Day 2-Shimamui Kaigan

I went back to my car. Although I couldn't go to the edge, I took many beautiful photos of the headland. It was 11:00 am and I decided to move to the other destination; Shimamui Kaigan Coast. It was just 30 minutes away by car from the Kamui Misaki Headland and the coast had been chosen as one of the most beautiful "100 coastal scenes" in Japan. 

I started the car and went back on the sea-side road again. I heard seagulls twittering and saw some fishing men standing on the coast with throwing their fishing rods into the ocean. Everything was the very image of "peacefulness". However, I thought what the view I saw would become. Hokkaido is in the north in Japan and it snows much in winter, so I supposed that the peaceful views I saw would be turn into a severe snow view.

It was a national holiday, so there were some families with small children on the coast, too. Children were enjoying the ocean wave saying "Catch the wave! They would escape once they reach us!!". Their mother was telling them to watch out and not to saok in the sea water but on the other hand, their father was just doing the fishing. I rarely remember whether my parents took me to sea watching but the family sight took me back to my child time. My peaceful childhood has created a peaceful mind in my brain and I felt that the children on the cast will also have peaceful minds because their leisure looked very peaceful.

A sign of "Shimamui Kaigan" 

Finally, I reached the coast. The blue color of the ocean was vivid and I was fascinated much to take photos many times in a row. 

The ocean was calm so it looked like a marine-blue carpet. Since the sky was crystal clear, collaboration of the two blueness was overwhelming. In psychology, the blue color helps us calm down and relax. The totally-blue world I had at the coast did relax me, making me thankful for everything. As I wrote, I had a hassle with my boss over the additional holidays and I was fed up with the decision honestly, but the blueness cradled me gently and helped me wash away the negativity.

Later I learned that the pure blueness of the ocean is called "Shakotan Blue". The area around the coast is called Shakotan and the blue ocean is very famous, which has attracted many visitors. I could relate myself, yes I was attracted by this.

The horizon

A rock on the ocean

A blue carpet