It was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama today.
I had good walking and excise on the seaside road looking over the blue sea under the sun this afternoon.
I think the sea water is still a little cold, but there were a lot of foreigners who were swimming in the water.
They are from Singapore and have come to Japan 3 or 4 times, but it was the 1st time to visit Izu peninsula.
They came to Odawara city from Tokyo by train and came to Shimoda by rental car from Odawara.
After Shimoda they went to Toi and Hakone.
We are looking forward to meeting you again in the future.
Thank you very much for staying with us.
I took some pictures on the beach when I was walking on the seaside road.
In these 4 days the highest temperature in Hokkaido is 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) or over we are still in May though.
It’s amazing record in Hokkaido.
On the other hand, it was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama today, but the temperature was lower than Hokkaido…
They came from Germany and stayed at Pension Sakuraya for the 1st time.
After staying for 5 days in Tokyo they came to Shimoda.
During their stay the Black Ship Festival was taking place in Shimoda city, so they went to Shimoda to see the fireworks display on the 1st day.
And they spent almost a half of the 2nd day on the beach and went to Shimoda by walking through the mountains from Sakuraya.
Thank you very much for staying with us.
This is the video of the last 7 minutes of Black Ship Festival Fireworks Display.
I’m very sorry, but the displays were a little out of focus…..
At midnight 2 days ago, when I was working in my office I heard that something had been walking in the bush just in front of Pension Sakuraya.
So I went out from the entrance with stealthy steps, and took a picture of it.
It was a wild boar as I guessed!
By the way, when my son went to the school this morning I left our home with him and took a walk alone on the seaside road after that.
My son and I went to Shimoda city for cycling this afternoon.
We parked our car at the free parking lot near harbor and took a cycling on the seaside road, and went to the liquir shop opened in 1889 and Shimoda history museum.
We had very strong north wind in Shirahama, but there was no wind in Shimoda city, so it was very good condition for cycling.
My son was excited very much today.
You can see the other pictures on our Facebook album.
The local community had a beach cleaning from 6:30 this morning.
And after that, we removed the fences that we set up in last October to protect the beach from strong north wind.
It was really hard to do it in the strong north wind.
Yesterday we had rain all day long, but the blue sky came back to Shirahama today.
I walked on the seaside road after a long time.
They came from Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture, and it was the second time for them to visit Shimoda.
They arrived very early in the morning in Shimoda and spent all day on the beach before check in.
After check out they drove on the seaside road on the west side of Izu peninsula.
We are really looking forward to meeting you and your family again!
Thank you very much for staying with us.