Category Archives: Family

2011/06/28 Rainy season was over in southern part of Japan.

110628beach01 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!!….

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2011/06/19 My children’s pictures

110619picture01 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….

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2011/06/06 When we came back from the school….

110606yuuki00 My wife usually goes to the shop on the way from the primary school to pick my son up, but today I went.

After I met my son we went to the nearest beach "Shirahama Beach".

When we arrived at the beach my son got off his shoes and got into the water, and played with the sand.

"I want to swim becaues it is very hot in these days."

"OK! I will bring your swim wear next time!"

It's getting hotter and hotter day by day here in Shimoda!!

2011/06/02 Ajisai (Hydrangea) Festival in Shimoda

110602ajisai01 Last night, when I was looking for the photos in my computer I found out this photo.

I took this photo in June 2003. It means I took this 8 years ago.

In those days my daughters were 7 years and 4 years old, and I used to go to many places with them. But now they don't…..

Anyway I took this photo at Shimoda park in Shimoda city.

Yes, Ajisai ( Hydrangea ) Festival is taking place from June 1st to 30th…….

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2011/05/30 Picking up my son and Yamori at Sakuraya

110530yuuki01 Last week the #2 typhoon was coming to Japan from philippines area, but it was become to the extratropical cyclone before coming to Shimoda yesterday.

We had a lot of rain here in Shimoda last weekend, but it was not huge damage.

My daughters expected that the schools would be closed due to typhoon, but they had to go to school at last because there was no heavy rain and strong wind this morning.

As usual I went to the shop on the way from the elementary school to pick my son up, and we came back home together.

By the way I show you the photo which I took in our kitchen tonight.

But if you don't like the reptiles you should not see any more….

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2011/05/20 It looks like a skin head of Namihei!

110520yuki01 Yesterday morning, as we had customers and had to prepare their breakfast, I was not be able to walk wth the children.

So I went out the building to say "Take care" to the children.

When I was waiting outside a 6th grader boy said,

"Hey, look at this! It looks like a head of Namihei!"

I didn't understand what he said at first.

But ……

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2011/05/14 Blue sky, Blue sea, White sandy beach and My son

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"Let's go to the beach, Yuuki!"

It was windy but very hot here in Shimoda.

Today we had a big party of our customers, but I went to the beach with my son.

There were a lot of surfers in the water and some people on the beach.

Some of them were swimming!

The water is still a little bit cold, but it was almost summer here in Shimoda!!

I show some other photos which I took on the beach.

2011/05/08 Koinobori – – Carp shaped flags were swimming in the blue sky!

110508koinobori01Today it was very beutiful day here in Shimoda.

And it was getting hotter around noon but we had a strong wind.

Koinobori flags were swimming in the blue sky and they made us very happy.

The weather forcast says it will be sunny tomorrow as well, and will be rainy after that.

My son's Koinobori flags will go to bed until next April.

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