It was almost cloudy here yesterday, but we got a sunshine and high temperature today.
When I went to the beach to take photos after noon it was low tide.
But we didn't have big waves here, so it was very good condition for snorkeling.
We can go down the cliff from Route 135 by walk and get into the water from the right side.
If I hadn't had job today I would have snorkeled today.
Yesterday, our customers who stayed at Sakuraya called us late afternoon and said,
"Now we are near Mt. Amagi, but we have snow here. That's why we can't go ahead."
Yesterday afternoon my wife said when she came back from Shimoda downtown,
"It is very cold outside."
I didn't know such a condition outside, because I was cooking in warm kitchen then.
"How is snowing there?"
I asked our customers and he answered,
"It's all white here and every car stopped running. They can't move anymore due to a lot of snow."
In this season the cherry trees have blossoms in Izu peninsula, but they had more than 17 cm snow yesterday.
At 9:33 am on February Japan Meteorological Agency issued Tsunami warning due to an earthquake in Chile.
All Japan was made rush by this information yesterday.
My aunt who went to Tokyo the day before yesterday couldN7t come back to Shimoda because JR Tokaido Line stopped running due to Tusnami warning.
It usually takes about 2 hours and half to get to Shimoda from Tokyo, but it took more than 12 hours.
But we had only 50 or 60 cm Tsunami in Shimoda actually.
Izukyuko line runs along the seaside,so I understand if they stopped
running.
But JR Tokaido line goes a little far from the sea.
Why are transport facilitiles in Japan so nervous?
Shirahama beach in Shimoda is one of good points for surfing.
We sometimes very good wave here, especially in September due to typhoon.
But today we had a very beautiful wave like this.
It looks twice as high as surfer in the water.
I don't understand why they are not afraid of big waves.
If I don't have a surf board I can't get into the water.
As always I went for walking this morning.
Today I came back home on route 135 and took some photos at Shirahama shrine.
There was nobody, but I found out a cherry tree full blooming.
Last night I checked the weather forecast for Shimoda and there was a sign of snow!
But we didn't have it today actually.
This winter we don't have snow in Izu peninsula.
I walked this morning after 3 days.
There is a parking lot on the left side of Shirahama post office.
And I found out some birds on the cherry trees there.
Some of them are blooming fully and white eyes come to suck nectar of these blossoms.
I wanted to take photos of them but they didn't stop jumping from the blossom to the others.
I went to the beach to take photos after some days and could see the mountains over there.
When I ariived at bus stop "Shirahama Kaigan" I found out Mt. Amagi over the mountains.
Last night it was very cold here in Shimoda, so they had snow on top of mountain.
It was a first time to see snow on top this winter.
If I had enough time I could have gone there to see a lot of snow.
This morning when I was walking with my daughter on the way to Shirahama elementary schlool, my daughter said,
"Look at this. It's frozen!"
Last night it was very cold in Shimoda, so the water drops on the leaves are frozen in the low temperature.
In these days we had cold days in Japan, and it snowed heavily in the north part of Japan.
But we don't have any snow in Shimoda.
When I came back from Shimoda downtown I found out this scene this late afternoon.
I parked my car on the road and took this picture.
The moon has just rose up and the moon light was coming down on the sea.
It was very beautiful.
In Shirahama we can see many kinds of beautiful scenery, but this is one of them.
I took this photo at around 5:50 in the morning on September 25th.
Shirahama is located on the west side of Izu peninsula, so we can see a sunrise but we can’t see a sunset on the ocean.
I am showing the second one….