Today my wife went to the next prefecture by train, so I took here to the station early this morning.
At that time we had black cloud in the sky, but it had not been rainy yet.
But we had snow after that.
I didn't notice it, because I had been in my room and the screen had been closed.
When I went shopping at around 9:00 am it has already been sunny, and I found out the snow on the island over the ocean.
They have snow some times during cold season every year, but it is earlier than usual.
I went to bed earlier than usual last night, but I overslept this morning again. Hahaha….
So I went to school to take my daughter by car.
When I came back to Shirahama beach I took this photo.
The sun has just rose above the horizen, and the light of the sun made a long golden road on the sea.
Where can I go to on that road?
My daughters usually go to school by bus every day, but I overslept this morning. So I took them by car.
When I was coming back home I was going to take photos of Shirahama beach as usual.
When the weather is good and the air is clear we can see Mt. Amagi over Shirahama beach.
But I found out that the mountains were white this morning.
I thought it was cloud on the mountains at first, but actually it was snow.
Wao!! We usually have snow after January in Izu peninsula, but we had the first snow on this season this moring.
That's why it was very cold this morning in shimoda.
Last night we had a lot of thunder at around midnight.
I cut the power of my computer in a hurry, but it was not big deal and there was no problem.
And this morning it still was cloudy here in Shirahama, but I was able to see Izu Seven Islands on the horizon.
It was sunny over those islands, I guess.
By the way, when I went to kindergarten to pick my son up I found out the flowers there.
Do you know this blossoms?
The last owner of Pension Sakuraya loved Karaoke, and the 1st song which he learned was "Sazanka no Yado" over 25 years ago. And he used to sing this song when he went to Karaoke after that.
That's why his wife planted this in the garden of Sakuraya. This is called "Camellia Sasanqua", "Sazanka" in Japanese.
This season this tree has a lof ot buds, and all of them started to bloom.
By the way I went to the beach this afternoon….
My daughters usually go to school by bus every morning, but I took them by car this morning. Because….
When I waked up at around 6:00 am it was rainy and windy outside.
I opend the screen to see outside there was strong wind blowing with heavy rain.
After breakfast I went to school with my daughters. when I was driving on the seaside road I was able to see the blue sky in the east sky.
"Yes, it will be sunny this afternoon as the weather forcast said".
But I suddenly had heavy rain again, because there still was a black cloud in the west sky.
It became sunny and very hot at all after that, it was amazing day today.
I went for walking this morning after 3 days.
When I came back from Sotoura Beach I found out a dog on Shirahama beach.
"That's my friend's dog, isn't it?"
Yes, I was right. There was my friend walking, who lives in Shirahama. He is Australian and spends his holiday in his second house for one week every month.
I walked on this beach for a while and came back home.
In late afternoon, when I was cooking our dinner in the kitchen I saw a beutiful scenary through the window…
"Can you see this everyday in this season?"
When our customers finished the dinner asked me.
"Yes, we sometimes can see it, but not everyday."
After I said so I went to my room to take my camera, but the color was changed when I came back to the dining room.
In Shimoda we sometimes can see the beautiful red sunset, but its color is different in this season.
Anyway, I show you the photo of Shirahama beach, which I took this afternoon…..
The weather forecast said last night it was very fine day and very hot today in Shimoda.
Today it was a picnic day of kindergarten.
My wife and son went to kindergarten at 9:30 AM, but I left my house after our customers checked out.
When I arrived at the beach the children had just started to play on the water's edge.
Actually I was worried about my son, because he had a cough and runny nose.
But he was unmindful and got into the water to play.
There are many beaches in Shimoda, and this is one of them.
We can find out this beach on the way to Shimoda downtown, and also I think this beach is one of good points for snorkeling in Shimoda.
When we don't have big waves it is easy to get into the sea from the water's edge.
Today we could see the island called "Izu-Oshima" over the ocean.
It had a cloud over the top of island, and this island looked like floating on the sea.