Summer Wind

The summer wind, came blowin in, from across the sea — Sinatra

A two and a half hour train ride from Tokyo to Shimoda.
A fifteen minute bus ride from Shimoda to Shirahama Beach.
A room at the Gardenvilla Shirahama pension (guesthouse).
A view that blew my mind open.
A typhoon season surf.
A warm summer wind.
A pizza, a beer.
A hot spring soak.
A full moon.

Hula Hana

Shirahama Surf Shop

Pizza and beer at the hula restaurant.

Room 306

Full Moon from the patio

The Crappiest Photo of the Best Part -- Onsen (hot spring) with a view

The Gardenvilla Family

Full Breakfast on film

Gah, film

Pretty, film

From 8 to 10 in the evening, a little bar is open for Happy Hour with 100 yen shochu cocktails

Garden Villa, film

This entry was posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009 at 12:02 am and is filed under Film, Japan and tagged with Gardenvilla, Shimoda, Shirahama Beach, Summer. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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sara says:

September 11, 2009 at 12:20 am

Oh. Wow. (Jaw drops and hits floor.)

Ann-Kathrin says:

September 11, 2009 at 12:22 am

Jesus.

Megan says:

September 11, 2009 at 12:23 am

That family is way good looking.

charlotte says:

September 11, 2009 at 12:40 am

this is a whole ‘nother japan. i want to see it.

hannah says:

September 11, 2009 at 12:57 am

things i fully support in this post:

summer (obv.)
pairing the word hula with the word hannah
pizza
full moons
hot springs
film
gorgeous japanese people
stephanie getting to relax

Erik says:

September 12, 2009 at 12:06 am

So I got to the picture with the patio and the railing and the ocean and I literally said out loud, “Oh my god,” in a pleasing baritone.

BF says:

September 12, 2009 at 1:24 am

my heart just skipped a beat. for reals.

cindy says:

September 12, 2009 at 7:13 am

just when i thought i couldn’t love japan much more, you throw in surfing & pizza. the photos of the moon are incredible. i’m glad you’re there to show us so beautifully. enjoy your weekend!