The Ogasaki^wing is one of the good view points in Izu peninsula.
We can see the beautiful landscape and the seascape from this point.
In addition, for example, when I came back from Tokyo we can feel "Yes, we are home!" at this point.
I really love the view from this point.
After I took my daughter to the train station this morning I took these pictures at Shimoda harbor on the way home.
We can find out a lot of Kawazu Sakura trees in and around Shimoda, but most of them are now fully blooming!
It would be the best timing to see Sakura blossoms.
After I took my daughter to the school I took this picture on the way home.
I could see the Izu Seven Islands above the horizon clearly.
And I walked on the seaside road this afternoon.
I love walking looking over the ocean !!
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.
After I took my dauter to the school by my car I took this picture on the seaside road between Shimoda and Shirahama.
I took a monochrome picture of this scenery for the first time, but it's very interesting !!!
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.
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 !!
I took my daughter to Shimoda city by my car and took pictures on the seaside road.
And I walked along the sea this late afternoon.
I posted 8 pictures on my Facebook today.
After we finished cleaning the guest rooms we went to Shirahama shrine, just only 3 minutes by car from Pension Sakuraya.
At the beginning of new year many Japanese go to shrines to make wishes for the coming year.
As it was very beautiful day there were a lot of people in the shrine field and on the beach.
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 came back home after shopping in Shimoda I found out small blossoms on the tree next to the entrance of Pension Sakuraya.
I didn't know when it started blooming.
By the way, It had been almost sunny here in Shimoda today.
I could see Izu seven islands on the ocean clearly this morning.
When I got up and saw the eastern side through the window I could see Izu Oshima island between the clouds and the ocean.
It had been cloudy all day today.
When I was walking on the seaside road I found some sparrows looked like musical note on the fence.
The narcssus has already started blooming in our garden.
It was really beautiful here in Shirahama today.
Actually I wanted to go to the beach to take pictures, but I didn't have time to it because of my job.
It was sunny and very hot here in Shimoda today.
When I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" this afternoon I could see not only some people walking and swimming on the beach and also the sign of....
I went to Shimoda afte that.
When I arrived in Shimoda I was really surprised the scenery there.
It was a first time for me to see the foggy sea at Shimoda harbor. I couldn't see anything over the sea.
This is a small fisherman's port in Shirahama, called Itami.
When I went there this afternoon there were some people who were fishing.
I walked on the seaside roadn this afternoon.
This morning we had heavy rain and strong wind here in Shimoda, but it became sunny and the blue sky came back after that.
After storm passed away we sometimes can see the Izu Seven Islands clearly.
By the way, do you know that Izu Seven islands are owned by Tokyo?
It was sunny again, but we had a little north wind today.
I walked along the seaside to Sotoura Beach.
The sea water was really beautiful.
And Sakura tree in our garden has a lot of fat buds which are getting to bloom.
We will be able to see the fully blooming soon!
As my wife went to Kanagawa Pref. for a new year party with her friends I took her to the station by my car.
On the way home I was ablet to see the sunrise on the Pacific ocean, so I took this picture.
When I was walking along the seaside at Shimoda harbor I got a beautiful sun light.
When I was taking pictures of the sea this mornig, a kite had just got into my view!!
I took this picture at Ogasaki wing today, which is the entrance of Shimoda city on Route 135 and is one of good view points in Shimoda.
Of course we can see Shirahama beach from this place, and Izu seven islands as well.
It had been almost cloudy today, but we got a beautiful sunset after all.
I took this picture at Ogasaki wing which is the entrance of Shimoda city at 11:30 AM.
On your driving to Shimoda you should stop here and you can see a beautiful scenery at this view point.
The air in the sky is clear and the blue sky
is shining with sun here in Shirahama this morning.
The weather forecast says it will be very hot in Shimoda today.
Is typhoon coming?
We had heavy rain in Shimoda this early morning, but it's sunny now!
All of our customers for tonight cancelled because of typhoon.
We may have a storm tonight and tomorrow morning.
Be careful, everybody!!!
I don't know why, but I got up earlier than
usual, at 5:15 this morning.
I found out the red sun was just rising, so I took this picture.
This website is in production and in only
Japanese, but 5 pages were completed today.
You can click the small images on the left side of main page to see a lot of pictures for snorkeling on each web page.
Click here to get a lot of information for snorkeling in Izu peninsula.
My daughter has now a small trouble on her
knee by bike accident several days ago.
Of course she can walk as usual, but it is a little hard for her to ride a bike.
So I took her to the school by my car again this morning.
I took this picture on the way home and I was able to see the Oshima island clearly, but it's still very cold today.
Why not?
I have been thinking about the weather, it was changed before noon.
The blue sky goes well with Shirahama beach.
My daughter usually goes to high school by bicycle,
but I took her by my car to the school this morning.
Because it wiil be rain this afternoon.
I took this photo on the way home.
This white ship is belongs to Japan Coast Guard, and there are some ships usually stay in Shimoda harbor.
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