As the title suggests, I decided to do something different today. I would go surfing AFTER work. What a crazy idea - would it work??
A rare appearance by Mr. Fuji - minus the layer of snow. I guess that there will be snow there in the next month or so. This is my first year in Shizuoka so that is mere speculation on my part.
I finished class at 12:10 and arrived at the beach just before 2:00. I had no idea what to expect because I have never been there in the afternoon yet…
Like I mentioned in a previous post, days that I can see Mt. Fuji before going to beach seem to be good surfing days. It’s a little blurry but here’s a picture of Mt. Fuji at 4:45 am today:
The big question is - Would the waves be as nice as yesterday’s?
Recently the winds have been strong, so we decided to meet a little bit earlier than usual. When I stepped out of the apartment, I glanced to see if I could see Mt. Fuji. Surprisingly, I could see it.
For some reason, I think it is good luck to be able to see Mt. Fuji before going to the beach…
Here’s a sunrise picture of Mt. Fuji from our balcony:
On the road around 7:30 am, I snapped this photo:
Not particularly impressive, but by the time I was close enough to take a better picture, it was covered by clouds.
Like a regular Wednesday morning, I got up at around 5:30 am and tried to leave the house quickly. I knew that it was going to be a good day when I noticed that I could see Mt. Fuji. I haven’t seen it for quite some time, so I quickly took this photo.
I knew that the waves probably wouldn’t be very good, but at least it wasn’t raining!
When I arrived at the beach at 6:30, I saw 8 people surfing, 1 surfer carrying a surfboard and 1 smoker / wave watcher. It was a pretty typical weekday at Kashima.
The waves were not amazing, but at least they were surfable - a refreshing change from the past few sessions.
If you look closely, actually not that closely, you can see quite a few fishing boats. I don’t know if it was my imagination or not, but I swear I could smell diesel fumes!
I forgot to mention it in my post about June 18th so I will mention it now. Last week we saw a solitary jellyfish. One jellyfish isn’t much to worry about but I certainly don’t want to experience my first jellyfish sting. When it happens, I’m sure I will be posting of a badly swollen arm or leg!
Here’s a picture showing the lack of progress on the beach houses at Shizunami.
Typhoon Number 4 is on the way, it rained quite heavily last night and was raining this morning when I arrived at work. By the time my first class finished, the rain had stopped and the sun came out. Here is a picture of Mt. Fuji from my desk.
In the foreground you can see my powerful “NO Value Star” computer. In case you are wondering, I didn’t write that - it was like that when I got it. I then decided to get a better picture from outside…
Although we don’t live so close to Mt. Fuji, on clear mornings we can see it.
This is the view this morning from our stairwell. Click the picture to see it better.
