2026.8.9

 It was fine.

I got up early as usual.  First, I visited Kurihama tenjin sha shrine in Kurihama. To my glad there was a festival.

Next, I visited Kurihama Flower country to see sunflowers.

I moved to Kamakura and visited Tsurugaoka hachiman gu shrine.  There was Sanetomo sai to celebrate Minamoto no Sanetomo's birthday. After that I was invited to the tea ceremony.

After that I had luncheon with high school tennis mates. Four of us got together.  It's been a long time since all of four got together.  Usually somebody had something, and we had got together with three.  We had lunch and went to sweets shop too.

After saying Good bye to them, I went to Kencho ji temple to see the insect tomb because next Sunday I will visit the founder.

After that I went back to Tsurugaoka hachiman gu shrine to see the Bonbori festival. I thought the lighting ceremony started at 6:00 but it was 6:30 PM.  There was koto music dedication from 7 PM for nearly one hour.

So, I came home later than expected.

It was a long but fruitful day.

2026.8.8

 It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

I slept long to recover from week work in the morning.

I read a book of my favorite singer which I happened to find last week at the bookstore.

Present campaign of my 215th eBook was over and I published the 216th eBook about my trip to Manazuru last month.

Today is the day of 8.8.8. in Japan.  August is 8, 8th is 8, and 2026 in Japanese calendar is Reiwa 8.

2026.8.7

 It was fine and hot in the morning; it seemed to have rained during daytime because when I got back to my car at night it was wet.

Today is risshu (立秋), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms.  The last one was taisho (大暑) on July 23, and the next one is shosho (処暑) on August 23.  Risshu literally means stand fall, it is the first day of autumn. From this day greeting changes.  

Until yesterday, we said "Shochu omimai moshiagemasu(暑中お見舞い申し上げます)" but after risshu we say "Zansho omimai moshiagemasu (残暑お見舞い申し上げます)." Both are greetings of hot summer.  The former means "Wishing you a pleasant summer during this summer heat."  And the latter means "Wishing you a pleasant summer during this lingering summer heat.” On the lunar calendar, it is already fall.

There were two meetings this afternoon, and I called to many people and wrote many emails as usual and overworked till 21:30.

After coming home, I watched very interesting documentary TV program about the Haneda Airport by 100 cameras.