Have you ever been to the southern islands in Japan?
If you have never been there you don't need to go, because you can get it here in Shimoda.
In these days it has been cloudy and sunny, but sometimes we had a shower.
But I could take the beautiful photos on the beach today.
Now we are in summer.
Come and play, and spend great time here in Shirahama.
Last night we had heavy rain here in Shimoda, but it was sunny today.
A family came from England went to the beach after breakfast this morning.
When I finished my work I went to the beach too.
There were some people who were swimming in the water.
In these days it had been almost cloudy and rainy here in Shimoda, but it was changed today.
Sunny day came again and it was very humid.
When I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama", there were some people who were swimming in the water.
They were very lucky today because of sunny in the rainy season.
I really wanted to swim with them today.
Last night we had a heavy rain here in Shimoda.
The weather forecast said that it would be rainy in the next morning, but it would be sunny after that.
I couldn't believe it yesterday, and even this morning.
But the weather was changed this afternoon like this.
I went to the nearest beach by walking and took this photo.
There were two mothers and their children who were playing there.
It takes about 3 hours and half to get this treasure from Tokyo.
Last night we had heavy rain here in Shimoda, but this morning it was changed to sunny day.
Besides the air was clear, so everything was beautiful in Shirahama.
4 minutes walking took me to this beach.
There were some people on the beach, and some of them were sitting on the sand, but some of the other people were swimming.
Continue reading "2010/06/16 A Wonderful Moment!! Let's go to Shimoda!!!" »
In these days the water temperature is getting warmer and warmer.
The temperature is normally about 18 or 19 degrees in this season, but it became more than 22 degrees now.
Because the Japan current ( Kuroshio current) is close to Japan this year.
Look at this.
You can know the condition of Pacific ocean.
I show you the photo which I took today.
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Continue reading "2010/06/04 Very warm water! Shirahama Beach in Shimoda" »
On the way to Shimoda downtown I took this picture.
Today it was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama.
And also we had very good waves for surfing.
So there were a lot of surfers on the sea in Shirahama.
If you would like to come to Shirahama for surfing and if you don't have board or wet suit there is a surf shop near the beach.
The weather forecast said last night it was very fine day and very hot today in Shimoda.
Today it was a picnic day of kindergarten.
My wife and son went to kindergarten at 9:30 AM, but I left my house after our customers checked out.
When I arrived at the beach the children had just started to play on the water's edge.
Actually I was worried about my son, because he had a cough and runny nose.
But he was unmindful and got into the water to play.
There are many beaches in Shimoda, and this is one of them.
We can find out this beach on the way to Shimoda downtown, and also I think this beach is one of good points for snorkeling in Shimoda.
When we don't have big waves it is easy to get into the sea from the water's edge.
Today we could see the island called "Izu-Oshima" over the ocean.
It had a cloud over the top of island, and this island looked like floating on the sea.
It was almost cloudy here yesterday, but we got a sunshine and high temperature today.
When I went to the beach to take photos after noon it was low tide.
But we didn't have big waves here, so it was very good condition for snorkeling.
We can go down the cliff from Route 135 by walk and get into the water from the right side.
If I hadn't had job today I would have snorkeled today.
Do you know it takes only 2 hours and 50 minutes to get to this beach from Tokyo?
Before getting into Golden Week it had been cold, cloudy, rainy and windy here in Shimoda.
But at the beginning of Golden Week the weather was changed and we got this beautiful sea at all.
This color is real blue which I saw on the beach today.
Have you ever been to Shirahama in Shimoda?
You should try to come and get a great nature in Shimoda!!
"Dad, I want to play outside!"
My son said so.
Since my daughter Hikari has a cold and she was watching TV in the kid's room, my son Yuuki couldn't watch his favorite TV program.
After I finished my work I went to the parking lot near the beach with my son.
My son loves to play with a toy car.
After that we went to the beach.....
The weather forecast said,
"It was 26 degrees in Tokyo, but was more than 30 degrees in Okinawa today."
In Shimoda it was very warm, but was not hot today actually.
We had very big waves here in Shirahama, but it was not good condition for surfing.
The waves were hitting the rock which has a Red gate "Torii" on top.
It was very beautiful day today.
When I was cleaning up the guest rooms I could see a blue sea.
So I decided to go to the beach to take photos after shopping in Shimoda.
Yesterday we had a very strong west wind here in Shirahama, but it was very quiet on the beach today.
There were some people on the beach and they were looking the ships on the sea, and some of them got into the water.
I usually walk in the morning with my child when she goes to the school.
But as she had a spring holiday I didn't walk.
This morning I walked with her after 2 weeks.
After I walked to the primary school I went to the beach called "Shirahama Chuo Beach".
However I had a strong wind this morning it was very hard to walk on the beach....
Continue reading "2010/04/08 Walking on the beach after 2 weeks" »
As always I walked around Shirahama area when my daughter went to the school this morning.
But I forgot my camera and couldn't take photos then.
So I went to Shirahama beach again around noon.
When I got into the beach there were some people seeing the ocean.
The water of the sea was blue and very clear under the sunshine today......
Continue reading "2010/03/17 Shirahama Beach under the sunshine" »
At 9:33 am on February Japan Meteorological Agency issued Tsunami warning due to an earthquake in Chile.
All Japan was made rush by this information yesterday.
My aunt who went to Tokyo the day before yesterday couldN7t come back to Shimoda because JR Tokaido Line stopped running due to Tusnami warning.
It usually takes about 2 hours and half to get to Shimoda from Tokyo, but it took more than 12 hours.
But we had only 50 or 60 cm Tsunami in Shimoda actually.
Izukyuko line runs along the seaside,so I understand if they stopped running.
But JR Tokaido line goes a little far from the sea.
Why are transport facilitiles in Japan so nervous?
Shirahama beach in Shimoda is one of good points for surfing.
We sometimes very good wave here, especially in September due to typhoon.
But today we had a very beautiful wave like this.
It looks twice as high as surfer in the water.
I don't understand why they are not afraid of big waves.
If I don't have a surf board I can't get into the water.
We had a very strong wind here in Shirahama yesterday, but it became sunny today.
So I went to the beach to take some photos.
I took this on the way to the beach.
The sea was very gorgeous and I could see Izu Oshima island over there.
Since I moved here I had seen this Shirahama beach a lot of times but I never get weary of looking at this blue sea.
Have you ever seen this color of the sea in Japan?
Today it was very cold here in Shirahama, but I went to Shimoda downtown by bycycle.
On the way to Shimoda there is a free parking lot called "Miharashi Hiroba".
I took this photo near this parking.
The air was very cold, but the water in the sea was clear!
It takes about 3 or 4 hours by car from Tokyo, but you can get this beautiful scenery if you come to Shimoda.
"Are you going to swim tomorrow?"
"No. But is it possible to swim here in this season?"
I asked our guests who checked-in yesterday, but they didn't bring their swim wear.
The weather forecast said it would be cloudy today, but it became sunny and hot after 10:00 in the morning.
There were a lot of people on the beach today, because now we are in the national holidays in Japan.
It was rainy all day long yesterday.
The guests who came from Germany changed their schedule and decided to stay longer.
"You are lucky" We can swim today!"
"Yes. We came to Shimoda for swimming, so we don't want to say good bye without swimming.
There were many people on the beach today.
The day before yesterday the typhoon has gone away on the Pacific ocean near Japan.
So we had a strong wind and heavy rain here in Shirahama.
But today it became sunny and very hot.
It was good day for swimming here.
"I want to play a snorkeling, but are there any good points nearby?"
"Well, there are some good points in Shimoda. But we don't recommend you Shirahama beach because of the big waves and the north-west wind."
Our guest asked me this morning and I recommended them this island in Shimoda.
This is called "Ebisu-jima" in Japanese. It is located in Suzaki peninsula near Shimoda downtown.......
Today it was Sunday.
we had a north-west wind here in Shirahama, but there were a lot of people on the beach.
They were swimming, sleeping, walking and playing on the beach under the sun.
My son, Yuuki and I went to the beach to check the beach condition after kindergarten.
I bought a juice for my son at Family Mart, and got into the beach.
He drunk it up immediately. He was very thirsty, I guess.
I show you today's beach....
Continue reading "2009/09/04 Sunshine and swimming in Shirahama" »
The typhoon #11 has already gone to the north part of Japan.
It didn't land on Izu peninsula this time, so there was no problem here in Shimoda.
I went to the beach to take photos after picking my son after kindergarten.
I think the typhoon left the big waves today, but the water was very beautiful. .....
This morning we had a rain here in Shirahama, but the weather was changed and became a sunny day!
I went to the beach to swim with my children for the 2nd time this summer.
There still were a lot of people on the beach.
The sea was really blue and beautiful, but we had big waves today.
Last night the weather forecast said that it would be cloudy today, but it was sunny actually.
I went to the top of mountain behind our Pension to take photos.
I could see a lot of beach parasols on the beach.
The water was blue and gorgeous today.
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