It was very warm here in Shimoda today even in winter.
There were some people walking on the beach and watching the sea this afternoon.
We appreciate very much everything this year and wish you a Happy New Year.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Shimoda again.
I took this picture on the top of mountain behind our hotel in Shimoda.
It was a very beautiful day today again, and the air was clear.
We could see the Izu seven islands on the horizon.
There were some freighters on the sea, which came here to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
It had been cloudy and very cold here in Shimoda on last 2 days, but it became sunny and very warm today.
The family who came from Canada checked out this morning, and they went to Shimoda park before leaving Shimoda.
I think they could see the Izu seven islands from the view point of Shimoda park today.
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
This morning I took my daughter to school as usual.
On the way home I took this picture at Shirahama Beach.
It was very cold here this moring, but the air was very clear.
In this season we sometimes can see the Izu seven islands on the horizon clearly.
This morning I took my daughter to the school and went to Shimoda downtown after thatn.
When I was driving in downtown I found out the dried fishes out of shop on the road.
I asked him to take pictures, and he told me that he waked up at 2:00 am every day.
"Every day?"
I said and he answered.
"Yes, because I have to start to make dried fishes to provide them to the travellers before noon."
"Really?"……
When I was taking pictures near the beach this morning I foud out my daughter was going to school.
She usually takes bike to go to the high school like this.
It takes about 1 hour, because she walks pushing her bike with her hands when she goes up the hill on the way to Shimoda town.
In addition, as we had strong west wind this morning it was very hard for her, because she had strong head wind from Sotoura beach to the downtown.
Click here to see the pictures which I took this morning.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
I took this picture on the way to the school to take my daughter this morning.
Today we could see the Amagi moutains clearly, but we had strong wind like a storm in Shirahama, and the sea was rough.
In this season the fishermem go to the sea to fish Iseebi lobster, but they can't do it under this condition today.
Yesterday there were some surfers in the water.
We can see the surfers even in winter in Shimoda, and I was thinking it is too cold to surf.
But the water temperature is higher than the air, so there is no problem for surfers to get into the water.
If you had a wet suit you could snorkel in Shimoda in this season!
If you don't have it you can rent it at the surf shop "Shirahama Marina" in Shirahama.
Today it was sunny again in Shimoda.
We had a little bit wind here in Shirahama but it was warm.
By the way, we had Long distance running competition at Shirahama primary school.
This marathon takes place on every December and a lot of parents and local peole come to school to support and cheer them.
This competition started at 9:20 AM…..