" at this point.

I really love the view from this point.

2015/05/19 Twilight time in Shirahama

When I was cooking for our own dinner in the kitchen I opened the window and saw the sun setting into the west.

So I went to the beach quickly to take pictures of the clouds turned pink on the beach.

2015/05/17 Beach Cleaning

The local community of Shirahama had a beach cleaning this early morning.

It was foggy then, but it became sunny today.

In addition, the humidity is getting higher day by day because the summer is coming!

2015/05/14 Gorgeous Seascape in Shirahama, Shimoda

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!

2015/05/13 Beach after typhoon

I took this picture on the way to the nearest beach this morning.

The typhoon #16 had passed to the north of Japan last night, and the sun and the blue sky came back  again.

We are very glad  that we had no damege by typhoon this time.

2015/05/10 Shirahama Beach at Low Tide

It was very beautiful and really hot like almost summer today.

There were some people in the water this afternoon.

By the way, that huge rock on the beach looks like a submarine just about getting out of water, isn't it?

2015/05/08 Sotoura Beach in Shimoda

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.

2015/05/02 Shirahama Beach in Golden Week

We had clear blue sky today again.

The nearest beach "Shirahama Beach" was much more beautiful than yesterday, because there was no cloud in the sky.

According to the weather forecast today would be the best day during this Golden Week.

2015/05/01 Shirahama Beach & Shimoda city this morning

The blue sky and the sunshine came back here in Shimoda after 3 days!

It was very hot like summer!

I took my daughter to the train station in Shimoda by my car this morning, and took some pictures on the way.

2015/04/27 Yumigahama Beach in Minami Izu town

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.

2015/04/26 Shirahama Beach

I've lived here in Shirahama, Shimoda since more than 20 years ago, and I see the nearest beach almost every day.

But I never get tired of seeing such a beautiful sea.

2015/04/24 Shirahama Chuo Beach

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.

2015/04/18 Shirahama Beach Today

I took these pictures from the seaside road on the way to Shimoda city this afternoon.

It was very warm here in Shirahama again today.

There were some people on the beach under the sun shine.....

2015/04/17 Shirahama Beach Today

We had heavy shower for a little while this morning, but it became sunny after that.

I walked toward back of Shirahama shrine on the beach today.

2015/04/16 Sand Mound on the beach

We had had strong north wind until yesterday, but it's west wind here in Shirahama today.

This morning I saw that they started to remove the sand on the road, which was blown off by the strong north wind for the last few days.

The sand mounds were made by the strong wind on the beach as well.

2015/04/15 Shirahama Beach today

The blue sky and the blue sea came back after a long time!

I was very happy to walk on the seaside road looking over the beautiful sea under the sunshine.

The weather forecast says it's getting warmer tomorrow.

2015/04/08 Snow in April

This is a picture from the online live camera near Mt. Fuji this morning.

They had a little snow in Hakone and around Mt. Fuji today.

We didn't have any snow in Shimoda, but we had very cold rain and strong north wind.

Where has spring gone?

2015/04/06 Shirahama Beach under the Sun

It was sunny and very warm after a several days here in Shirahama today.

When I was walking on the beach there were  some people barefoot in the water.

The weather forecast says it will be colder tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

2014/04/04 Strong Windy Day in Shirahama

Although we had strong north wind, it was very good condition for them, I think.

2015/03/25 Spring has come!

It was a little windy, but very hot here in Shirahama today.

The flowers around Pension Sakuraya are now fully blooming.

2015/03/25 Shirahama Beach this late afternoon

I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" three times today, but the twilight time was really gorgeous.

2015/03/23 Shirahama Beach with My Son

We had a little strong west wind, but it was very hot like early summer today.

I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" to play with my son this afternoon.

You can see the other photos on our Facebook.

2015/03/22 Shirahama Beach today

We had lower tide than yesterday when I walked on the beach this afternoon.

It was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama today.

But the weather forecast says it will be colder tomorrow.

Clisk this link to see the other 9 photos on our Facebook.

2015/03/17 Shirahama Beach today

I walked along the seaside this afternoon after several days.

It was sunny and was the hottest day here in Shirahama today.

There were a lot of college students training lifesaving.

You can see the other pictures on our Facebook page here.

2015/03/11 The Best Beach "Shirahama"

We still had strong west wind today, but the color of the water was much more beautiful than yesterday!!

Shirahama Beach is the best one after all!!

2015/03/10 Blue Sky and Blue Sea came back after the rain!

Just only one day after rainy day the color of the sea was really different from yesterday!

The blue sky came back to Shirahama.

We had very strong west wind, but it was very warm today.

When I was walking on the seaside road I found out 2 young girls were getting the water barefoot.

2015/03/09 Shirahama Beach this morning

We had storong north wind again and the sea was rough this morning.

The weather forecast says it will be sunny but we will have strong WEST wind tomorrow.