2017.9.30

The last day of September.  Three fourths of 2017 was over.

I have met many people including world famous best-seller writers for the past 9 months.

I invested myself to learn from many mentors, traveled inside and outside of Japan, bought many things, and ate a lot.

I think so far so good.

There are many plans waiting for me for the next three months which I am looking forward.

Today I went grocery shopping in the morning, and went to massage in the afternoon. The massager said my body was stiff and tired again.

There I found my LINE account was hijacked. I changed the password and reported  to LINE. Somebody sent the fraud mails from my accounts. My friends noticed there was something different from my language tone and informed of me. I was embarrassed a lot. Thanks to the rapid customer service action, the new account was deleted.

After massage I went to the Kimono-Style Miya to attend a special event. First my hair was set, makeup, then I was dressed. Today they tied the sash called  obi (帯) and  belt called obijime (帯締め) very decorative way.

Then I rid on Rickshaw, a man-powered cart called "Jinrikisha(人力車)" and headed for the famous Japanese restaurant "Nadaman(なだ万)"at the Intercontinental Hotel.
The weather was just fine with fresh sea breeze. The view was very nice. I ate delicious course dinner of grilled vegetable and meat.

In spite of the terrible LINE experience, I had a good day.

Thank you.

2017.9.29

It was fine and very beautiful.

I took a half day off to attend SRC Convention held at the Hibiya park. It started at 2 pm and ended around 7 pm with about one hour break.

There is a library at the Hibiya park, and there is Pronto, a coffee shop where you can charge your smartphone, tablet, and PC for free of charge. What a relief I felt!

It was an interesting experience.

Have a nice weekend!

2017.9.28

It was heavily raining early in the morning. When I was still in bed, there was a warning of heavy rain. Some of my friends were worried about me because my area was on the morning news having 87mm rain per hour by 5:40 am which was the heaviest record in history. The national road was flooded and closed.
Fortunately I could go to the station but my train delayed for an hour.
When I got to Roppongi, it was not raining.
But when I left, it was raining again.

After work I went to Ueno to attend an Opportunity Meeting. It may be a great chance to creat the wealth. Who knows?

2017.9.27

It was cloudy.

At office I usually have lunch watching TV at the Women's Rest Room where has some tatami mats with a table and a table with chairs and TV.

I was so surprised to hear the news of Saudi Arabian women's driver's license today at lunch time. I did not know that they were not allowed to drive until now. I was shocked to know such a discrimination still exists in this 21st century.

It is often said our common sense /standard is not universal. And I know we are very blessed compared to other countries.
I have been to many countries and have many foreign friends.

But I realized there are still so many things to know and should be changed.

2017.9.26

It was fine and warm.

I could practice the radio gymnastics in the morning after a while.

There were three meetings at the office. Two of them were regular and one of them was irregular.
First one is a weekly team meeting to consult everything we need to.
Second one is biweekly office meeting to report and share one's working progress and consult the common problem.
Third one was suddenly setup to meet someone from outside by chance.

I feel it is very important to meet to understand each other. Even using Japanese language we get different meaning from what we express in emails.

2017.9.25

It was fine.

It's been about 100 days since the baby panda of the Ueno Park was born. Finally she got the name.  It is Shan Shan (香香). The Chinese character shan (香) means fregrance.
They say there were 322,581 applications for choosing the name from the public.
She looks so cute.
I hope her healthy growth.

She will be shown to the public around December.

2017.9.24

It was very fine.

I checked out the hotel before 9 am and visited Osu Kannon Temple (大須観音) first.
Then I visited Banshoji (万松寺) Temple which is deeply related with Oda Nobunaga (織田信長), one of the most famous civil war time heroes. They have a mechanical clock. Therefore I waited there until 10 am. There were two scenes.

After that I went to Atsuta Jingu (熱田神宮), where is one of the most famous shrines in Japan. It seems today is a good day that there were many celebrations such as wedding, Omiyamairi (お宮参り) first visit after birth, and early Shichigosan (七五三) which is usually celebrated on November 15.

There is a very famous restaurant for Hitsumabushi (ひつまぶし) eel dish near Atsutajingu called Horaiken(蓬来軒). Their waiting time was two hours.
Therefore I came back to Yabacho (矢場町) hoping to eat Misokatsu (味噌カツ) at Yabaton.  However there was a long waiting line there too.
So I decided to try another Nagoya dish, Ankake spaghetti (あんかけスパゲッティ).

From 1pm to 6 pm I attended a specal seminar "Brain Talk."  There were about 32 participants. I met some Reiki friends. After the lecture we had a pair work and group works. It was a rare chance seminar, which is only held when the lecturer is available at the weekend. So I came to Nagoya this time all the way. It was interesting.

Before getting on Shinkansen going back to Tokyo, I bought Misokatsudaon (みそカツ丼) box meal for dinner.

It was a nice weekend.

2017.9.23

It is a national holiday called Shubun no hi (秋分の日), Autumn Equinox Day. Since it is Saturday, it is just the same weekend as usual.

I came to Nagoya to attend a rare seminar "Brain Talk" which is held only when the lecturer has time and the venue is available. Tomorrow is that special day in Nagoya.

Since there is a trial meeting of Reiki today at the same place, I decided to attend as a supporter for the first time.

I invited my relative to join. She seemed enjoyed.

After that we and my cousin had dinner at the Alice in the silver screen.
We enjoyed the reunion.

2017.9.22

It was fine in the morning, but became rain in the afternoon as the weather forecast said.

After work I went to the Kagurazaka Pulse Gallery to see my friend's art exhibition.
He is Mr. Hirono Nakamura, dragon artist. We met each other at the Expo 92 in Seville, Spain for the first time. It's been 25 years!! At that time I was working at the Japan pavilion, and he was a traveler just after finishing his first job. Our birthday happens to be the same day, May 8, and we became friends.

When I became sick in Florida in 2008, he was also sick.

Last year we happened to see each other again at the seminar of Mr. Ken Honda.

This is his second exhibition. There were many beautiful pictures of dragons.
He was selling postcards and a leaflet. I bought the latter and asked him the autograph. He drew the picture of dragon with his signature which was very nice.
It cost yen 1500 but there was a coupon for tea or coffee which cost yen 500.
I happened to see his brother and his wife there.

Since I had another appointment, I only had a half an hour or so, but I am glad to visit there.

If you have time, I recommend you to visit there next Sunday when he and his friend have a joint performance.

After that I went to a seminar at Shinjuku which lasted until 10 pm.

For the last two days I took the last train.Tonight I could get on the one before last.

Thank you.  Thank you. Thank you.

2017.9.21

It was fine.

After work I went to Shinjuku to attend  Mr. Cayden Chang's Investment Strategy Seminar.

This was the second time for me to attend his lecture.

It started after 7 pm  and lasted for more than three hours without break.

Unfortunately I could not stay until the last because of the time of my last train.

Fortunately I could manage to catch it tonight too.

2017.9.20

It was fine.

After work I went out for dinner at Alice in magical land in Shinjuku with my colleague.
This is the second time for me to visit there.
When I went there for the first time, they gave me a stamp rally card, dessert coupon, and tea bag.
The atomosphere was unique and I became intetested in visiting all the five Alice Fantasy restaurants in Tokyo.
Stamp rally was valid until the end of August, and each time they offered the free drink. By visiting three different restaurants, they sent me an original dish the other day.
Since the dessert coupon was valid until today, I decided to go there again to see what kind of dessert it is.
It was a big parfait with topped by many cakes and ice cream and cost yen 1380.
If you upload the picture at Instagram, they offer a glass of drink.
Through internet I could book for the 8 dishes course at the half price.
So we feel lucky and enjoyed dinner.

2017.9.19

It was fine.

Since a new staff joined to our office, we had a welcome luncheon at a German restaurant in the Roppongi Hills.
I chose the limited daily menu which
cost yen 1000. It included salad, chicken eith cream sauce, rice, dessert, and tea.
The pictures of the wall were impressive.
They use the beer glass for iced coffee too.  Iced coffee looked like black beer. There is a mark of 300ml or so on the glass, and we talked about the characteristic of German people. We think they are very precise. What do you think?
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2017.9.18

It was fine and beautiful after the typhoon No.18.

Today is a nstuonsl holiday called Keiro no hi (敬老の日), Respect for the Aged Day.

According to the
newspaper, there are 67824 people who are over 100 years old in Japan which is 2132 more than last year.   87.9 % of them  are women.
The oldest woman is 117 years old and the oldest man is 112 years old.
When they started the research on 1963, there were only 153 people who are over 100 years old and in 1998  it became more than 10000, and in 2012 they exceeded 50000.
The average lifespan of Japanese womppen is 87.14  and of
men is 80.98 years old.  
There are more than 2 million who are over 90 years old.
There are 11.9% who are more than 65 years old that occupy among all the working people.

Today is the last day of the three-day weekend.
What did you do?

I went to the Lymphatic massage in the morning and the water-related service persons came to clean water  tubes.

2017.9.17

It was a rainy day because of the typhoon No.18.

In the morning I went to the Kimono-Style Miya to have hair done, makeup, dressed up and my pictures taken.

Then I went to Roppongi to have lunch with my Lymphatic massage teacher at the 45th floor of the Ritz- Carlton Hotel. We enjoyed the course lunch. We happened to see a very famous Japanese photographer near our table.

After lunch I went to Namahage yose (なまはげ寄席), the Vaudeville Theater in Ginza with my ex-colleague. There were three performers.

Then I went back to the Kimono-Style  Miya to pick up the carry case.

In spite of rain I had a nice day.

2017.9.16

It was a rainy day.

In the morning I got a call and my morning schedule was postponed in the afternoon.
So I went to see a Japanese movie titled Sandome no satsujin(三度目の殺人), The Third Killing.

Then I headed for Roppongi to the next appointment. It was a free  facial massage for 30 minutes. Last year I happened to buy cosmetics, and I got some points. It is valid until the end of September, so I decided to use them.
I had a good experience.

There were some new exhibitions and a galleray talk at the Fuji Film Square.

After that I went to Takeshiba to get lymphatic massage. This was the second time.

Then I visited a kimono shop where I met a Japanese traditional dance performer.

2017.9.15

It was fine.

Since it is the 15th, I went to the nearby shrine before taking the train.

I took a half day off to visit the annual Minarukanetaisai (巳成金大祭) of Ueno Bentendo Temple(上野弁天堂). I arrived about one hour later than my schedule. When I arrived, there were two long lines already. One for visiting the statue of Benzaiten(弁才天) which is exhibited only once in a year, the other for buying the special gold coin and purse.  It took more than one hour to enter the temple. I needed to go to the office by 1 pm, so I had to give up buying the gold coin this year. Instead I got the red stamp called written Goshuin (御朱印) and a protection coin charm. Next year I 'd better book in August.
I saw the beautiful sun with a big circle while waiting.

Before going to the office I visited two shrines near the office.

At office I had two meetings.

I left the office earlier than usual to attend an opening event of Samurai Royal Community. It lasted for more than three hours. I enjoyed the event very much.

2017.9.14

It was fine.

There was a commencement today. Students from about 50 countries graduated. Congratulations!!
I helped the registration for family members and friends. They dressed up and looked very beautiful with their national costume.
There were some babies and children who looked after their parents. Families are nice, aren't they?

Most of the students were from Asian and African countries where I have not been to yet.

Since I am in charge of other program, I have a rare chance to talk with regular students.

Sometimes I feel I am wasting a big chance to get to know people and countries I have not known yet.

Maybe I should just start greeting.

2017.9.13

It was fine.

According to the Facebook posts, it seems the sky at the sunset was pink and very beautiful.
Usually I am inside the building once I enter in the morning, and I don't know what is going on outside.
I'd better take breaks and check outside sometimes.

2017.9.12

It was a rainy day but I did not use the umbrella. It seems there appeared rainbows here and there. When I got to the parking area, there were many leaves and it looked rained heavily this area.

Recently I booked the airline tickets from the official website of Thai Airways for the business trip.  I wanted to book for three persons, but due to the security protection of the credit card, I could not buy for one of them. Therefore I asked the person to book by himself and he bought through ANA. In spite of the code share flights, the price was far much expensive than TG. I wonder why this happens. The sevice will be the same.

I understand there are price differences among travel agencies.  But I do not understand why there are differences between TG and ANA for the same flights.

2017.9.11

It was fine.

I could not get up early, and missed the regular train. Therefore  I needed to change for three times before getting to Daimon where I change to Oedo line.
I should have taken 10 minutes earlier or later train not to change up to Daimon. Because I got to the office later than the 10 minutes later train which I got on the other day.

It's been 16 years since the 9/11 occurred.

This year the Hurricane Irma hit Florida where I used to live.
I hope everyone is fine.

2017.9.10

It was fine.

This was the first Sunday that I do not have any appointments and relaxed an went grocery shopping since I came back from the USA.

I slept long and bought many things today. I have filled up my car too.

At home I washed and dried futon.

It was a nice Sunday.

2017.9.9

It was fine.

I wore kimono and went to attend a luncheon at Kamioooka. There held at a French restaurant and I was at a table of three.  It was very interesting to hear the stories they have experienced.  Meal was good and deicious.

After that we went to Kaga, Noto & Kanazawa (加賀、能登、金沢) fair held at the department store. There were many sweets and articrafts. By answering questionaire I got a sweet and I bought some instant soup and sweets.

After coming back home the maintenance serviceman was waiting.

At night I went to see a friend and had dinner.

There was a festival at the shrine near my house and visited there on my way back.

The moon was so beautiful  tonight.

2017.9.8

It was fine.

After work I went out for dinner with a colleague in Ikebukuro. We chose one of the Alice Fantasy Restaurants. There are five of them inTokyo and I have been to four of them since July.
Today's place is Kojo no kuni no Alice (古城の国のアリス), Alice in an old castle.
Each restaurant has a different theme and different interiors and some original menus.
We chose the Halloween special course dinner. Decorations were very cute with Halloween goods. I ordered original cocktails.
I enjoyed talking with her and getting to  know her and eating and drinking as usual.

I feel good to have visited all five Alice restaurants in Tokyo.

2017.9.7

It was a rainy day.

After work I went to Suidobashi to attend a monthly meeting to get information and to solve questions. After all what I learned was I should call and ask the support desk regarding technical matters.

There was a group meeting after that which I was not informed of. It lasted for more than one hour and I missed a webinar which I wanted to join.

I felt relieved to get on the last train.

2017.9.6

It was a rainy day.

After work I visited the Fuji Film Square after two week or so. There were some beautiful pictures which I hope to take someday by myself.
This is the 57th contest.

Today is the fullmoon, but we cannot see itk- now unfortunately.

2017.9.5

It was cloudy in the morning but became fine when I got to the office.

I could not get up early again and took 30 minutes later train than usual.
To my lucky our office operates on flextime system. The core time is from 10 am to 3 pm and we need to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes with one hour lunch time break per day. We can adjust total working time within a month. Furthermore we can take offs hourly.

2017.9.4

It was slightly raining and cool this morning.

In the morning after waking once I fell asleep again and got up later than usual.
So I did not have time to eat breakfast.

At office in the afternoon I attended English training of Five tips for effective email writing. It was three hours session but very interesting and I learned a lot and enjoyed.
There were five golden rules when you write effective emails. One of them was KISS. Can you guess what it means? It means Keep It Short and Simple.
Others were to be consistent, not to send empty emails, to reply as soon as possible, and to be polite.

2017.9.3

It was fine.

I went to Kimono-style Miya to have hairdo, makeup, got dressed, and my pictures taken in the morning.

Then I went to Shinjuku to attend a seminar in the afternoon There were three speakers. There was a Chinese-Japanese interpreter.  At first they did not provide the interpreter for the latter patt, but since two thirds of the audience were Japanese, they decided to have the interpreter.
It seems they were very famous but I did not know at all.

In the evening I attended the talk dinner party at an Italian restaurant in Omote sando.  There were about 30 people who love traveling. I enjoyed eating, listening to the expereiences of travel bloggers and sharing information.

It was a busy fruitful day

2017.9.2

It was rainy and cold in the morning but became fine in the afternoon.

I went to Shinjuku to attend Morinda's monthly meeting. After that I measured the TruAge. To my surprise I became about 10 years younger than last time. I tried to think the reasons. The one I am sure is the increased volume of Original Tahitian Noni Juice. I usually drink a glass of Maxidoid in the morning. However I bought two cases of Original Tahitian Noni Juice in July for special campaign offering two bottles of Tahitian Noni Juice for each two cases shopping. So for the past a week or so I have drunk a glass of Tahitian Noni Juice for not only in the morning but also at night. The more I drink, the better result I get. So I am looking forward to measuring next time in October.

Then I went to Kani doraku (かに道楽), my favorite crab restaurant to have late lunch with a friend whom I got to know about a month ago. We enjoyed eating and drinking for more than three hours.

After that I went to Kawasaki to see a Japanese movie "Kimi no suizo wo tabetai (君の膵臓を食べたい)," meaning "I want to eat your pancreas." The title is so strange but when I saw the preview serveral months ago, I felt like seeing it, and finally I could make it. It was a touching movie of high school girl who was sick of pancreas but died unexpectedly.
We should not postpone what we want to do because we don't know when we die.

It was a fruitful day.

2017.9.1

It was a cool rainy day.

A new month has begun. September is kugatsu (九月,９月), the ninth month. Its another name is nagatsuki (長月), long month.

In the mornning I went to two shrines, one near my house, the other near the office as tsuitachi mairi (朔日参り), the first day visit to thank the passed month.

After work I went to Shinjuku to have dinner with ex-colleagues at another Alice's Fantasy restautrant. It is Alice in a fantasy book. This is the fourth Alice's restaurant. Foods were almost the same. There were many people and some people were celebrating birthdays.

Since today is the first day, it is good to start something. This month I started using Morinda's Te Mana new cosmetic series. I am looking forward to my future.