I had some things to buy I went to Shimoda today.
Before that I went to the small fisherman's port in Shirahama.
Look at this photo.
What a beautiful color this is!
The ships were floating on the blue clear water. It's really amazing.
I show you one more photo which I took today .....
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 ........
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......
Continue reading "Are the cherry blossoms still blooming over here? - - Mt. Amagi" »
Last night we had a strong wind and heavy rain here in Shirahama. Yes, it seemed like typhoon.
But today it was very beautiful day, so I went to the small port to see the ships with my son, Yuuki.
It takes about 40 minutes by walking from Sakuraya.
There were many kinds of small and big ships.
Yuuki said,
"I want to get on that ship, dad!"
I understand him but there was nobody and we couldn't get on without permission. ......
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.....
Continue reading "Suzaki Walking Trail in Shimoda, Cape Tsumekizaki " »
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.
It was also very warm in Shirahama today.
When I went to Shimoda for shopping I took this picture.
There was white cloud floating on the ocean.
Yes, it was gorgeous scenery.
Today it was really cold with Northern wind.
When I came back from Shimoda I took this picture at a small parking lot "Miharashi Hiroba".
This morning it was cloudy here but the sky was blue and I could see Izu Oshima clearly this afternoon.
And I moved to take another picture.....
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.....
When I was in my home I didn't notice but .....
As I had to go to Post Office I depart from my house by car, and I found 4 ships on the ocean on the way to the Route 135.
In winter we sometimes have a strong wind from west, they have a strong wind like typhoon in Irozaki area.
That's why the ships which goes to Tokyo bay or Osaka bay wait here until the wind will be stopped......
Today it was a little sunny early this morning but after that the weather was change, it was almost cloudy all day.
The color of the ocean is really different depending on the weather.
Today's Shirahama beach had gray ocean like this picture.
And we had very strong wind from the north.....
It was very beaufitul day today, so we went to Itado beach to spend good afternoon before going to shopping.
While I was playing for snorkeling my son, Yuuki was playing with my wife near the water.
But when I came back he took off all clothes because it was very hot today and my wife did it.
The water was still very warm here, so I could find many fishes in this area.....
Long time no posting this weblog, but how have you been?
By the way do you know typhoon is coming to Japan this time?
Look at this picture which I took this morning!!
We usually get a gorgious and blue sea at this point, but as the typhoon is coming directly to Izu peninsula we had strong and dark wave today.....
Continue reading "Typhoon #9 coming to Izu peninsula directly!!" »
Last night Yuuki's grandparents stayed at Sakuraya.
After saying "Good bye" my son, Yuuki said, "Let's go walking !!"
So my wife and I took my son to walk to the mountain behind Sakuraya.
There is a small street in front of Sakuraya and we can go up the hill on this street.....
When I went to Shimoda for shopping I took this picture at Itami port in Shirahama.
Threre is a small beach and many ships in this port.
It was very hot today, and the sun was shinning like a summer.
What a beautiful sea, isn't it ?
It was really beautiful day, today after 1 week.
After graduation of my daughter's primary school I went to the beach with my son.
We could see Izu Oshima island cleary.
When we got to the beach my son started to run on the white sand.
The children love a big field and run around.
After that my son and I went to the Mihogasaki cape to take picutres.....
Continue reading "Blue Sky Blue Sea and Beautiful beach, Shirahama" »
In these days I had been writing in this weblog, "The spring has come."
But it was very cold and we had very strong wind today.
I went to the top of small mountain behind our Pension with my son and took this picture.
The color of the ocean is winter's blue !!
And a lot of ships were in this beach because of the strong wind. ......
Continue reading "A Cold Winter Again ? -- Shirahama Beach" »
Today my wife had to do her job, so I had to be a baby sitter of my son, Yuuki.
I was thinking where we go.
As we had a strong wind I thought that we might be able to see Mt. Fuji from the west side of Izu peninsula today.
I reseached it in the web camera site ..... Bingo !!
So I desided to go to see Mt. Fuji with my son !!
When I was driving on the way of West Izu I could see Mt. Fuji, I was very excited !!
Continue reading "Mt. Fuji and Rape Blossoms in Western Izu Peninsula" »
Today it was very beautiful day !
I was standing on the balcony of Japanese style room and I could see a blue sea, ships and Izu Oshima island over there.
I wanted to go to the beach to take pictures of beautiful sea but I couldn't do it because of my job.
Oh, my god !!
Shimoda Shirahama Beach: Guest House Pension Sakuraya
When I came back to Shirahama from Kawazu town I took this picture at "Ogasaki Wing"placed between Shimoda city and Kawazu town, where we can see Shirahama, Suzaki peninsula and Izu seven islands.
The time was 3:30pm.
The sun was going into the west mountain.
As you saw the color of this ocean is grey, but .....
Today we had a very strong wind from west in Shirahama.
When I was cleaning up the guest room in the afternoon I could see an amaging scenery of the ocean.
This ocean seemed like "The sea of Okhotsk" which I have ever seen in the TV program, and the strong wind was bringing the spindrift toward Izu Oshima island....
Today it was cold here but very beautiful day.
In this season when it is cold the air is very clear.
That's why we could see some ships in the ocean and Izu Oshima island over there from the room of Sakuraya.
Today we had a little wind but it was warm this afternoon.
How did you feel in your place today ?
By the way this is a view from 2nd floor of our Pension.
When I was cleaning up this room I could see Izu Oshima island over there, so I had a break to see it for a while.
As the air is very clear in the winter we can see Izu seven island.
I am going to show the view from same place after 3 hours. ......
It was actually the ocean of phantom, which appeared there suddenly.
The clooud was floating between rocks in the sky.
There were some ships were drifting toward the end of the world. .......
I was very surprised with this fantastic picture when I saw it in my computer.
Yes, it seemed like one of scenes of movie......
This morning it was very beautiful day, but the clouds came to Shirahama in the afternoon.
I went to "Ogasaki Wing", the spot where we can see Izu seven islands and Shirahama.
And I took this picture.
You can see the islands between the cloud and the ocean. ......
Continue reading "The view of Izu Seven Islands from Shirahama " »
Today the members of Shirahama Tourist association cleaned up Aloe field in Itado area of Shirahama.
In the morning it was windy and cool, but after we started to clean up I became very hot.
When we finished to do it 2 hours later this field became very beautiful.
By the way I found something to see for the 1st time there .....
Today it is 3rd day for the students from the United States.
This morning I went to the beach to get crabs with students, professor and his assistant.
Of course this is a first time for them to get crabs by bamboo stick, but when we started it one of them caught the crab at first. ......
In Shirahama we accept a lot of students of Junior high school, who come to have experiences of nature of Shirahama every year.
Yes, this is similer to a summer camp.
Today, the first school of this year, 200 students came from Yokohama, and stayed for one night.
This is a picture that I took an openning ceremony in Itado area of Shirahama.
And they started to observe a sea after lunch. .......
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