When I was walking on the seaside road this late afternoon I saw fishermen were setting up the red nets into the water to fish Iseebi (Japanese lobster).
Winter is the best season for lobster fishing in Japan.
They may be able to get a lot of lobsters after hauling up the net tomorrow early morning.
Are you coming to Shimoda by car? or do you like walking?
It was very beautiful day again, so I walked on the beach and went to Ogasaki Wing.
This is a very good view points which has a gorgeous landscape with the Pacific Ocean, Izu Seven Islands, and Shirahama Beach.
It takes about an hour by walking from Pension Sakuraya.
If you take route #135, you should stop at this point and take a break.
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I took my daughter to Shimoda city by my car and took pictures on the seaside road.
And I walked along the sea this late afternoon.
I posted 8 pictures on my Facebook today.
After we finished cleaning the guest rooms we went to Shirahama shrine, just only 3 minutes by car from Pension Sakuraya.
At the beginning of new year many Japanese go to shrines to make wishes for the coming year.
As it was very beautiful day there were a lot of people in the shrine field and on the beach.
I went to Tsumekizaki-cape yesterday, where the daffidil flower festival has been taking place since December 20th.
We had very strong north wind there but we could see the beautiful scenery under the blue sky.
The daffodil blooming is now about 50%, and it's much earlier than usual.
The good time to see the flowers is usually after the middle of January, but the next new year holidays will be the best timing, I guess.
When I came back home after shopping in Shimoda I found out small blossoms on the tree next to the entrance of Pension Sakuraya.
I didn't know when it started blooming.
By the way, It had been almost sunny here in Shimoda today.
I could see Izu seven islands on the ocean clearly this morning.
When I got up and saw the eastern side through the window I could see Izu Oshima island between the clouds and the ocean.
It had been cloudy all day today.
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.
It was really beautiful here in Shirahama today.
Actually I wanted to go to the beach to take pictures, but I didn't have time to it because of my job.
It was sunny and very hot here in Shimoda today.
When I went to the nearest beach "Shirahama" this afternoon I could see not only some people walking and swimming on the beach and also the sign of….
I went to Shimoda afte that.
When I arrived in Shimoda I was really surprised the scenery there.
It was a first time for me to see the foggy sea at Shimoda harbor. I couldn't see anything over the sea.