This afternoon my wife said,
"Look at this. This sakura is blooming!"
There are some Sakura trees in our field, and this is "Kawazu Sakura".
This tree blooms from the beginning of February, but it has some blossoms.
It's too early, see you again in next February!
My camera is not good at taking night sky, so I could not take it…..
Last night my wife said outstide at around 12:30 AM,
"Look at that! there are a lot of stars!"
I went out and look up the sky. There were a lot of stars twinkling.
When we were looking we found out a shooting star.
I didn't know, but in these days we have had a meteor stream "Orionids", so we could see one of them.
From this season the air is very clear and we can see a lot of stars in the night sky here in Shimoda.
It was rainy here in Shimoda today.
When the rain was stopped around noon I went out to take pictures.
I found out the water drops on the Aloe near Sakuraya.
This aloe became fresh after the rain.
This time the typhoon attacked Japan and landed in Shizuoka Pref.
We had been in blackout for 5 hours from 4:00 PM, but the power supply was cut off in some places near Shimoda for 24 hours.
Anyway we are all safe.
Today I went to the beach with my son after school to take pictures.
It was really beautiful day and they had good waves for surfing in Shirahama.
After taking pictures it is very difficult to select the pictures which I post on our website.
When I was cleaning up the guest rooms after check-out I could find out the blue sea through the window.
" Yes, they are inviting me today!!"
After 2:00 PM I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama".
Today it was really hot and humid, but the sky and the sea were gorgeous!!
I took a lot of pictures on the beach and this is one of best pictures today.
The white clouds were floating in the sky!!
I have been thinking that I was going to go to the Togai-hama Beach to take photos since 3 days ago.
When I served the breakfast our customer this morning he said,
"Where is the good point for snorkeling?"
I told him some points in Shimoda, but I said to him,
"Oh, are you interested in snorkeling? I was going to go to the one of good points by accident, actually. Do you go with me? As we don't have any other customeres today I can take you there by my car".
After breakfast we went to Togai-hama together by my car.
It was amazing point for snorkeling! we could meet a lot of fishes and found out the stingray as well!
Of course I could take a lot of good photos for our website.
Have you ever been to Kisami Ohama Beach?
This beach also has a white sand and blue sea like Shirahama, but this summer it is a little different from usual.
Today, when I went to this beach and found out that the sand was black.
The typhoon took white sand away from this beach and the layer of iron sand was appeared after that.
But white sandy beach will be back in the future.
Yes, the nature is great!!
Click here to see the other pictures of Kisami Ohama, Shirahama and Tatado hama beach today.
This morning the sun was shinning.
Yes, we could see the blue sky after cloudy and rainy days because of typhoon.
The sun and blue sky make us and our customers very happy!
All the customers went to the beach after breakfast.
I also went there to take pictures before shopping in Shimoda downtown.
This time typhoon #6 has been going across Japan slowly, so we didn't have any influences by this typhoon.
But since last night we have had strong wind here in Shimoda.
After taking my children to the school by car I took some photos on the way home.
The strong wind was making the sea rough.
Not only Shirahama Beach but also all beaches in Shimoda were closed due to typhoon today.
When I went to Shimoda down town for shopping there were some people on the beach, and some of them were swimming.
It is really dangerous to swim today!!
Click here to see the other pictures today.