As my daughter went to Tokyo with her friend I took her to the station before 6:00 AM.
After that, I went to the beach to take pictures of sunrise.
The sky was covered with a lot of clouds this early morning, but I was able to see the beautiful sunrise.
It would be better to take pictures of sunrise when we have clouds in the sky.
It had been rainy since last night, but the blue sky came back after noon.
When I was walking on the seaside road, I found out they were moving sand which was blown away by the strong wind in winter.
We had a little shower this early morning, but it became sunny after that.
Besides, it was really warm here in Shirahama today!
When I was walking on the beach this afternoon I found out a young guy got into the water with short trunks!!
He was not Japanese..
After I took my daughter to the school, I walked on the beach this morning.
It was sunny and much warmer than yesterday here in Shirahama today.
Spring is coming to Izu peninsula little by little.
There were a lot of ships on the sea, because they came to this beach to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
I walked in the mountain behind Pension Sakuraya at around 2:00 PM, but I went to the beach to take pictures of ships under the stars after 5:00 PM.
It was really cold this late afternoon.
I walked on the beach and seaside road after I took my daughter to the school by my car this morning.
When I got to the beach there was just only one couple there.....
We had strong west wind here in Shimoda today, but it was really beautiful day in Shirahama.
After I took my daughter to the train station I took pictures of Amagi mountains this morning.
Yesterday they had a lot of snow in the mountain side of Izu peninsula, so the top of Amagi mountains were covered with snow this morning.
After I took my daughter to the school I took this picture on the way home.
I could see the Izu Seven Islands above the horizon clearly.
And I walked on the seaside road this afternoon.
I love walking looking over the ocean !!
When I took my daughter to the school by car this morning I took this picture on the way.
We had a lot of rain last night, but the sun came back again.
And it had been very warm here in Shimoda today, but it will be colder tonight and tomorrow.
The weather forecast says they may have a snow on Friday around Tokyo.
After the rainy day we had a little big waves here in Shirahama.
And we could see the rainbows by offshore wind and wave spray.
Where the strong wind yesterday has gone?
We had very strong west wind yesterday, but there was no wind today.
I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" after a long time.
It was strong windy here in Shimoda today.
When we have strong west wind we can see rainbows by the sea spray in Shirahama.
You can see the other pictures on our Facebook page.
I went to Kisami Ohama Beach by walking from Shimoda yesterday morning.
We didn't have big waves here in Shirahama, but they had very good waves for surfing yesterday.
These two beaches are located in the same city, but the condition is different.
Are you coming to Shimoda by car? or do you like walking?
It was very beautiful day again, so I walked on the beach and went to Ogasaki Wing.
This is a very good view points which has a gorgeous landscape with the Pacific Ocean, Izu Seven Islands, and Shirahama Beach.
It takes about an hour by walking from Pension Sakuraya.
If you take route #135, you should stop at this point and take a break.
You can see 14 pictures which I took today on our Facebook. Click here !!
We had a little cold wind, but it was beautiful day again here in Shimoda today.
I walked on the seaside road and went to Mt. Nesugata in Shimoda after several months, and I took some pictures on the top of mountain.
This point has very good view of Shimoda harbor.
I took my daughter to Shimoda city by my car and took pictures on the seaside road.
And I walked along the sea this late afternoon.
I posted 8 pictures on my Facebook today.
We have very cold west wind here in Shimoda today.
I took this picture several dayas agao.
I went to the nearest shrine "Shirahama shrine" this afternoon.
They had already been ready for the new year.
A lot of people come to this shrine during new year holidays to pray happiness, joy and good luck.
By the way, we were taken care of last year.
I hope the new year finds you in excellent spirit.
I went to Tsumekizaki-cape yesterday, where the daffidil flower festival has been taking place since December 20th.
We had very strong north wind there but we could see the beautiful scenery under the blue sky.
The daffodil blooming is now about 50%, and it's much earlier than usual.
The good time to see the flowers is usually after the middle of January, but the next new year holidays will be the best timing, I guess.
When I was cleaning the guest rooms this late afternoon I found out the clouds in the east sky was getting colored red at the sun set time.
So I went to the beach to take pictures in a hurry.
Then I was able to see the gorgeous sunset today.
By the way, I got a Christmas card 3 days ago from our friends who live in the United States and stayed at Pension Sakuraya just once several years ago.
Actually this is the only one Christmas card that we got this year. Because most of us, Japanese don't have a custom like this and because we have to prepare the new year cards in this season every year.
We are appreciated very much....
We didn't have strong wind and it was very warm this morning.
I was able to see the beautiful sunrise here in Shimoda.
As we had a little strong west wind it was cold here in Shirahama today.
But the sea water was very clear and we could see Amagi mountains and Izu seven islands clearly.
I walked along the seaside this afternoon.
The shadow was appeared in my pictures in this season, it was only around 2:30 PM though.
The beach cleaning was taken place by the local community of Shirahama from 6:30 AM this morning, so I went to the nearest beach.
After that, I remained on the beach to take pictures of the sunrise and the surfing.
We didn't have strong wind and it was very warm today.
When I came back home after shopping in Shimoda I found out small blossoms on the tree next to the entrance of Pension Sakuraya.
I didn't know when it started blooming.
By the way, It had been almost sunny here in Shimoda today.
I could see Izu seven islands on the ocean clearly this morning.
My wife started changing the papers of the paper sliding door, "Shoji Screen" of the Japanese style rooms several days ago.
This is one of Japanese customs before the new year.
It was sunny and we could see the seven islands on the Pacific ocean clearly. There were some ships on the sea to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
It is sunny but we have very strong and cold west wind today.
There was no surfers on the beach because they don't have good waves for surfing, but there were some life savers.
When I got up and saw the eastern side through the window I could see Izu Oshima island between the clouds and the ocean.
It had been cloudy all day today.
We had a little cold wind, but it was very warm here in Shirahama today.
There were some ships on the sea to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
After I took my daughter to the train station I wen to the beach to take pictures of the sunrise.
We had very strong west wind, but it was really beautiful sunreise this morning.
It was rainy this morning, but the blue sky came bach with a rainbow in Shimoda this afternoon.
The weather forecast says it will be colder tomorrow.
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