Yesterday there were some surfers in the water.
We can see the surfers even in winter in Shimoda, and I was thinking it is too cold to surf.
But the water temperature is higher than the air, so there is no problem for surfers to get into the water.
If you had a wet suit you could snorkel in Shimoda in this season!
If you don't have it you can rent it at the surf shop "Shirahama Marina" in Shirahama.
On last Thursday and Friday we had strong wind and heavy rain like storm here in Shimoda.
But today it was beautiful and we could see the blue sky and sea after long time.
When I went to Shimoda dowmtown with my son I took some pictures on the beach.
The strong wind brought the sand from the beach to the road like this.
Click here to see the pictures which I took today.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
Today we had strong west wind here in Shimoda.
When I went shopping I took this picture on the way to the beach.
We could see clear bule sea and Izu Oshima Island over the ocean.
From this season we sometimes have cold west wind, and we can see the boats which come to this sea to protect them from the strong wind.
Becuase they have more than 30 or 40 m/s wind at around Irozaki cape.
Too dangerous for them it is!
Look at his hand.
There is someting on his parm.
Do you know what this is?
After school I went to pick up my son and went to the beach this late afternoon.
Before getting into the beach my son found out something and start running.
"Look at this, dad!" he said and licked it......
Yesterday we had strong wind and heavy rain here in Shimoda.
It was almost typhoon, but we didn't have any problem with it.
Today the weather was changed!
We could see the blue sky and sea this morning, so I decided to go to the nearest beach "Shirahama" with my son this afternoon.
I am a member of Izu Shirahama Tourist association.
Today we went to Itado area in Shirahama to clean up the Aloe field.
There are a lot of Aloe on a hill, and we can see Shirahama beach from this hill.
The Aloe festival will take place from December 9th.
This field is one of good points for the pictures, because the contrast of blue cloor of sea and red one of Aloe is very gorgeous.
Why don't you come to Shirahama to see it?
Click here to see the other pictures which I took today.
Today my son finished school at 2:30 PM.
As usual I went to pick up my son after school, and went to the beach together.
We played making art of shadow and hand writing on the sand.
It was fun!
Today it was sunny again, but warmer than yesterday.
I went to Shimoda downtown by bike this afternoon.
On the way to the downtown my bike chain was out of place, so I tried to fix it.
Then I found out a ladybug on the leaves along the street.
As it was very warm today, so was she sleeping under the sunshine?
No, she wanted to run away from me actually!
Do you know what kind of blossom this is?
I took this picture through the window of room #104, the Japanese style room.
I think those who stayed in this room have seen these in early summer.
It will be a fruit in every June.
The answer is loquat.
I show you the picture of this fruit......
Continue reading "2011/11/10 Small blossoms in our garden" »
This morning I went to the beach for a walk after long time.
It was sunny here in Shimoda but we had a very strong wind in Shirahama.
I was going to walk heading to Shimoda downtown, but I changed my mind due to the strong wind.
I took this picture behind Shirahama shrine.
This afternoon my wife said,
"Look at this. This sakura is blooming!"
There are some Sakura trees in our field, and this is "Kawazu Sakura".
This tree blooms from the beginning of February, but it has some blossoms.
It's too early, see you again in next February!
My camera is not good at taking night sky, so I could not take it.....
Last night my wife said outstide at around 12:30 AM,
"Look at that! there are a lot of stars!"
I went out and look up the sky. There were a lot of stars twinkling.
When we were looking we found out a shooting star.
I didn't know, but in these days we have had a meteor stream "Orionids", so we could see one of them.
From this season the air is very clear and we can see a lot of stars in the night sky here in Shimoda.
It was rainy here in Shimoda today.
When the rain was stopped around noon I went out to take pictures.
I found out the water drops on the Aloe near Sakuraya.
This aloe became fresh after the rain.
This time the typhoon attacked Japan and landed in Shizuoka Pref.
We had been in blackout for 5 hours from 4:00 PM, but the power supply was cut off in some places near Shimoda for 24 hours.
Anyway we are all safe.
Today I went to the beach with my son after school to take pictures.
It was really beautiful day and they had good waves for surfing in Shirahama.
After taking pictures it is very difficult to select the pictures which I post on our website.
When I was cleaning up the guest rooms after check-out I could find out the blue sea through the window.
" Yes, they are inviting me today!!"
After 2:00 PM I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama".
Today it was really hot and humid, but the sky and the sea were gorgeous!!
I took a lot of pictures on the beach and this is one of best pictures today.
The white clouds were floating in the sky!!
I have been thinking that I was going to go to the Togai-hama Beach to take photos since 3 days ago.
When I served the breakfast our customer this morning he said,
"Where is the good point for snorkeling?"
I told him some points in Shimoda, but I said to him,
"Oh, are you interested in snorkeling? I was going to go to the one of good points by accident, actually. Do you go with me? As we don't have any other customeres today I can take you there by my car".
After breakfast we went to Togai-hama together by my car.
It was amazing point for snorkeling! we could meet a lot of fishes and found out the stingray as well!
Of course I could take a lot of good photos for our website.
Have you ever been to Kisami Ohama Beach?
This beach also has a white sand and blue sea like Shirahama, but this summer it is a little different from usual.
Today, when I went to this beach and found out that the sand was black.
The typhoon took white sand away from this beach and the layer of iron sand was appeared after that.
But white sandy beach will be back in the future.
Yes, the nature is great!!
Click here to see the other pictures of Kisami Ohama, Shirahama and Tatado hama beach today.
This morning the sun was shinning.
Yes, we could see the blue sky after cloudy and rainy days because of typhoon.
The sun and blue sky make us and our customers very happy!
All the customers went to the beach after breakfast.
I also went there to take pictures before shopping in Shimoda downtown.
This time typhoon #6 has been going across Japan slowly, so we didn't have any influences by this typhoon.
But since last night we have had strong wind here in Shimoda.
After taking my children to the school by car I took some photos on the way home.
The strong wind was making the sea rough.
Not only Shirahama Beach but also all beaches in Shimoda were closed due to typhoon today.
When I went to Shimoda down town for shopping there were some people on the beach, and some of them were swimming.
It is really dangerous to swim today!!
Click here to see the other pictures today.
Hello, how have you been?
Since the beginning of this month we have been very busy, so I couldn't posted the articles.
By the way Shizuoka Prefecture announced the result of the radioactive level of the sea water and the sand on the beaches in Shizuoka Pref. on paper today.
It reported that there was no radioactivity in the water and there was minuscule amount of it in the sand.
And it said there is no problem to swim and play on the beach.
It was very good new for us and made us very happy, and we can welcome the customers during this summer.
(Sorry, this article is only in Japanese.)
This morning I waked up at 4:30 AM because it was too hot in my room.
I tride to sleep again, but I couldn't continue sleeping any more.
When I saw outside the sun was just rising on the horizon, so I went to the Torii Gate of Shirahama shrine on the beach to take photos of sunrise.
Here are some other photos which I took this morning.
This place is "Aloe no Sato", Aloe Field in Shirahama in Shimoda.
There is a walking path and stair cases, and actually we can see the Izu Seven Islands on the pacific ocean from the top of slope, but we couldn't see them today.
There are a lot of Aloe trees on seaside and steep slope, and we have the Aloe festival here on december and January.
Today I went to this place to mow the grasses as a member of Shirahama Tourist Association.
In this season the Aloe trees are covered by tall grasses and they can't get sulight.
Today it was rainy this morning I took my elder daughter to the high school by car.
I usually take the road through Shimoda down town and the seaside to go back home, but I took the different way through the mountain.
When I was driving I found out the clouds between mountains.
It seemed as if the mountain was breathing deeply and slowly....
Continue reading "2011/06/13 Mountain, Sea and Sky in Shimoda" »
Have you ever seen this?
This is called "Biwa" in Japanese.
It is called "Loquat" in English, right?
Today, when I got into the Japanese style room to clean up I found out this tree has a lot of yellow fruits like this.
This tree is 24 years old or more and is getting bigger over the roof of two-story house......
Last week the #2 typhoon was coming to Japan from philippines area, but it was become to the extratropical cyclone before coming to Shimoda yesterday.
We had a lot of rain here in Shimoda last weekend, but it was not huge damage.
My daughters expected that the schools would be closed due to typhoon, but they had to go to school at last because there was no heavy rain and strong wind this morning.
As usual I went to the shop on the way from the elementary school to pick my son up, and we came back home together.
By the way I show you the photo which I took in our kitchen tonight.
But if you don't like the reptiles you should not see any more....
Continue reading "2011/05/30 Picking up my son and Yamori at Sakuraya" »
Yesterday morning, as we had customers and had to prepare their breakfast, I was not be able to walk wth the children.
So I went out the building to say "Take care" to the children.
When I was waiting outside a 6th grader boy said,
"Hey, look at this! It looks like a head of Namihei!"
I didn't understand what he said at first.
But ......
Continue reading "2011/05/20 It looks like a skin head of Namihei!" »
It was sunny and very warm here in Shimoda today after 4 days with rain and strong wind.
I asked my son walking and went to the beach together.
While my son was playing on the beach I saw the mountains over Shirahama shrine, and found that those mountains had snow on the top.
It was very cold and we had rain last night, so they had snow there.
Spring is coming, but still a little bit cold here.
Click here to see the other pictures which I took on the beach today.
Yesterday massive earthquake hit North-Eastern Japan, and a lot of places and people were affected.
The coast in Shimoda was warned against Tsunami in the afternoon yesterday, and we had Tsunami only 80 centimeters in Shimoda harbor.
But Tsunami warning was cancelled today.
I went to Shimoda downtown for shopping and took some pictures on the way.
This is Shirahama Beach in Shimoda, and there was no damage there.
We had a lot of messages and e-mails from all over the world since yesterday, but we all are safe!
Thank you very much, everybody!!!
Look at the pictures which I took this afternoon on my Facebook.
Today a huge earthquake and Tsunami hit North-East part of Japan at 2:46 PM.
After that I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" in Shimoda city, Izu peninsula, to check it out, but there was no problem here.
And all of my family are Safe!!
Here are the photos which I took on the Shirahama beach on Facebook.
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