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

Natural gifts from the ocean - Shimoda

Today it was very hot but gorgious day.

So I went to the beach by walking to take pictures.

I took this one at the bus stop called "Shirahama Kaigan" on Route 135.

Have you ever seen the sea like this?

Yes, it is absolutely paradise!!.....

Summer! Summer! Beautiful Summer in Shimoda!!

Today it was really beautiful day in Shimoda.

So I finished my job early at noon I went to take picutres by car.

I took this picture at "Ogasaki Wing" where you find at first at the entrance of Shimoda city if you come to Shimoda by car on Route 135.

We can see Izu seven island, Suzaki peninsula and Shirahama beach from this spot.....

Summer day after a long time - Shirahama Beach

I don't remember how many days we don't have a sunny day.

In summer I check the weather forcast many times everyday.
Yesterday's weather forcast said, it will be sunny.
But actually I didn't trust it because the weather change day and day.

However, we got a sunshine today in Shirahama, Shimoda.

Many parasols on Shirahama beach!!

Today it was a last day of these 3 holidays.

It was cloudy all day today, but we could see many parasols on the beach.

The typhoon is still making the wave strong.

That's why there were a lot of surfers in Shirahama.

Big waves are coming to Shirahama

The typhoon #4 is coming to Japan now.

That't why we had strong and big waves here in Shirahama.

Yes, it was very good condition for surfing.

If the typhoon come to Shimoda directly it gives higher waves for surfers.

Izu Shimoda Shirahama Beach: Pension Sakuraya

Live camera of Shirahama beach

When I go to Shimoda I sometimes take pictures of the beach before shopping.

And my son has to wait for me until I finish to take pictures, but he is good guy because he doesn't cry.

I guess he understands his situation since he always has to  wait while I take pictures.

Anyway I am showing the picture which I took today....

A little sunshine in Shirahama

The weather forcast didn't tell a lie!!

It was cloudy in the moring but we got a sunshine in the afternoon.

I took this picture when I went to Shimoda for shopping.

In this season there are many people who swim here.

Cleaning the beach in Shirahama and sunrise

This morning I went to the beach very early.

Every 2 month we, local people go to the beach in early morning on 2nd Sunday to clean.

The cleanness takes place from 6:00 am, but the local people come to the beach at around 5:30 am.

I think they wake up very early every morning.
After cleaning I moved to the end of Shirahama beach to take pictures of sunrise...

Where is a rainy day? - Shirahama Beach

3 days ago the weather forcast said,

"It wiil be almost rainy this weekend."

But actually the weather has been changed it was beautiful day in Shirahama.

In the rainy season we usually can't see the shinning sea like this.....

Good Wave in Shirahama !!

Today we had good waves in Shirahama.

That's why there were many surfers there.

In June we don't have good waves like this, but we will have "All Japan Student Surfing Championship" from June 15th.

So I hope we have big waves like today.

A Secret Cave in Shirahama

Today it was beautiful day, so I went to the beach with my son to take a walk.

This is "Shirahama Chuo Beach" next to Shirahama Ohama Beach.

After parking our car at the parking lot near the beach we started to walk.

Yes, I was going to a secret cave in Shirahama.......

A Sunrise in Shirahama beach, Shimoda

This morning I went to the beach to take pictures of sunrise in Shirahama.

When I got to the beach there had already been some people.

But it was very silence and I could take many sunrise's picture today.

It was very hot today in Shimoda !!

When I was watching TV news today I found the scene of my home town "Miyazaki".

It was more than 35 degrees in Miyazaki city, that's why the TV news informed it.

Here in Shirahama it was also very hot !!

It was seemed like a real summer.

There were some peoples who were swimming in the sea.

The warm water in Shirahama

When we went to fish shop near Shirahama shirine we went to the beach behind this shrine.

There is a small path to the beach from shirine's parking lot, and we can get to the beach by walking.

At around 2:00 pm it was low tide in Shirahama, so we could walk under the rocks which has a red gate "Torii"....

The color is really blue in Shirahama.

When I came back to Sakuraya from Shimoda after shopping I took this picture on the way to the hill where Sakuraya  located from Route 135.

Today there was no clouds in the sky, so it was very hot and the sun was shining like a summer.

That's why we could see a real blue on the ocean.

It is only 3 or 4 hours from Tokyo to get this ocean !!

 

Drinking a beer on the beach

We had been very busy in this GW, but we had a helper who clean up the guest rooms today.

As we could have a  short free time today I went to the beach with my children.

Yesterday it was a best day  but we had a little cloud today.

However there were a lot of peole on the beach....

Shirahama Beach in Golden Week !!

We had been very busy these days, so couldn't to to the beach to take the pictures.

But it was very beautiful day today, therefore I decided to go to the beach after finished to clean up the rooms in a hurry.

Actually we could see a gorgious sea after 5 days.

It was sunny and very hot today, so there were a lot of peole on the beach...

Koinobori for my son

As it had been cloudy and sometimes rainny in these days we couldn't do it.

But actually we could set up "Koinobori" at last yeseterday.

We, Japanese decorate Koinobori to pray that sons or grand sons grow up healty and strong.

According to the story of china, when the carp finishes climbing up the waterfall it become a dragon at the dragongate.
So Japanese parents hung Koinobori up in the sky for children rise up like a dragon in the future.

Anyway I am showing a picture of today's beach.....

The weather forcast makes ....

... us happy, but sometimes unhappy.

When we have guests for our pension I always worry about the weather, because everybody want to play with sun, right ?

Actually the weather forcast says it will be sunny tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Excellent !!

This is a picture which I took in Shirahama last April.

Good Wave for Surfing in Shirahama !!

When I went to Shimoda for shopping I took pictures on the beach.

Since April 19th the surfing competition of Japan has been taking place in Shirahama.

Shirahama beach is very famous for the spot of surfing in Japan, so many competitions are taken place here every year.

On the 1st day, as they had a bad condition for surfing in Shirahama they moved to Tatado beach where they had better waves than Shirahama....

Yes, today's beach was gorgeous !!

Last night the weather forcast said, "It will be alomost cloudy and sometimes rainny."

However today's Shirahama had a very beautiful and gorgeous sea.

Don't you think that it seemed like a beach in Okinawa ?

As it was very hot I put on only shirt at last.

Yes, I could already feel a summer would be coming.

Every GW a lot of people come to this beach to swim, but they will be able to do it this year too!!

Gods from The Sky with Spotlight ....

They had clouds in the sky this morning, and the sun was hidden by these clouds.

But when I was looking at the sky the light of sun started to come down from the hole of clounds.

It looked like a spotlight on the stage.

Yes, the gods were coming from the sky .....

Beautiful day and ocean in Shirahama, Shimoda

In Sakura season the weather is changing day and day.

So it was sunny today after some days in Shimoda.

When my son, Yuuki got into the beach he started to run around on the beach soon.

I understand that he was very happy and comfortable in a big field.....

Spring Ocean in Shirahama

I went to the beach today too.

There was a family playing on the beach, and their children were getting into the water.

We had very strong wind this morning but this wind stopped at around noon.

So they could feel the spring here in Shimoda, I think. ...

 

wao ! They are swimming !!

Actually it was very warm today in Shimoda and I could go out with only T-shirt.

This is Shirahama beach in Shimoda.

There were a lot of people who were walking on the beach and sitting on the sand.

But I was surprised very much to see some people were swimming.

Blue Sky Blue Sea and Beautiful beach, Shirahama

It was really beautiful day, today after 1 week.

After graduation of my daughter's primary school I went to the beach with my son.

We could see Izu Oshima island cleary.

When we got to the beach my son started to run on the white sand.

The children love a big field and run around.

After that my son and I went to the Mihogasaki cape to take picutres.....

A Cold Winter Again ? -- Shirahama Beach

In these days I had been writing in this weblog, "The spring has come."

But it was very cold and we had very strong wind today.

I went to the top of small mountain behind our Pension with my son and took this picture.

The color of the ocean is winter's blue !!

And a lot of ships were in this beach because of the strong wind. ......

A Beautiful Sunrise in Shirahama

When I was sleeping I heard a sound of something, puuuuuun, puuuuuuunn...

The clock said 4:30am. So I continued to sleep and then .....

"Oh, my gash !!"

Yes, I was bitten by mosquito.

"Where are youuuuuu !?"

While I was looking for this mosquito it made me waked up at last.

It was 5:30am.

But when I saw outside the sun was rising up on the ocean.

So I desided to go to the beach to take pictures. .......

Walking on Shirahama beach !!

Today we had a little wind but it was very warm here in Shimoda.

I went to the beach to walk with my son, "Yuuki".

When we got to the beach there were many people who were watching the ocean sitting on the sand and walking with their dogs.

And besides, a lot of surfers were in the sea.... .

Sand Ski on Shirahama Beach in Shimoda

After check-out of our guests, I cleaned up the guest rooms and I went to the beach with my daughters and her friends.

We had a wind a little but it was very warm today too.

There is a little long cliff of sand on this beach and we can play sand ski there.

We did it after a long time but the children were very excited to do it.

Shimoda Shirahama Beach: Guest House Pension Sakuraya