This moring I went to the junior high school to take my daughter by my car, and after that went to the beach to take photos.
I took this on the beach behind Shirahama shrine.
Torii gate was shinning in the light of sun, and it looked like that it was telling us some messages.
You can see the other photos on my Facebook.
"It's snowing outside!!"
My wife said so this morning.
So I opened the window and found the white world there.
"I'm going to the beach to take pictures!" I said to my wife.
On the way to the beach there were a lot of snow we haven't had such a snow scince 3 years ago.
This morning I went to the junior high school to take my daughter by my car.
On the way back home I took this picture.
In last few days it had been cloudy and raing in Shimoda, so we could see the islands after 3 days.
It was a really fantastic scenary!!
Today I went to Shimoda downtown by bike and took running around the city by bike.
When I came back to Shirahama I carried my bike in my car, and on the way back home my wife said,
"Look at that sky and cloud! It's so gorgeous!!"
It looked like some arts.
What do you imagine this cloud?
Today it was warmer than yesterday.
After I prepared the room, bath and everything for our customers I went to Ogasaki Wing to take pictures for the webpage "Walking Guide in Shirahama" on our website.
The distance between Sakuraya and Ogasaki Wing is about 6 or 7 kirometers, and it takes about 1 hour by walking.
Before getting to Ogasaki Wing there is a steep staircases like this photo.
It was really hard to climb up this carrying the bike on my shoulder.
This morning, when I was preparing the breakfast for our customers I found out the right from the east sky.
There was a beautiful scenary with sunrise, and I took this through the window of our guest room.
Sunrise is always a good photographic subject, but it is better when we have cloud around sun.
The sky world is quite different!!
It was almost cloudy all day today.
But we had a very strong wind here in Shirahama.
So the sea was stormy and they had big waves today.
In this season the weather is changing every 2 or 3 days, because we now in between winter and spring.
The weather forecast says it would be sunny tomorrow.
I think the foreign family who is staying at Sakuraya for 4 nights will be able to go to Kawazu town or Minami-Izu town to see Sakura blossoms.
Today it was sunny and very warm in Shimoda.
Then I decided to go to Shimoda downtown by bike.
First of all I didn't decide where I go after that, but I dexided to go to south part of Izu peninsula.
After Shimoda downtown I went the Kisami Beach, and arrived at the Touji Beach.
Continue reading "2011/02/16 Cycling to Touji in Shimoda, and Kawazu Sakura in Minami Izu town" »
It was rainy and very cold all day yesterday, but it became sunny today.
This morning my daughter had a sport competition at Shimoda junior high schoo, so I took her by my car.
When I went down the hill the moutains with white snow appeared over there.
I took this photo when I came back to Shirahama.
Amagi mountains are highest one in Izu peninsula, and they have snow once or twice every winter!!
However we don't have snow here in Shirahama....
Today Shirahama Beach Walking Guied Part 2 was completed.
In these web pages I was going to use the photos with people or my families, and I was looking for the good photos for each place.
I have a lot of photos which I have been taking in Shirahama since 10 years ago.
I selected some photos for this guide, but actually it seems like my lovely son's photogallary.
Check out Shirahama Beach Walking Guide from Part 1
You can click the links to go to Part 2 down this page.
Yesterday we had an opening ceremony of Sakura (Cherry blossom) Festival here in Izu peninsula.
In Japan the most famous Sakura blooms in April, which is called "Someiyoshino".
But Kawazu Sakura is different from them and it blooms for about one month!
Yes, it is very famous for its long blooming and pink color.
This Kawazu Sakura festival is taken place from February 5th to March 10th in Kawazu town and Minami-Izu town every year.
Continue reading "2011/02/06 Kawazu Sakura Festival 2011 has started in Izu!" »
In these days I sometimes walk around Shirahama.
Yesterday I had to go to Rendaiji for shopping, and I was going to take bicycle.
But I found out I had a flat tire, so I decided to go by walking to Rendaiji town in Shimoda through the mountain.
Last week I went to the top of Mt. Takane and went down to Rendaiji, but I took a different route to Rendaiji yesterday.
Long time ago the local peple who lived in Shirahama didn't have a car or a bus to go to Shimoda, so they had to go to school by walking.
Especially the high school students had to take the route going through Mt. Takane.
Last week I took the different route to the top of mountain, but I walked the same route like this.
It was a little hard to walk, but the fresh air made me happy and healthy.
Today we had a little cold wind, but it was very warm.
At around noon I departed from Sakuray and went to the sea for walking.
There is a small fisherman's port called Itami-kou, and I walked on the rocks to get here.
The water here is very clear and we can see Shirahama beach over there.
This morning I woke up a little later than usual, so I took my daughter to her school by car.
Of couse she got to the school on time!
On the way home I took this photo.
It was very good scenary with sunrise and clouds on the horizon!
It was a little cold because of west wind, but good weather for walking.
This afternoon I went to the nearest beach Shirahama with my son.
There is Shirahama shrine on the north part of Shirahama beach, and there is a red gate of shrine called Torii in Japanese on the big rock.
We were able to see Izu seven islands clearly from the tip of this big rock.
Today it was almost cloudy, but sometimes we were able to get sun shine.
I wanted to buy something at home improvement center called "Handy".
It is located at Rendaiji town in Shimoda on the oposit side of Shirahama, and we can go there through Mt. Takene.
It means, if I climb Mt. Takene and went down it I can go there.
So I decided to climb the mountain today.
From the top of Mt. Takane we can see the pacific ocean and Izu seven islands.
It takes about 1 hour from Sakuraya by walking.
Today it was sunny and very warm here in Shimoda, so I went for walking.
I took this photo at the tip of Mihogasaki cape.
It takes about 20 minutes by walking from Sakuray.
As the air was very clear I was able to get the beautiful scenary with Izu seven islands on pacific ocean.
Of course we can see Shirahama beach on the other side.
This season it is very good for walking, because we can take good photos of the ocean and the naturre.
This morning, as I woke up a little later than usual, I took my daughter to her school by car.
When I left my house the sun had just risen up on the horizon.
So I went to the beach behind Shirahama shrine to take photos.
By the way, now in Shimoda there are many people who got influenza after last weekend.
My daughter had already got it on last Friday or Saturday, so this had prevented her from going to school.
And my wife has had fever at last.
Are you going to visit Japan this winter?
Please be careful not to get influenza.
You should bring or buy a flu mask and wash your hands every time.
I took this photo at around 7:30 am at the different place from yesterday.
It was sunny this morning, and there was no big cloud in the sky.
That's why I was able to take a photo with shinning sun and there was a golden road on the sea.
Do you see the island under the sun?
That's called "Toshima" island.
It takes about 1 hour and 35 minutes by ship from Shimoda harbor.
Do you know what the circumference of that island is?
It is only 8 kilometers and only 300 people live there.
80 % of that island is covered with camellia trees and the amount of production of camellia oil is best in Japan.
There is no beach in that island, so the most popular sports are diving and fishing.
Would you like to go there?
There was an article on the snow in Shimoda yesterday in the newspaper this morning.
I was thinking we had snow at all places in Shimoda, but the paper said the snow lay only 2 centimeters in the coastlands between Shirahama and Shimoda.
I took this photo on the way home at around 7:00 am when I took my daughter to the junior high school by car this morning.
It was really cold this morning too.
Today my wife went to the next prefecture by train, so I took here to the station early this morning.
At that time we had black cloud in the sky, but it had not been rainy yet.
But we had snow after that.
I didn't notice it, because I had been in my room and the screen had been closed.
When I went shopping at around 9:00 am it has already been sunny, and I found out the snow on the island over the ocean.
They have snow some times during cold season every year, but it is earlier than usual.
I went to bed earlier than usual last night, but I overslept this morning again. Hahaha....
So I went to school to take my daughter by car.
When I came back to Shirahama beach I took this photo.
The sun has just rose above the horizen, and the light of the sun made a long golden road on the sea.
Where can I go to on that road?
My daughters usually go to school by bus every day, but I overslept this morning. So I took them by car.
When I was coming back home I was going to take photos of Shirahama beach as usual.
When the weather is good and the air is clear we can see Mt. Amagi over Shirahama beach.
But I found out that the mountains were white this morning.
I thought it was cloud on the mountains at first, but actually it was snow.
Wao!! We usually have snow after January in Izu peninsula, but we had the first snow on this season this moring.
That's why it was very cold this morning in shimoda.
Last night we had a lot of thunder at around midnight.
I cut the power of my computer in a hurry, but it was not big deal and there was no problem.
And this morning it still was cloudy here in Shirahama, but I was able to see Izu Seven Islands on the horizon.
It was sunny over those islands, I guess.
By the way, when I went to kindergarten to pick my son up I found out the flowers there.
Continue reading "2010/12/07 Izu Seven Islands & Narcissus ( Daffodil ) Festival in Shimoda" »
Do you know this blossoms?
The last owner of Pension Sakuraya loved Karaoke, and the 1st song which he learned was "Sazanka no Yado" over 25 years ago. And he used to sing this song when he went to Karaoke after that.
That's why his wife planted this in the garden of Sakuraya. This is called "Camellia Sasanqua", "Sazanka" in Japanese.
This season this tree has a lof ot buds, and all of them started to bloom.
By the way I went to the beach this afternoon....
Continue reading "2010/12/04 Camellia Sasanqua, and Beach in late afternoon" »
My daughters usually go to school by bus every morning, but I took them by car this morning. Because....
When I waked up at around 6:00 am it was rainy and windy outside.
I opend the screen to see outside there was strong wind blowing with heavy rain.
After breakfast I went to school with my daughters. when I was driving on the seaside road I was able to see the blue sky in the east sky.
"Yes, it will be sunny this afternoon as the weather forcast said".
But I suddenly had heavy rain again, because there still was a black cloud in the west sky.
It became sunny and very hot at all after that, it was amazing day today.
I went for walking this morning after 3 days.
When I came back from Sotoura Beach I found out a dog on Shirahama beach.
"That's my friend's dog, isn't it?"
Yes, I was right. There was my friend walking, who lives in Shirahama. He is Australian and spends his holiday in his second house for one week every month.
I walked on this beach for a while and came back home.
In late afternoon, when I was cooking our dinner in the kitchen I saw a beutiful scenary through the window...
Continue reading "2010/11/26 Walking on the beach and Gorgeous sunset" »
"Can you see this everyday in this season?"
When our customers finished the dinner asked me.
"Yes, we sometimes can see it, but not everyday."
After I said so I went to my room to take my camera, but the color was changed when I came back to the dining room.
In Shimoda we sometimes can see the beautiful red sunset, but its color is different in this season.
Anyway, I show you the photo of Shirahama beach, which I took this afternoon.....
Continue reading "2010/07/20 Blue and Pink in the sky & Shirahama Beach today" »
The weather forecast said last night it was very fine day and very hot today in Shimoda.
Today it was a picnic day of kindergarten.
My wife and son went to kindergarten at 9:30 AM, but I left my house after our customers checked out.
When I arrived at the beach the children had just started to play on the water's edge.
Actually I was worried about my son, because he had a cough and runny nose.
But he was unmindful and got into the water to play.
There are many beaches in Shimoda, and this is one of them.
We can find out this beach on the way to Shimoda downtown, and also I think this beach is one of good points for snorkeling in Shimoda.
When we don't have big waves it is easy to get into the sea from the water's edge.
Today we could see the island called "Izu-Oshima" over the ocean.
It had a cloud over the top of island, and this island looked like floating on the sea.
Recent Comments