I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" to swim with my son this afternoon.
It was sunny and very hot like summer here in Shimoda today.
After we arrived at the beach we jumped into the water soon.
The water is definitely getting warmer day by day.
I've been wondering this season the water temperature is higher than usual.
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Video taken on this beach today
Pension Sakuraya 4 minutes walk to Shirahama Beach in Shimoda, Japan
We have displayed Koinobori (carp streamer) when it was sunny and we had customers because My 5th was a boy's day in Japan.
Today, it is windy and a good condition for them.
But this weekend it would be the last chance for them to swim in the sky, I think.
Next week they will go to bed until next April!
I took some pictures on Shirahama beach and Sotoura beach today.
It was sunny and very hot today here in Shimoda.
I walked around on Shirahama beach and Sotoura beach for an hour and half.
When we have a west wind we sometimes can see the clear and blue sea.
The sun and the wind gave us the beautiful scenery and made me very happy today!!
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During Golden Week I couldn't go anywhere with my children, beacu we had been very busy.
So I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" with my son this afternoon.
There were some surfers on the beach and they had good waves for surfing.
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Pension Sakuraya A family running accommodation in Shimoda, Japan
Yesterday it was sunny but we had strong wind here in Shimoda.
But today we didn't have strong wind, and the air temperature was getting higher and higher.
Yes, it was almost summer.
When I took pictures there were a lot of people swimming, surfing, walking on the beach.
I wanted to swim today.....
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Pension Sakuraya 4 minutes walk from the beach "Shirahama" in Shimoda, Japan
I went to the beach to take photos with my son this afternoon.
Threre were some people on the beach and some of them brought sun umbrella and tent.
The water was very warm today.
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4 minutes walking to the beach Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
Today we had a heavy rain around noon here in Shimoda.
This rain stopped all trains running on Izukyuko line between Ito and Shimoda after 2:00 PM.
I took this picture at 1:30 PM.
Accommodation Pension Sakuraya, 4 minutes walking to the nearest beach "Shirahama" in Shimoda
Today it was sunny and very warm here in Shimoda again.
As my son had a holiday today we went to Kujuppama beach, 15 minutes driving from Pension Sakuraya.
This beach is good for swimming and snorkeling, so it's very crowded in summer.
We put short pants to get into the water today, but it was still very cold.
I posted 13 photos and 2 videos, this and this, which I took today.
4 minutes walking to the nearest beach "Shirahama" Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda
On last Monday we had strong wind and heavy rain here in Shioda, and it was still windy yesterday.
Today, as it became sunny and we didn't have strong wind I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" with my son.
It takes about 4 minutes by walking from Pension Sakuraya.
I posted the video which I took today on Youtube.
It's sunny again in Shimoda this morning.
We have a blue sky and sunshine here in Shirahama, and could see the Izu seven islands over the ocean.
I am going to the beach with my son today.
Kids friendly accommodation "Pension Sakuraya" in Shimoda, Japan
Have you ever seen the blue sea like this?
Today we had a strong west wind in Shimoda, but the water was shining blue.
When I was taking photos on the road some girls said,
"Oh, great. This beach makes us excited!"
You can get the blue water like this in Shimoda, 3 hours driving from Tokyo.
You don't have to go to the southern islands to see it.
Kids friendly accommodation: Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
We had a little bit wind today, but it was sunny again!
When I went to the junior high school to pick my daughter up I took this picture.
From this place we can see Shirahama Beach over the rock and Amagi mountains in the distance.
Everytime I pass this place I am excited with its color under the sun shine.
Shirahama beach has been already covered by spring color!
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!!
This morning, when I went down the hill to go to Shimoda downtown I found out that a lot of snow remained on Amagi mountains and Izu Oshima island.
The view from Shirahama beach looled like Alps with snow.
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Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
This morning we had a lot of hail from around 8:00 AM, and the beach became white by hailing.
It rarely snows or hails in thie region, but all the places in Shirahama were covered by small hails.
Unbelievable!!
My children may be excited with this at school.
I restarted walking from January 6th.
This morning I walked again with the neighbor children.
It was very cold here in Shirahama, but we could see the Amagi mountains and the Izu seven island clearly on the way to school.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
When I was going to prepare our diner I found out that the western sky was glowing with the splendor of the setting sun.
So I went to the beach to take pictures.
I could take a lot of pictures on the beach.
This afternoon I went to Shirahama shrine with my family.
It was a first vist of this year for us.
We, Japanese visit shrine at the beginning of new year to pray our health and happiness.
As we are in the new year holiday there were a lot of people there.
Click here to see the picture which I took today.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
It was very warm here in Shimoda today even in winter.
There were some people walking on the beach and watching the sea this afternoon.
We appreciate very much everything this year and wish you a Happy New Year.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Shimoda again.
I took this picture on the top of mountain behind our hotel in Shimoda.
It was a very beautiful day today again, and the air was clear.
We could see the Izu seven islands on the horizon.
There were some freighters on the sea, which came here to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
It had been cloudy and very cold here in Shimoda on last 2 days, but it became sunny and very warm today.
The family who came from Canada checked out this morning, and they went to Shimoda park before leaving Shimoda.
I think they could see the Izu seven islands from the view point of Shimoda park today.
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
On last Thursday and Friday we had strong wind and heavy rain like storm here in Shimoda.
But today it was beautiful and we could see the blue sky and sea after long time.
When I went to Shimoda dowmtown with my son I took some pictures on the beach.
The strong wind brought the sand from the beach to the road like this.
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Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
After school I went to the beach with my son as usual.
Yesterday we had very strong west wind here in Shimoda.
This morning we still had a little wind, but the wind was stopped after that and the sky was very clear.
We could see the Izu Seven Islands over the ocean.
My son was playing shooting his shoe!
Today we had strong west wind here in Shimoda.
When I went shopping I took this picture on the way to the beach.
We could see clear bule sea and Izu Oshima Island over the ocean.
From this season we sometimes have cold west wind, and we can see the boats which come to this sea to protect them from the strong wind.
Becuase they have more than 30 or 40 m/s wind at around Irozaki cape.
Too dangerous for them it is!
Look at his hand.
There is someting on his parm.
Do you know what this is?
After school I went to pick up my son and went to the beach this late afternoon.
Before getting into the beach my son found out something and start running.
"Look at this, dad!" he said and licked it......
Yesterday the weather forecast said it would be colder, but it was not so cold today actually.
However we could see the Izu Oshima Island clearly from Sakuraya on the hill because the air, the sky and everything is getting into winter.
After school I went to pick up my son and went to the beach together.
This is "Shirahama Chuo Beach" next to "Shirahama Ohama Beach" which is the nearest one.
My son and I walked on the beach for a while. ( The small person in this picture is my son!)
Yesterday we had strong wind and heavy rain here in Shimoda.
It was almost typhoon, but we didn't have any problem with it.
Today the weather was changed!
We could see the blue sky and sea this morning, so I decided to go to the nearest beach "Shirahama" with my son this afternoon.
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