Recently my son, Yuuki, became to be able to do many kinds of things.
Today, when I went to the kitchen he was doing something using a pan and a lit.
I was watching him for a while, he seemed to cook something with pan.
Yes, he is good at using these tools. And then he said ……
Today my daughters had a class of classical ballet in Shimoda, so my son and me went to Shimoda harbor to spend a time.
This is a landing monument of "Commodore Matthew C. Perry".
In 1854 his squardon came to Shimoda to investigate weather it could supply the water, charcoal and other materials needed by American vessels…..
I have heard that we can take a beautiful picture of clouds in Shimoda especially.
In this early morning it was silent and no windy in Shirahama but we had a strong wind after around 9:00am.
That’s why the air was very clear and we could see great Amagi mountains.
White clouds was floating in a blue sky…..
Today I went to a restaurant "B Deck Cafe" in Minami Izu, near Rape blossoms field.
This restaurant’s owner is a fisherman, so they provide many kinds of Italian foods, and these are not expensive.
This is a Carpaccio of local fish "Isaki".
Yes, it is very good.
They have some set menus and aracartes. I am introducing other foods…..
Have you ever had "Ochazuke"?
This is a traditional Japanese cooking.
We usually make it with, for example, rice, sea urchin, Umeboshi and green tea.
But today I used more garnishes for today’s our dinner, dried fish, Konbu, Wasabi, small rice puff and Dashi soup.
It was really good ! …..
Have you ever seen these flowers ?
This flower is "Fuji", "Wistaria" in English.
In Japan we can see these flowers in April and May.
And we have some festival of this tree in many places in Japan.
By the way today’s my son "Yuuki"…..
After our guests checked out, we usually clean a guestroom.
Today, when I was cleaning this guestroom, my son, Yuuki, came to this room as usual.
I think that he just wanted to play with me.
But actually he wants to touch and move everything in a guest room, so I always ask him to bring something in stead……
Today was Sunday.
My daughters were in a holiday, so we went to Sotorura beach between Shirahama and Shimoda with my son.
This beach is in a creek and there is a parking lot in front of this beach.
Especially we can use it without parking charge except busy season.
When we arrived at this beach, there is a family who were enjoying a sea kayak.
After parking our car my daughters went to the beach soon.
My son, Yuuki, started to walk toward the beach slowly, and when he reached near the waves his sisters have already been playing in the water.
Then my son continued to walk toward the waves, but……
In spring, we, Japanese have many imagination about it, but one of them is "Strawberry".
In Izu peninsula there are some places where we can pick strawberrys to eat in a farm.
But the nearest place is Minami Izu, "South area of Izu", about 30 minutes by car from Shirahama.
We have ever been there for 2 times until now, I’m going to show you some pictures that I took there from my computer…..
It was sunny today too.
But as the air was not clear we couldn’t see Izu seven islands and the sea was not beautiful like yesterday.
We were right to go to the beach yesterday.
By the way it was very warm today, so my daughter, my son and me took peas in our field.
These peas are really different from peas sold in a supermarket…….