There was a little clouds in the sky this morning, but we could see a beautiful sunrise and Izu Oshima island on the left side.
We have only 10 days this year, we can see the TV programs which tell something about Chiristmas and New year holidays everyday.
I hope we will be able to see a beautiful sunrise like today on Jan 1st !!
The Aloe’s Festival started to take place in Shirahama yesterday.
The blooming of Aloe’s flower is a little earlier than usual.
In this stage 70 or 80 % are bloomed.
The peak of blooming of these flowers will be in new year holidays, I guess.
Today we had a little wind but it was warm this afternoon.
How did you feel in your place today ?
By the way this is a view from 2nd floor of our Pension.
When I was cleaning up this room I could see Izu Oshima island over there, so I had a break to see it for a while.
As the air is very clear in the winter we can see Izu seven island.
I am going to show the view from same place after 3 hours. ……
It was actually the ocean of phantom, which appeared there suddenly.
The clooud was floating between rocks in the sky.
There were some ships were drifting toward the end of the world. …….
I was very surprised with this fantastic picture when I saw it in my computer.
Yes, it seemed like one of scenes of movie……
Today it was very warm so my son, Yuuki, and I went to the beach.
After getting to "Shirahama Chuou Beach" which is next to Shirahama Ohama beach, we got into the beach and started to walk together.
When we were walking on the beach we found some branches of the tree and drew a big picture on the big cambus of the sand.
At that time my son found something in the sky …… .
How do you like this photo ?
I took this out of entrance of our Pension.
We had sometimes rain today, so that the leaves of aloe had the water drops.
When I saw this tree from a distance I couldn’t know that this tree had these water drops, but I was surprised very much and pleased with it.
This color, "Green" gives us a fresh feeling and makes us happy, right ? ……
Now I am writing this weblog at 11:30 in the night.
It is very cold outside, so I can not open the window tonight.
Today we had a strong wind from west and there were some ships in the sea.
Yes, this is a tipical scenery of winter in Shimoda.
That ship is staying in this area until the strong wind will stop.
Because they have very strong wind at the southmost area of Izu peninsula today and it would be 30 meters per minutes or more.
They can not go through this area because of its danger.
By the way, when my wife and I went to Shimoda we found the rainbow.
It was raining over that ocean, I guess, but in Shirahama ……..
Today we, the members of Shirahama Tourist association cleaned up the field of Aloe at Itado area in Shirahama.
Because we have "Aloe Festival " in this area from December 9th.
To clean up this field we got into the Aloe trees and cut the weeds.
It was cloudy today but it became a little hot for us cleaning up this area…..
This morning it was very beautiful day, but the clouds came to Shirahama in the afternoon.
I went to "Ogasaki Wing", the spot where we can see Izu seven islands and Shirahama.
And I took this picture.
You can see the islands between the cloud and the ocean. ……
Today it was very beautiful day too !!
There was no cloud in the blue sky and we could see Izu Oshima island clearly.
Actually I wanted to go to the beach to take a picture but didn’t do it because I had clean up the rooms today.
Some of our guests went to the beach to swim and read a book at the balcony outside.
When they came back from the beach I asked them about the water and they said,
"It was not cold and enough to swim !!"
How do you get to Shimoda from Tokyo, by train or by car ?
By train:
The best way would be taking Limited Express Train "Odoriko" by JR.
In this case you don’t need to transfer at any station, it means this
train goes to Simoda directly.
And you had better take the reasonable Free Pass "Odoriko Minami Izu
Free Kippu" for this train.
You can get the informations in detail in the following webpage.
http://izu-sakuraya.jp/english/freepass.htm
The timetable for JR:
http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi
Please fill out the form as follows,
Start Point: Tokyo Destination: Izukyu Shimoda
If you would like to take this pass you had better go to JR station to
book the seats as soon as possible.
The seats on the left side toward Shimoda in this train would be better
for you, because you will be able to get the ocean view from the left
side seats.
By car:
We have 2 ways to get to Shirahama from Tokyo by car.
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Tomei Express way – Atsugi IC – Odawara – Atami – Ito – Kawazu – Shirahama
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Tomei Express way – Numazu IC – Mishima – Shuzenji – Amagi mountain –
Kawazu – Shirahama
It takes about 3 hours, or 3 and half hours from Tokyo, if you don’t
have a traffic jam.
Anyway, before coming to Shimoda, please check the map of Sakuraya with
photos in the following webpage and bring it to find our Pension easily.
http://izu-sakuraya.jp/english/mapwithpicures.htm