When I take beautiful photos I am very happy.
Today I was going to the post office to post new year cards by bike in late afternoon.
And as I found cloud in the sky I went to the north in Shirahama.
I took this photo at Itado area. The sun was going into the west mountain.
I show you one more photo ........
As my daughter had a table tennis game at Shimoda junior high school I took her by car in early morning.
On the way to our home from the school I found that the sun was rising on the ocean.
That sun was shining like a diamond.
This is a real nature.
The weather forcast tell us the weather correctly recently.
It had been warm until yesterday but it was changed and became very cold today.
I took this photo at the top of mountain behind Pension Sakuraya.
We can get a view of all of Shirahama beach, Izu Oshima island and Amagi mountains from here.
Last Sunday we went to Mishima for shopping all together.
I think the last time which I went to Mishima with my family was 2 years ago.
This is a picture over looking Shirahama, which I took at Ogasaki Wing, the entrance of Shimoda city.
It was sunny and gorgeous day, but we had strong wind. So we could see the white waves over there.
We started to go again to get to Mishima city......
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How do you think about this?
It started to rain last night and came to Shimoda with strong wind.
My daughter didn't have classes of the school today because of this strong storm.
It seemed like a movie the big wave coming over that protection from the wave.
I show you the picture of this port, which I took under the sunshine.......
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I heard that there are some cherry trees "Kawazu Sakura" which have cherry blossoms in Kawazu town now.
As the blooming was very late this winter they are still blooming.
This is a same kind of cherry tree which is in front of the entrance of Pension Sakuraya.
After blooming this tree already has a lof of cherry now. ....
Today my son Yuuki and I went to "Shirahama Chuou Beach" by car.
When we were going down the hill to Route 135 we found the blue sea after about 1 week.
In these days we had not be able to see the sea and the mountain clearly.
After parking our car at the parking lot near the beach we got into the beach soon.
When we got to the seaside the tide was at its lowest and there were rocks along the beach side.....
Have you ever seen this?
It's called "Tsukushi" in Japanese (Horsetail in English).
I took this photo in Minami-Izu town yesterday.
We Japanese feel a spring with this horsetail.
Yes, spring has come in Izu peninsula.
I show you today's Shirahama beach .......
Minami Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) and Nanohana (Rape Blossoms) festival which started on February 5 was finished yesterday, March 10.
As my wife wanted to go to Shimoda for shopping my son and I went together and we went to Minami Izu town to see the flowers.
In Shimogamo there is a big field of rape blossoms and when we got to this field my son started to run into the rape blossoms. ......
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Last week I went to Suzaki Walking Trail for the first time with my son, Yuuki.
I moved to Shimoda 15 years ago but I have never been there.
There is a bus line from Shimoda station but we went there by car this time.
The walking trail is 2,8km. I think this is not long but we can walk on the seaside looking Izu seven islands and ships going across the sea.....
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Today it was really beautiful here in Shimoda. I can't believe that there were black clounds in the sky yesterday.
This afternoon I went to Mt. Takane, the highest mountain in Shimoda, with my son, Yuuki.
I took this photo on the top of this mountain. I could see Izu Seven Islands clearly over Shirahama beach.
I am showing the photo which I took on the other side .......
Continue reading "From the Top of Mt. Takane in Shirahama" »
As my daughter wanted to go to her friend's house to play together I took her by car, and I took this picture on the way to home.
In the sky there was a big black cloud and I could see Izu Oshima island between that cloud and the sea.
I was thinking that they had snow there, and actually I was right!
Check out this web blog which the local people posted the photo he took today.
I was surprised very much and couldn't believe it today. We had a lot of snow here in Shirahama after many years!
When my children went to the school at around 7:00 am it was just cloudy, but it started to snow before 9:00 am and we had 3 or 5 cm snow at last.
It is amazing because even if they have snow in Amagi mountains in winter we have no snow here.....
Continue reading "Snow, Snow, Snow on the beach - - Shirahama" »
Don't you think we have a lot of snow this year?
Last week we had snow in Izu peninsula, but there was no snow in Shimoda.
So I was thinking to take my children to Amagi mountain play with snow, and I went there with my daughter, my son and my daughter's friend after I finished to clean the guest rooms.....
Yesterday my friend asked me,
"How is the blooming of Sakura on Mt. Takane? Because I have my own Sakura there."
As I was not able to answer him I decided to go this mountain to check Sakura blossoms with my son today. (Actually there are our three sakura trees there too!)
When we got off our car we started to walk.
This is a small place to see Izu seven island on the way to the top of mountain.....
Continue reading "The Highest Mountain "Takane" in Shirahama" »
Today when I came back from Shimoda to Sakuraya I found that something is flying around the Sakura tree next to the entrance of Sakuraya building.
Yes, that was "White-eye" (Mejiro in Japanese).
When the Sakura trees have the flowers this bird come to get its honey.
This bird makes us to feel the spring has come!
Yesterday when I went to Minami Izu-cho, Southern area in Izu peninsula I went to
Shimokamo-town where Sakura festival takes place this month, but they hadn't had many cherry blossoms there yet .......
Continue reading "White-eye, Sakura, Izu-Oshima island & Snow" »
If you stand on Shirahama beach on the left side toward the ocean you can see Amagi Mountains.
It was a first time that Amagi mountain had snow this
winter.
Last night I waked up many times because I turned off the air conditioner and it was very cold in my room.
The color of the sea is really winter's one....
Last night the weather forcast said that it would be snow on the east side of Japan.
But actually we didn't have any snow here in Shimoda.
When I said "Good Bye" to my daughters going to the school this morning I found that Izu Oshima island had a snow on the top of mountain.
Even if we have no snow here they sometimes have it on the mountain every year.
I don't know why, but I think that Amagi mountains in Izu peninsula have snow too.
It was very short for my daughter but their winter holidays were finished and classes started today.
When I woke up early in the morning I saw the red cloud in the west.
It was very beautiful!!
And I went to the beach with my son "Yuuki" in the afternoon.....
How do you like this picture?
This morning when I waked up I thought,
"It will be a good condition for the picture today."
As I had to go to the beach to clean up with all of local people I waked up early and went to the beach.
After that I moved to the place behind Shirahama shrine and took this picture.....
Today it was very warm here in Shirahama.
Now it already is in December but it is not cold in these days.
When I went to the beach with my son there was nobody walking there on the beach and no surfers in the sea.
Because they didn't have good wave today.
Yes, it was very silent......
Today I went to the school to pick my daughter up with my son in late afternoon.
Before that we went to the beach to take pictures and could find clouds in the blue sky on the beach.
These clouds seemed like "Candy Floss", "Watagashi" or "Wataame" in Japanese.
In Shimoda we sometimes can see the beautiful clouds like this. .....
Today, as I had to go to Kawazu town for shopping my son and I went to "Kawazu Seven Water Falls" to check the color of leaves.
Now "Amagi Red Leaves Festival" is taking place at Amagi moutain in Izu peninsula until November 30th.
Probably the color of leaves are in a good season at the top of Amagi mountains, but only some trees had red and yellow leaves in Kawazu Seven water falls area.
It means that it is still early to get the beautiful leaves this year.....
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In my house my wife usually prepare a breakfast and I cook a dinner everyday, but my wife seemed to catch a cold yesterday.
So I prepared the breakfast this morning instead of her.
In early morning when I waked up and saw outside through the window I found the red sky in the east.
"Oh, great!! I will be able to take pictures of sunrise this morning."
I cooked my daughter's breakfast and depart from my house by car.
When I got to the beach behind Shirahama shrine the sun was rising up on a horizon.....
In the afternoon I went to the mountain with my son, Yuuki to find "Autumn".
There is a small house 100 meter from Sakuraya, and we found a lot of yellow leaves there.
My son started to play with these leaves soon like this picture.
Yes, he was excited!!
After that we start to walk toward the mountain.....
Today it was very beautiful day in Shirahama.
I was taking a walk on the autum leaves around Pension Sakuraya this afternoon, and I found this tree which had been changed with sunshine.
The tree in front of small house is growing up to the sky with a lot of leaves and I could see a small path after this tree.
It is just only 100 meters from Sakuraya.
Would you like to find this gorgeous tree?
After picking my daughter up at the school we went to the beach today.
It was almost 5:00 pm but there were some people swimming in the water.
The weather forcast said yesterday, it would be cloudy.
But actually we got a sun and it was very hot here in Shirahama.
When we were going to come back home we could see a beautiful sunset....
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
When I was posting a lot of pictures in our website it was started to be bright outside and the birds started to sing a song.
"Wao! It is already 4:00 in the morning!!"
When I opened the window the sky in the east was almost red.
So I took this picture from the window of the guest room on 2nd floor.....
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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.......
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