They came to Shimoda from Tokyo for the 1st time.
During their stay it had been sunny and very warm, so they went to the beach, Kawazu Seven Waterfalls and walked in Shioda city.
As they speak Japanese very well we had very good communication with them.
We are looking forward to meeting you in September again!
Thank you very much for staying with us!
In this season we have rainy days every 3 or 4 days.
It was really cold last time when we had rain, but we had warmer water drops from the sky today.
Kawazu Sakura tree in our garden has a lot of baby cherries now.
It's getting warmer, but we still have strong west wind today.
This room is Japanese style with 8 tatami mats, and we accept 3 or 4 people during busy season.
Now it's 3:00 PM.
We are readly for check-in!
It was sunny here in Shirahama today.
Kawazu Sakura tree in our field is getting finished blooming, but we can see rape blossoms just in front of Pension Sakuraya building.
Our customers who stayed today said there were a lot of people came to see Sakura blooming on the river side in Kawazu town.
I think it will be the best timing to see Sakura blooming next week.
My family and I went to Shizuoka to meet my daughter yesterday.
On the way to Shizuoka, we could see the gorgeous Mt. Fuji with snow clearly under the blue sky.
By the way, after I came back from walking on the beach I saw a could of white eye in our garden this afternoon.
In Japan there are a lot of kinds of Sakura, but this Kawazu Sakura is very famous for its early blooming.
Of course, Kawazu Sakura tree just in front of the entrance of Pension Sakuraya has already started to bloom.
But it's a little bit earlier than usual to bloom.
When I was cleaning the guest rooms this late afternoon I found out the clouds in the east sky was getting colored red at the sun set time.
So I went to the beach to take pictures in a hurry.
Then I was able to see the gorgeous sunset today.
By the way, I got a Christmas card 3 days ago from our friends who live in the United States and stayed at Pension Sakuraya just once several years ago.
Actually this is the only one Christmas card that we got this year. Because most of us, Japanese don't have a custom like this and because we have to prepare the new year cards in this season every year.
We are appreciated very much….
My wife started changing the papers of the paper sliding door, "Shoji Screen" of the Japanese style rooms several days ago.
This is one of Japanese customs before the new year.
It was sunny and we could see the seven islands on the Pacific ocean clearly. There were some ships on the sea to protect themselves from the strong west wind.
It was very beautiful this morning, but it became cloudy and we had a little shower this afternoon.
I took this picture this early morning.
This is a Japanese syle room which accepts 5 or 6 people in busy season has both a sea view and a mountain one.
Even in winter it's very warm in this room because of the sun light through the window, so we can have a very good afternoon nap.
When I was walking on the seaside road I found some sparrows looked like musical note on the fence.
The narcssus has already started blooming in our garden.