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

Marriage anniversary !!

Today, December 1st was our 15th marriage anniversary !

So my wife, my children and I cereblated together tonight.

By the way do you know how to  call the 15th marriage anniversary ?

It is Crystal.

Altocumulus clouds and sunset in Shimoda

Today it was very warm so my son, Yuuki, and I went to the beach.

After getting to "Shirahama Chuou Beach" which is next to Shirahama Ohama beach, we got into the beach and started to walk together.

When we were walking on the beach we found some branches of the tree and drew a big picture on the big cambus of the sand.

At that time my son found something in the sky ...... .

Happy Birthday, girls !!

This month is our two daughter's birthday and it is only 4 days  which is difference of their birthdays.

So their birthday party take place on same day in November when we can do it every year.

Tonight's nemu are grilled lobster and fried chicken.
We usually serve this lobster for our guest's dinner but we had never eaten it for our meals until now.
As my daughters recently say that they want to eat it, we cooked it for their birthday tonight.

Tonight's menu were only these 2 dishes because they want to and have to eat a birthday cake after dinner !

Their birthday cake is .......

 

No clouds in the sky - Shirahama beach

"What's that, Yuuki ? "

"Sea !"

Before going to Shimoda for shopping we went to the beach and asked my son.

Then he answerd me so.

"That's very beautiful sea, right ?"

"Beautiful !!"

Today's Shirahama beach was really excellent. ....

Walking on the beach in Shirahama

It was sunny in Shirahama yesterday, but was almost cloudy today.

As I had to go to the small citizen hall in Shirahama I went there with my son, Yuuki.

We walked on the beach for a while after that.

(He was looking back his shoes. Was there anything back your shoes, Yuuki ?) ......

Hikari and Yuuki on the beach

Today it was almost cloudy and we had sometimes a little rain in Shirahama.

As I had to go to Shirahama Tourist Information I took my children, Hikari and Yuuki, together.

There was nobody on the beach, even surfers, becase we did not have good waves today.

When I was in the office I heard a voice of Yuuki crying outside.

I asked my daughter and she said,

"Yuuki wants to get off the shoes. But I said No because it is rainning here today."

I sometimes take my children recently and my son plays on the beach, so he wanted to do it today too. .....

Sawada Park Rotenburo- Outside Hot Spring in Dogashima

Today it was beautiful day, so I went to Nishi Izu with my son, Yuuki.

After 1 hours driving we could see the ocean and drove for 5 minutes we got to "Sawada Koen (Open-Air Spa)"
in Dogashima.

When we arrived there was nobody in a parking lot and I found a sign at the reception of this Onsen.
"Closed on every Tuesday" it said.

But I was not going to take a bath there because my son had a little cold today.

After parking my car we went up the steep steps to get to Onsen on the top of hill.

"Hey Yuuki, watch your step !!"   .....

A beautiful sky after typhoon, Shirahama Beach !!

I had been worrying about Typhoon one week ago, because we have many guest during these holidays.

But  it didn't land to Japan fortunately this time at last.

In stead of typhoon we had a very beautiful day in Shirahama.
The blue sky and shinning sea, everything is excellent.

Besides we coudl see Izu Seven Islands clearly today !!

After cleaning up I went to the beach to take a picture with my chidlren. .....

New Tatami Mats !!

The busy summer was finished at the end of last month, so Sakuraya is very quiet recently.

This autumn we decided to change Tatami Mats of Japanese style rooms.

We got the new Tatami Mats of Room 101 today.

The new Tatami Mats are really good smell, and we can be relaxed very much.

And as we changed the wall paper last spring this room seems like new room !

By the way, when I was taking pictures of this room my son, Yuuki, came into. .......

A cliff on Shirahama beach

We had a strong storm in these days, but today it was a beautiful day in Shirahama.

After cleanning up the kitchen we went to Shirahama beach with my son, "Yuuki" and my daughter, "Hikari".

There were many surfers in the sea, but we were very surprised when we found one thing on the beach...

On the beach with grand'pa and grand'ma !

Today my parents came to Shimoda from Miyazaki Pref. in Kyushu by airplane and train to meet their grand children.

So we, my children, parents and me went to the beach for swimming together.
(It was 3rd time for my children to swim. We can not go to the beach as we are very busy during summer season.)

As usual my son was not scared the sea and wanted to go into the water with his grand father.
(A baby with red swim wear is my son, Yuuki.)

At that time my daughter, Hikari was playing with her friends of the school. ...

Prohibited to swim today

"It is prohibited to swim today, so we came back."

Our guest who went to the beach this moring said so.

"Let's go to the beach to check the condition !"

I went to the beach with my children after job.

When I saw the sea from the 2nd floor of Family Mart I could see a looooooot of people and fog over there.

We have many foggy days this summer, because the temparature of water is colder than usual......

Good Helper, Yuuki !!

One of my daughter's jobs of this summer is cleaning up the bath.

Yuuki is always following after his sisters and wants to do same things.

So when she started to clean up the bath he did it too. So she teaches him how to do it.

By the way yuuki's job is ......

A concert of "Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus" in Shimoda

Today, July 2nd, Sunday, the concert of Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus which is professional in Jpan, took place at Shimoda civic hall.

I joined this concert as a member of Shimoda civic chorus group which participated about 100 people from many places in Izu peninsula.

We sung 4 songs together on a same stage, but the voice of this professional chorus was really gorgeous.

This is one of 50th aniversary concerts of this professional chorus.

This 1st picture is sign of this concert which is placed in fron to civic hall.

Summer ! Beach ! Shirahama !

It was very hot today too, but more humid than yesterday.

"Ok ! Let's go to the beach, baby !!"

I went to the nearest beach, "Shirahama Ohama" with my son, Yuuki this afternoon.
(Actually I wanted to take a beautiful picture of beach too.)

When we arrived at the beach we could see that most of people wearing the swim suit were swimming.......

I found it in the train !!

In these days we had sunny days like a summer in Shirahama, but it was very humid today.

By the way I took this picture from inside Izukyu train.

This train was going toward Rendaiji station after this tunnel.

When I came from Nagoya to Shimoda station on June 24th, I found it in this train.......

Happy Birthday, Mam !!

This month is my wife's birthday, so my daughter had been saying for a long time "I want to make a cake for Mam!".

But we were very vusy in these days, so we could do it today.

Look at this cake !

On the top of cake my daughter wrote "Happy Birthday !" in Japanese by choco pencil......

You want to write anything ?

Next month my son will be 1 year and 10 month.

Recently he wants to write something on a paper.

"What are you doing, yuuki ?"

Sometimes he asks his sister to prepare a paper on a table and writes some pictures.

 

Miso soup with vegitable meat ball

Our son, Yuuki, eats every foods, but it depends on his mind and condition.

For example , when he is sleepy he eats nothing or sometimes only rice.

So today's my mission is "Vegitable meat ball for my son".

I prepared many kind of foods from a refrigerator..... .

Fureai no Mori in Inatori town

"Let's go to the long slide this afternoon !"

After checking out of our guest I said so.

My children of course agreed with me, so we went a park in Inatori is called "Fureai no mori" after I finished to clean up the guest room.

In this park there are many kinds of trees, playground equipments and observatory.

Naturally our main purpose was a long slide.
The length of this slide is 50 meters.

From the top of this slide we can see a beautiful view of Inatori town, pacific ocean and Izu seven islands.

As soon as we got there my daughter started to slide down, but it didn't work well.....

Sand Art in the beach

Today the students of Shirahama primary school had a Sand Art festival in Shirahama beach.

They made many kinds of Sand Art separating some groups.

A group of my daughters made "Nimo", a hero of the movie "Nimo", and they won a victory.

I couldn't go to see today because of my job, but my wife took this picture by her mobile phone, so this picture is very small.

Beautiful sea /Shirahama Ohama Beach

Today it was a really beautiful day !!

Besides it was very hot, the sun gave us great sunshine.

When my wife, son and I went to Shimoda, I took this picture at the bus stop "Shirahama Kaigan" with my son, Yuuki.

While I was taking a picture he cried "Umi, umi !!"many times. "Umi" means "Sea". 

Then I show you the picture of today's beach. ...

Good wave ! in Shirahama

After I went to the school to pick my daughter up, we went to the beach for a while.

Today we could see a lot of surfer in the beach, because they had good waves for surfing.

Probably they were satisfied with these waves.

I want to see the picture that I took .....

Rainy season "Tsuyu" will come soon.

Today my children and I went to the beach after 10 days.

In the beach we could see a lot of seaweeds which were taken up from the sea by big waves.

By the way the rainy season "Tsuyu" has already visited in south Kyushu area.

In most of Japan the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July ...... 

Dandelion and Roly-poly

After check-out of guests my wife and son took a walk for a while this morning.

My son found a flower of dandelion. This is his favorite flower.

And after that he found a bug at the side of street.

It was ......

Yuuki, it's a sunny day !!

How many days couldn't we get sunshine like today ?

It was good for my son to walk outside today.

I was going to take a picture of my son standing on a chair, and said,
"Cheers ! Yuuki !"
He made his face like a monster.
And his mother was watching him worring.

By the way I went to Mt. Takane in Shirahama today too.......

I love putting stamps !

Yesterday a man who came to check the vending machine gave us stamps with magnet.

My son loves putting something on a refrigerator, and he is pleased with these stamps.

In these days it has been cloudy, rainny and cool outside, so we cann't go out to play. .....   

I am cooking, dad !

"What are you doing, Yuuki ?"

After we finished to clean dishes of guest's dinner, when we saw my son he was doing something with a pan.

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Hey ! Look at me ! Do you know what I am doing ?
Yes, I am cooking a beafsteak with a pan !

Are you thinking why I knew how to cook with pan ?

Because I have been watching that my dad had been cooking since I was a baby and knew how to cook. .......

Yes, sunny day !!

We had been waiting for sunny day like today.

When we were in the room of south side it was really hot, but the wind was a little cool outside.

When I went to the beach a lot of lifesavers were there.
During Golden Week they have a tournament every year.

In the beach there were a lot of people who were taking a walk, sleeping under the sunshine and surfing. .......

Koinobori for my son

In Japan, we, Japanese set up "Koinobori", Carp shaped flags, from April to the early month of May.

Koinobori are flown traditionally to celebrate "Children's Day" takes place on May 5th.

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.

Last year it was a first time of Children's Day for my son, so his grand father bought it for him.....