Today it was sunny but very cold by the strong north-east wind.
When we have such wind the nearest sea has good condition for windsurfing!
By the way it was the last day of Black Ship Festival today.
When I went to Izukyu-Shimoda station some people were welcoming visitors with the clothes of Edo period.
They are from Holland and Cyprus and have lived in Tokyo since 4 months ago, and it was the first time for them to come to Shimoda.
On the 1st day, as we had no other guests we went to Shimoda harbor to see the fireworks display with them.
On the 2nd day they drove to Irozaki cape, Kumomi beach in Matsuzaki town and some other places.
Thank you very much for staying with us and the present from you!
I walked on the beach and the seaside road as usual this afternoon.
We had rain last night, but the blue sky came back and it was gorgeous today!
There were some people swimming in the water..
The 79th Black Ship Festival started today, and the firework display took place at Shimoda harbor tonight.
As we had only 2 guests tonight I went to Shimoda harbor to see the firework display with them and my family.
I don’t know why ,but I thought it was much better than usual.
They came to Japan from Germany for the 1st time.
They stayed in Tokyo for several days and came to Shimoda, and stayed at Pension Sakuraya for 2 nights.
On the 2nd day they walked to Sotoura beach, Tsumekizaki cape and Suzaki on the coastline.
Have a nice trip in Japan!
Thank you very much for staying with us.
It was sunny and much hotter than yesterday.
I went to Shimoda for shopping this afternoon, and I took a picture of the beach and the city.
Shimoda city has already been ready for the Black Ship Festival on this weekend.
They came to Japan from France for the 1st time.
Before coming to Japan they went to Taiwan and stayed for 10 days, because their son is college student in Taiwan.
After that, they arrived in Japane 1 day prior to their reservation date.
They asked me to have making Soba (buckwheat noodle) experience before coming to Japan.
So we went to Kazono district in Shimoda for Soba making workshop together on the 2nd day.
(Here is my blog which I posted the article about this workshop.)
On the 3rd day they walked on the seaside road from Kisami beach to Yumigahama beach looking over the Izu seven islands under the beutiful sky.
We had great time and good communications with you!
Thank you very much for staying with us.
Last night we had very strong wind and heavy rain here in Shimoda.
But the blue and clear sky came back today!
I took pictures of the beach twice at 11:00 AM and 1:30 PM today.
So you can compare the beach condition at low tide and high tide.
It was really hot like almost summer today, but the air temperature will be much higher tomorrow than today.
Our customers from France asked me to have making Soba (buckwheat noodle) experience before coming to Japan.
So I went to Kazono district in Shimoda with them for its workshop today.
It was the first time for me to make it, but I was really excited with them.
The handmade Soba was chewy and of course it was delicious!!
When they were making Soba they said that they would be going to buy rolling pin, Soba knife, Soba ball and everything to make Soba in Tokyo and take them to France!!
(Soba making teacher doesn’t speak English…..)
As we had parents’ observation day of my son’s junior high school today I came back home by walking.
I walked on the seaside road after a long time because of busy Golden Week.
We had a little cold wind but it was sunny and hotter than yesterday.
In this season we can see the yellow flowers near the beach.
