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 morning the weather forecast said that the rainy season in kyushu area, the southern part of Japan, has over.
The high atmospheric pressure has been covering the southern part of Japan in these days, so I can understand it.
But they also said this high pressure would be getting smaller next week and we would have rain again.
It means we have to wait for the end of the rainy season for a while.
However it was very hot and beautiful again here in Shimoda today.
The color of the ocean was really gorgeous!!….
Today it was very beautiful and hot here in Shimoda.
So I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama Beach" with my son.
And we moved to the other beaches for snorkering after that.
The water was still cold, but my son was really excited today.
According to the news website it was over 30 degrees around Tokyo yesterday.
It was alomost summer!
But here in Shimoda it was cloudy yesterday and the temperature was about 25 degrees.
We didn't feel it was hot here because we had a good wind for us.
By the way it became sunny and hot today.
I took this picture at Miharashi Hiroba Park in Shirahama Beach.
We could see the blue sea after a long time, because it has been cloudy and rainy for about 2 weeks due to the rainy season now in Japan……
Last night, when I was looking for the datas in my computer I found out this picture.
They are my daughters.
I took this when they were taking a bath in 2002, so they were 7 and 4 years old.
They were very cute in those days and it is sweet memories for my wife and me.
But, of course they are now very cute for us!
In these days it has been cloudy and sometimes rainy here in Shimoda.
It can't be helped because now we are in the rainy season in Japan.
If we don't have rain in this season vegetable and rice will not be glown well.
So the rain is very important for the plants and us.
By the way I show you the pictures which my children drew.
The first one is drawn by my son, Yuuki, the day before yesterday.
He is interested in drawing picutre basically, and he is getting better day by day.
This time he drew the scene which he and his sister were having the hotcakes in the kitchen.
There are hotcakes on the table, window, clock, calender, fridge, thermos and etc…
I show you the next one….
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….
This is a hydrangea in our garden.
First of all they have white blossoms, but the color is changing to purple and blue day by day.
Now they have 30 % blooming and we will be able to see the full blooming on around June 20th.
But I love this young color because I feel that they have young spirit and power.
Anyway the rain suits them very well in this season.
By the way we had a heavy rain here in Shimoda this morning…..
I went to the shop at the half point between the primary school and our house to pick up my son.
When we were walking on the way home my son said,
"I'm very tired today. I want to take a break."
"Ok, let's go to the beach."
We went to the parking lot on the beach and took a time for a while…..