We had strong west wind, but it was very hot like summer here in Shirahama today.
We were able to see a gorgeous seascape this afternoon.
This beach looks like a southern island, doesn't it?
I was really excited when I was walking and taking pictures on the beach and the seaside road under the beautiful sun!
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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.
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There are two loquat trees in our field.
They say February is the best season to make herbal loquat tea, so I made this tea after a long time.
The loquat herbal tea may benefit blood sugar and cholesterol, prevent loss of bone density, have anti-cancer benefits and so on.
It takes a little long time to make it, but this tea is non-caffeine, and also it's very delicious with sweet taste.
And of course it's good for diet !!
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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.
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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.
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When I was walking on the seaside road this late afternoon I saw fishermen were setting up the red nets into the water to fish Iseebi (Japanese lobster).
Winter is the best season for lobster fishing in Japan.
They may be able to get a lot of lobsters after hauling up the net tomorrow early morning.
01/19/2015 in nature, Sea, tradition | Permalink | Comments (0)
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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 !!
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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.
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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....
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