Last night we had a heavy rain and a strong wind here in Shimoda.
The weather forecast issued a heavy rain warning for Shizuoka Prefecture.
However, the weather was changed like this!
The blue sea came back again!
There were some surfers in the water, but they didn't have good waves today.
On the way to Shimoda downtown I took this picture.
Today it was sunny and very hot here in Shirahama.
And also we had very good waves for surfing.
So there were a lot of surfers on the sea in Shirahama.
If you would like to come to Shirahama for surfing and if you don't have board or wet suit there is a surf shop near the beach.
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.
"Why is it very cold today? It is already April!!"
My daughter said when she came back from the high school.
Yesterday it was sunny here in Shirahama, but it became rainy and windy today.
When I came back from Shimoda downtown I took this photo.
The strong wind brought the rain and I couldn't be outside for a long time to take this photo.
The weather forecast says it will be rainy tomorrow too.
When can we get a spring sunny day?
Have you ever seen this color of the sea in Japan?
Today it was very cold here in Shirahama, but I went to Shimoda downtown by bycycle.
On the way to Shimoda there is a free parking lot called "Miharashi Hiroba".
I took this photo near this parking.
The air was very cold, but the water in the sea was clear!
It takes about 3 or 4 hours by car from Tokyo, but you can get this beautiful scenery if you come to Shimoda.
Last nigh we had heavy rain here in Shimoda, but it became cloudy at 9:00 AM.
After our guests checked-out, when I was cleaning the guest room I found an amazing scenary through the window of guest room.
The island was floating on the sea of clouds.
That island is called "Izu Oshima".
That is one of islands located in the pacific ocean.
It was very beautiful like a picture.
Today it was sunny too.
The air temperature was going up and up and very hot at last.
This morning I went to Shirahama post office and went a little futher to Ogasaki Wing.
Ogasaki Wing is located at the entrance of Shimoda city on Rout 135, and this is one of good view points in Izu peninsula.
From this points we can look over Shirahama Beach, Suzaki peninsula and Izu seven islands.
I show you the photo of Shirahama beach taken from this point. …….
I took this picture at the parking lot which is called "Miharashi-Hiroba" in Shirahama.
Today it was very warm here in Shimoda.
And when I went to the sea it was low tide and the water was very clear, so I decided to do "Snorkeling" there.
I came back home and brought my wet suit, and then I went back to the sea….
2 days ago we had a heavy rain and a strong wind in that night.
It was almost typhoon, so a table for patio outside was broken by the wind.
"Ah, we have to buy new one before summer….."
By the way it was sunny today and we were able to see a beautiful scenery.
But we were not see Izu Oshima island today because thhe air was not clear.
Today it was very beutiful day.
When I saw the ocean from our pension I could see Izu Oshima island clearly, so I desided to go to Mt. Nesugata-yama by Cable car with my wife and son.
It’s only 3 minutes by calbe car to get to the top from the cable car station near Izukyu Shimoda station.
As I was thinking we could get very beutiful senery from the top of mountain like this picture……..
