Yesterday there were some surfers in the water.
We can see the surfers even in winter in Shimoda, and I was thinking it is too cold to surf.
But the water temperature is higher than the air, so there is no problem for surfers to get into the water.
If you had a wet suit you could snorkel in Shimoda in this season!
If you don't have it you can rent it at the surf shop "Shirahama Marina" in Shirahama.
On last Thursday and Friday we had strong wind and heavy rain like storm here in Shimoda.
But today it was beautiful and we could see the blue sky and sea after long time.
When I went to Shimoda dowmtown with my son I took some pictures on the beach.
The strong wind brought the sand from the beach to the road like this.
Click here to see the pictures which I took today.
Pension Sakuraya in Shimoda, Japan
Today we had strong west wind here in Shimoda.
When I went shopping I took this picture on the way to the beach.
We could see clear bule sea and Izu Oshima Island over the ocean.
From this season we sometimes have cold west wind, and we can see the boats which come to this sea to protect them from the strong wind.
Becuase they have more than 30 or 40 m/s wind at around Irozaki cape.
Too dangerous for them it is!
Look at his hand.
There is someting on his parm.
Do you know what this is?
After school I went to pick up my son and went to the beach this late afternoon.
Before getting into the beach my son found out something and start running.
"Look at this, dad!" he said and licked it……
Yesterday we had strong wind and heavy rain here in Shimoda.
It was almost typhoon, but we didn't have any problem with it.
Today the weather was changed!
We could see the blue sky and sea this morning, so I decided to go to the nearest beach "Shirahama" with my son this afternoon.
I am a member of Izu Shirahama Tourist association.
Today we went to Itado area in Shirahama to clean up the Aloe field.
There are a lot of Aloe on a hill, and we can see Shirahama beach from this hill.
The Aloe festival will take place from December 9th.
This field is one of good points for the pictures, because the contrast of blue cloor of sea and red one of Aloe is very gorgeous.
Why don't you come to Shirahama to see it?
Click here to see the other pictures which I took today.
Today my son finished school at 2:30 PM.
As usual I went to pick up my son after school, and went to the beach together.
We played making art of shadow and hand writing on the sand.
It was fun!
Today it was sunny again, but warmer than yesterday.
I went to Shimoda downtown by bike this afternoon.
On the way to the downtown my bike chain was out of place, so I tried to fix it.
Then I found out a ladybug on the leaves along the street.
As it was very warm today, so was she sleeping under the sunshine?
No, she wanted to run away from me actually!
Do you know what kind of blossom this is?
I took this picture through the window of room #104, the Japanese style room.
I think those who stayed in this room have seen these in early summer.
It will be a fruit in every June.
The answer is loquat.
I show you the picture of this fruit……
This morning I went to the beach for a walk after long time.
It was sunny here in Shimoda but we had a very strong wind in Shirahama.
I was going to walk heading to Shimoda downtown, but I changed my mind due to the strong wind.
I took this picture behind Shirahama shrine.