Today we had cold rain here in Shimoda.
I saw
the pictures on the live camera of Izu peninsula this afternoon, and
they had a lot of snow on the mountains.
Sakura blossoms were freezing
today, I think.
As the weather forecast said it has been rainy here in Shirahama since this morning.
And also we have strong wind.
But Sakura tree is fully blooming in our garden.
There are some kinds of Sakura tree in our
garden.
One of them is now fully blooming and we can see it through the
window in the dining room.
I took this picture in our garden this afternoon.
This winter, aloe, narcissus, rape and sakura
are blooming at the same time in our garden.
These are Sakura blossoms
raised from seed of Kawazu Sakura, and bloom earlier than Kawazu Sakura.
They are deep in
pink color, and are blooming 40% now.
Today I walked to Tsumekizaki cape in Shimoda to see the flowers of narcissus.
This festival has been held since last December 20th, and now it is good timing to see the fully blooming there.
It was sunny and we didn't have cold wind, so it was very warm here in Shimoda.
I took some pictures on the way to Tsumekizaki.
I took this picture today.
This tree is Sakura called 'Kawazu Sakura', which blooms earlier than the other kind of Sakura in Japan.
Kawazu Sakura Festival will be held after February 5th.
Here is the information of Sakura festival.
We had heavy rain and strong wind yesterday,
but it became a beautiful today.
The rainbow on the waves was made by
the strong west wind.
Sunshine and blue sky makes us very happy!
Click here to see the other photos.
This morning I walked after our chldren went to school.
In this season we can see many kinds of flowers along the road.
Yellow flowers and blue sea are beautiful.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
Last night we had a heavy rain in Shimoda, but it became sunny and hot today.
So I went to Shimoda park to see and take pictures with my son.
We walked in the fully blooming hydrangea, and there were a lot of people.
Click here to see 41 photos which I took Hydrangea Garden in Shimoda today.
Shirahama Ohama Beach: 4 minutes walk away Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
This festival is taking place in Shimoda Park between June 1st and 30th.
This is the largest scale in Japan, because there are more than 150,000 hydrangea trees in this park.
The best time to see is after the middle of June, they say.
Come and visit Shimoda this month!!
Click here to see the web page of Hydrangea Festival in Shimoda.
Kids friendly guest house in Shimoda, Japan Pension sakuraya