Category Archives: nature

2011/07/08 Radioactive Level in Shizuoka Pref.

110708newspaper01 Hello, how have you been?

Since the beginning of this month we have been very busy, so I couldn't posted the articles.

By the way Shizuoka Prefecture announced the result of the radioactive level of the sea water and the sand on the beaches in Shizuoka Pref. on paper today.

It reported that there was no radioactivity in the water and there was minuscule amount of it in the sand.

And it said there is no problem to swim and play on the beach.

It  was very good new for us and made us very happy, and we can welcome the customers during this summer.

(Sorry, this article is only in Japanese.)

 

2011/06/30 Sunrise in Shirahama, Shimoda

110630sunrise00 This morning I waked up at 4:30 AM because it was too hot in my room.

I tride to sleep again, but I couldn't continue sleeping any more.

When I saw outside the sun was just rising on the horizon, so I went to the Torii Gate of Shirahama shrine on the beach to take photos of sunrise.

Here are some other photos which I took this morning.

 

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2011/06/14 Mowing the grasses at Aloe field in Shirahama

110614aloe01 This place is "Aloe no Sato", Aloe Field in Shirahama in Shimoda.

There is a walking path and stair cases, and actually we can see the Izu Seven Islands on the pacific ocean from the top of slope, but we couldn't see them today.

There are a lot of Aloe trees on seaside and steep slope, and we have the Aloe festival here on december and January.

Today I went to this place to mow the grasses as a member of Shirahama Tourist Association.

In this season the Aloe trees are covered by tall grasses and they can't get sulight.

 

 

2011/06/13 Mountain, Sea and Sky in Shimoda

110613mountain01 Today it was rainy this morning I took my elder daughter to the high school by car.

I usually take the road through Shimoda down town and the seaside to go back home, but I took the different way through the mountain.

When I was driving I found out the clouds between mountains.

It seemed as if the mountain was breathing deeply and slowly….

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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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2011/03/25 Walking to the Beach – – Snow on Amagi Mountains

110325beach01 It was sunny and very warm here in Shimoda today after 4 days with rain and strong wind.

I asked my son walking and went to the beach together.

While my son was playing on the beach I saw the mountains over Shirahama shrine, and found that those mountains had snow on the top.

It was very cold and we had rain last night, so they had snow there.

Spring is coming, but still a little bit cold here.

Click here to see the other pictures which I took on the beach today.

2011/03/12 After Earthquake & Tsunami warning in Shimoda, Japan

110312shirahama02 Yesterday massive earthquake hit North-Eastern Japan, and a lot of places and people were affected.

The coast in Shimoda was warned against Tsunami in the afternoon yesterday, and we had Tsunami only 80 centimeters in Shimoda harbor.

But Tsunami warning was cancelled today.

I went to Shimoda downtown for shopping and took some pictures on the way.

This is Shirahama Beach in Shimoda, and there was no damage there.

We had a lot of messages and e-mails from all over the world since yesterday, but we all are safe!

Thank you very much, everybody!!!

Look at the pictures which I took this afternoon on my Facebook.

2011/03/11 Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan – – No problem here in Shimoda

110311sakuraya01 Today a huge earthquake and Tsunami hit North-East part of Japan at 2:46 PM.

After that I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" in Shimoda city, Izu peninsula, to check it out, but there was no problem here.

And all of my family are Safe!!

Here are the photos which I took on the Shirahama beach on Facebook.

In addition, you can watch TV news through the Internet.