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.
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.
I went to the kindergarten to pick my son up by walking this afternoon.
On the way to our home we went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" to play.
Today it was sunny again and the water was blue and gorgeous.
My son was excited with the waves on the beach.
After he will get into the primary school we will not be able to together after school like this.
I think I would be sad...... .
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.
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.
Have you ever seen this flower?
This morning I went for waling to the next beach "Sotoura."
When I departed from Sakuraya at 9:00 am it was very warm, so it was very comfortable for walking today.
At the view point of Sotoura I found out the red flowers.
Do you know this?
This is an aloe.
In Shimoda we don't have any snow, so this aloe can have flowers in winter.
It has been very hot here in Shimoda since one week ago.
The sun rises at around 4:50 every morning, and it makes my room very very very hot!!
So I wake up at around 5:00 am every day because of its heat.
I went to the top of mountain behind Pension Sakuraya and took this photo.
There were a lot of people on Shirahama Beach.
I want to get into that water to make my body cool down!
Last night we had a heavy rain and a strong wind here in Shimoda.
The weather forecast issued a heavy rain warning for Shizuoka Prefecture.
However, the weather was changed like this!
The blue sea came back again!
There were some surfers in the water, but they didn't have good waves today.
On the way to Shimoda downtown I took this picture.
Today it was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama.
And also we had very good waves for surfing.
So there were a lot of surfers on the sea in Shirahama.
If you would like to come to Shirahama for surfing and if you don't have board or wet suit there is a surf shop near the beach.
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.
"Why is it very cold today? It is already April!!"
My daughter said when she came back from the high school.
Yesterday it was sunny here in Shirahama, but it became rainy and windy today.
When I came back from Shimoda downtown I took this photo.
The strong wind brought the rain and I couldn't be outside for a long time to take this photo.
The weather forecast says it will be rainy tomorrow too.
When can we get a spring sunny day?
Have you ever seen this color of the sea in Japan?
Today it was very cold here in Shirahama, but I went to Shimoda downtown by bycycle.
On the way to Shimoda there is a free parking lot called "Miharashi Hiroba".
I took this photo near this parking.
The air was very cold, but the water in the sea was clear!
It takes about 3 or 4 hours by car from Tokyo, but you can get this beautiful scenery if you come to Shimoda.
Last nigh we had heavy rain here in Shimoda, but it became cloudy at 9:00 AM.
After our guests checked-out, when I was cleaning the guest room I found an amazing scenary through the window of guest room.
The island was floating on the sea of clouds.
That island is called "Izu Oshima".
That is one of islands located in the pacific ocean.
It was very beautiful like a picture.
Today it was sunny too.
The air temperature was going up and up and very hot at last.
This morning I went to Shirahama post office and went a little futher to Ogasaki Wing.
Ogasaki Wing is located at the entrance of Shimoda city on Rout 135, and this is one of good view points in Izu peninsula.
From this points we can look over Shirahama Beach, Suzaki peninsula and Izu seven islands.
I show you the photo of Shirahama beach taken from this point. .......
Continue reading "Sunny again in Shirahama - - Ogasaki Wing View Point" »
I took this picture at the parking lot which is called "Miharashi-Hiroba" in Shirahama.
Today it was very warm here in Shimoda.
And when I went to the sea it was low tide and the water was very clear, so I decided to do "Snorkeling" there.
I came back home and brought my wet suit, and then I went back to the sea....
Continue reading "Snorkeling in Spring in Shirahama, Shimoda, Izu peninsula" »
2 days ago we had a heavy rain and a strong wind in that night.
It was almost typhoon, so a table for patio outside was broken by the wind.
"Ah, we have to buy new one before summer....."
By the way it was sunny today and we were able to see a beautiful scenery.
But we were not see Izu Oshima island today because thhe air was not clear.
Today it was very beutiful day.
When I saw the ocean from our pension I could see Izu Oshima island clearly, so I desided to go to Mt. Nesugata-yama by Cable car with my wife and son.
It's only 3 minutes by calbe car to get to the top from the cable car station near Izukyu Shimoda station.
As I was thinking we could get very beutiful senery from the top of mountain like this picture........
Continue reading "Sakura is fully blooming. - - Shimoda Ropeway (Cable Car)" »
Today, the time of sunrise was 6:54 am.
I started to go to the shool with my daughter and the children at 7:00 am as usual and I walked down the hill.
I found that the sun was shining in the cloud and took this photo.
This morning I could see the sun with cloud and it was gorgeous scenery.
In the afternoon I went to Shimoda for shoping by bike and .......
Continue reading "Sunrise and Izu seven islands in the late afternoon" »
It was very cold today too like yesterday.
I walked with the children who go to Shirahama elementary school as usual this morning.
When we were walking on the national road one of the children found and cried,
"Look at this! The leaf is frozen!!"
Actually the water is frozen on leaves because of the low temprature.
I show the another photo......
Continue reading "Wao, leaves are frozen!? - - Shirahama, Shimoda" »
After I finished to prepare some things for today's guests I went out for biking in this afternoon.
It was rainy this morning but it was changed at around 11:00 am and it became sunny after that.
I took this photo at 3:30 pm but the water was still blue and beautiful, and I could see Toshima island, one of Izu seven islands, over the ocean.
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According weather forcast it will be sunny tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
It was very beautiful day today too.
There are many ships on the ocean and I could see Izu Oshima Island under the blue sky.
I wanted to go to the beach today but I couldn't because of my job.
"It can't be helped."
I was talking to myself and took this picture from our guest room.
I got up early this morning and I left my home with my daughter to go to school.
On the way to school I found that the sun was just rising on the horizon, so I started to run to take photos.
Today we had big waves in Shirahama and I could take this photo with the water broken by stone.
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