It was fine and very cold.
It is the end of October. There are only two months left this year. How fast!
It seemed we had another record for long rainy days in October. There were only a few days we had good weather.
Happy Halloween!
Trick or treat?
I have not seen anybody wearing any costume yet. Have you? Did you disguise yourself?
On TV news there seems so many people enjoying special costume in Shibuya.
It seems there were some parades at the last weekend.
It was fine after passing the typhoon No.22.
But it became windy and cold in the evening.
They say kogarashi ichigo (木枯らし1号), the first winter cold wind blew in Tokyo and Kinki area.
It will be the coldest morning tomorrow.
After work I met my friend from university after a long time. We only had less than one hour but were glad to see each other.
It was another rainy day because of the typhoon No.22.
I went to learn Reiki Advance Day 2 from 10 am to 6:30 pm. It was fun and I learned many tips to perform better Reiki. Before leaving I bought a pyramid box which I had been interested in for a long time.
I will put my wishes in the box and look forward to seeing the future.
It was a rainy day again.
I went to learn REIKI Advance to Shinagawa. It is a two days program.
There were 24 participants.I have met some of them before but not all.
It was very interesting.
They say there are just 1000 days before the Tokyo Olympic 2050 today.
It was fine.
TGIF
The fourth Friday of the month is called "Premium Friday." We are encouraged to finish work earlier than usual to enjoy eating, drinking, spending money, and having fun.
But at the end of month is usually busy time in a month. Therefore we guess it is very difficult to leave the office earlier than usual.
I myself overworked for the preparation of business trips next week.
It became fine after long rainy days. I saw Mt.Fuji covered with snow this morning.
At night I saw the beautiful crescent moon.
There was a draft meeting for the baseball players. Seven teams picked up the same player. His dream is to play in the Major League someday. Good luck!
It was another rainy day.
After work I went to Alice in a labyrinth in Ginza to have dinner with my ex-coworker. It's been two months since we had dinner there last. At that time we got a dessert coupon which expires today. Therefore we went there, and enjoyed eating and chatting.
It was fine.
How much do you pay attention to the emails sent as CC or BCC?
Today I had a group meeting. I thought every movement was understood by emails I sent the members as CC, but it seems they did not realize the situation. I was a bit surprised about it.
The typhoon No.21 passed and many trees were fallen on my way to the station. My train delayed about one hour.
I talked with my old friend from university through Facebook.
About a few years ago there was the first big reunion after graduation. We did not have a chance to talk each other at that time, but we became Facebook friends.
Maybe this was the first time to talk each other.
We promised to see each other near future.
It is very intetesting, isn't it?
It was a rainy day.
I went to vote for the general election in the morning.
Then I headed for Roppongi to visit the National Art Center, Tokyo to see the exhibition of Sunshower.
This is the Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN.
There are two venues: The National Art Center, Tokyo and Mori Art Museum.
I went to the latter the other day. The former is located very close to my office but I could not find the time to visit for the past three months. Tomorrow is the last day of exhibition so I decided to visit.
There were two works I liked very much.
After that I went to Ueno okachi machi to see somebody to ask questions.
Then I went to Kanda to attend a seminar where I met some travel friends.
It was a busy day.
It was another rainy day.
I went to Shinjuku and had lunch with my old friend at Tahitian Noni Cafe. It's been a long time since we met each other last.
After that we attended the lecture of Mr. Makoto Ohki, CEO of Morinda for two hours. We measures our AGE. Then we had a company tour. To our lucky, we happened to see Mr. Ohki during the tour and chatted. I like his friendly personality very much.
At night my lymphatic massager and I went to Yokosuka to have dinner. We enjoyed eating and talking.
It was a cold rainy day again, 10 days consecutive in Tokyo.
At lunch time I had a boxed lunch which is called obento (お弁当). There were six parts in a box, and two were filled with seasonal rice, one was kurigohan (栗ご飯), rice with chestnuts, the other is matsutake gohan (松茸ご飯), rice with matsutake mushroom. Gohan means boiled rice. I feel autumn when I eat these rice.
I left the office earlier than usual to go to see the 100th Anniversary Asakusa Opera, "Ah, Yume no machi Asakusa! (ああ、夢の街浅草!)," meaning "Ah, Asakusa, dream town!" in which my friend sang some songs.
They say Asakusa was very popular for a variety of performing arts about 100 years ago.
It started 6:30 pm and lasted until 8 pm or so with 15 minutes break and cost yen 3,500.
The most impressive thing was money-throwing system called "nagesen (投げ銭) " or "ohineri (おひねり): tip wrapped in paper." They prepare some piece of wrapping paper and a rubber band to wrap some changes at the reception. I tried it for the first time from the distance.
I met two mutual friends there.
Trains were delayed due to some accidents and influence of coming typhoon.
It was a cold rainy day again. It was a record-making coldest morning in October.
After work I visited the Fuji Film Square. They have the exhibitions of "The Photographic Cooperative that Influenced the World: Origins of the Founding of Magnum Photos." There were three parts: Part I The photographic origins of four of the founding members. Part Ii World War Two, Part III The founding of Magnum Photos and later developments. Works of the photographic origins of ten were exhibited. They are Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson,David Seymour, George Rodger, Eve Arnold, Werner Bischof, Inge Morath, Dennis Stock, Elliott Erwitt, and Marc Riboud.
If you have time, I recommend you to visit there.
It became fine after 6 days. However it is cold in the morning and evening.
Today I supported the lecture given by a woman who used to work as an official servant but founded three companies while getting married, giving births, and raised two daughters.
It was not only interesting but also useful for my own program study.
It was a cold day.
After work I went to attend a free seminar of Mr. Cayden Chang about Warren Buffett's investment Strategy in Shinjuku. It lasted until later than 10 pm.
They gave a book of Mr. Tetsuya Inamura which was released in June and cost yen 1400 to each participant which was a unexpected surprise.
Unfortunately I missed the last regular train from Shinagawa by a few minutes. So I decided to take WING No.11 train for the first time. It cost yen 300 but it is a reserved seat train of nonstop until Kamioooka and connects to the last train to my station at Keikyu Kurihama, terminal of the WING car. So I do not have to spend for the taxi.
Some passengers enjoy drinking in the car, others are sleeing or using smartphone or PC.
It was a cold rainy day. In spite of the good weather early last week, it has been getting colder these days.
Today I went out for lunch with four people.
At night I went out for dinner at Shiodome with four people. I met three of them for the first time. We enjoyed talking and eating. I was surprised at the size of Oyster from Hokkaido. The price was also surprising. It was tasty at that time.
But I had a stomachache on my way back home.....
It was a rainy day.
As my routine of the 15th, I visited the shrine before taking the train.
I went to Takeshiba to get the 5th lymphatic massage.
On my way there when I changed the train, I left my umbrella behind the train.
I asked the staff at the station, no report has not come yet and I was asked to call 30 minutes later. Fortunately my umbrella was brought to the lost & found of Shinagawa station. So I could pick it up later.
After the massage I went to the travel agency to consult about the trip in December.
Then I went to Ginza to see the rakugo, traditional story-telling at Akita Dining Namahage. There were three speakers, and the first was a Swedish. I admire these foreigners who perform Japanese traditional culture.
It was a cold rainy day.
I got up once to watch NHK's morning drama and was surprised at the rapid story development. This week I was out of the office three days and Monday was a holiday, so I missed the lunch time dramas. They were also developed rapidly.
In the afternoon I went to the fourth lymphatic massage at Takeshiba. It took about 2 hours and a half.
After that I went to a kimono shop. I was surprised to hear that the director's birthday was the same as mine. What a coincidence!
It was a cold rainy day.
I had three meetings and lots of things to do in between, and overworked till 9:40 pm.
When I got to Kanazawabunko, there was an accident on the way and all the trains stopped there for one hour or so. Therefore I had to go to Zushi and change to JR train and went to Kurihama, and changed to Keihinkyuko again. So I came home 1:30 am or so.
There was something wrong with the charger and I could not use the smartphone.
It was fine in the morning, but became cloudy in the afternoon and rained in the evening.
I walked around the hotel before checking out.
We had a meeting in Nikko city in the morning.
At lunch we went to a soba, buckwheat noodle, restaurant where our driver booked for us.I ordered the recommended set menu.
They offered us a cup of coffee after the meal because we booked for lunch. Since I do not drink coffee, I asked the waitress to give it to our driver. He was very glad, so was I.
In the afternoon we visited Tochigi city. To our surprise the city hall was located on the upper floors of the department store.
There were many old-fashioned warehouses along the river. If it was fine, we could have walked there but it looked like going to rain we gave up and headed for the station.
To our surprise again there was no souvenir shops there but a convenience store.
We took Tobu express train up to Kitasenju. I changed to Hibiya Line there directly and adjusted the fare at Roppongi.
Since I had heavy documents, I dropped at the office to leave them.
Today is Columbus Day. 25 years ago this day Expo '92 in Seville, Spain was over. It was such a life-changing event for me that I thank everyone I met there.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It was cloudy but foggy in the morning.
I left home earlier than usual and went to Tokyo via Shinagawa. So crowded there. Then I took Shinkansen to Utsunomiya. This is the first time for me to go there. In the morning I had a meeting.
At lunch I ate half menu set of ramen and gyoza (餃子), which is a speciality there.
In the afternoon it started to rain unfortunately.
We visited the Nikko Toshogu (日光東照宮) shrine first. There were so many tourists there.
Then we went to the Kegon Falls. Because of fog, we could not see the whole waterfalls.
After checked in the hotel, we went out for dinner. It was very hard to find the restaurant because most of them were already closed. We ate Yuba (湯葉) dishes which are the local speciality.
At night I took onsen (温泉) hot spring with an open air bath.
It was very fine and warm like summer.
53 years ago of this day was the opening of the Tokyo Olympic. They say it was fine as today.
There are some days in a year which we can expect the good weather. October 10 is one of them. Statistically November 3 tends to be a sunny day too. We call these days hare no tokuibi (晴れの特異日).
It seems to be fine and hot next two days.
It was fine.
Today is a national holiday called Taiiku no hi (体育の日), Health-Sports Day. This used to be on October 10 commemorating the Tokyo Olympic in 1964. But since 2000 it has become the second Monday of October for Happy Monday System.
This is the last day of three day weekend.
I stayed home to receive the re-delivered goods in the morning.
Then I went to Kimono-Style Miya to participate in the event of bodyguard. I wore light yellow green Oshima tsumugi (大島紬) which is a tradtional Japanese articraft of 1300 years of history in Amamioshima (奄美大島) in Kagashima (鹿児島) prefecture. Yellow green is my color of this year.
Two bodygurads escorted me. It was a very special experience. When I heard about this event, I was not interested in it at all, but I am glad to have attended.
In the evening I came to Roppongi and had dinner at Hinokizaka restaurant of the Ritz-Carlton,Tokyo. The view was very beautiful, and the meal was delicious as always.
Thank you very much.
It was fine.
I went to Shinagawa to attend Reiki 3 seminar for review. This was the third time for me to attend this seminar. There were about 24 participants and they were divided into 3 groups. Our group was consisted of three first learners, five repeaters, one teacher and one sub-teacher.
There is something to learn each time.
When I came back home, it seemed to have happened something at the neighborhood and some policemen and patrol cars were there to investgate the site. So surprising.
It was rainy and cold in the morning but became fine in the evening.
First I went to Shinjuku to attend Morinda's monthly meeting. They have a special campaign this month. If you have interested in, this is the best time to join.
Next I went to Roppongi to visit the Mori Art Museum at the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. They have the Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN, SUNSHOWER Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now. There are works by over 80 artists representing every ASEAN nation in the largest exhibition ever of its kind. They are held simultaneously at two museums: the National Art Center,Tokyo and Mori Art Museum. To my lucky I got the invitation tickets. I hope to visit NACT by October 23.
The view from the 53rd floor is very nice. Since there are restaurants there, I hope to visit there for afternoon tea someday.
Then I went to the beauty salon in Sugita to have my hair cut and perm.
I got three delivery goods but could not receive so that I decided to get them at the sales office for the first time.
It was cloudy in the morning but started raining in the afternoon. It has been getting very cool these days. Fall has come.
It is the full moon today but we may not be able to watch it.
In the morning I saw Mr. Shinjiro Koizumi (小泉進次郎) , a member of the House of Representative at the station.
From tomorrow we have three day weekend.
It was cloudy and rather cool.
After work I went to Ochanomizu (御茶ノ水) to attend a monthly meeting of the club I joined in June.
There was an announcement of Nobel Prize in Literature. An English writer Mr. Kazuo Ishiguro whose parents are Japanese became a winner. Congratulations!!
It was cloudy and cool.
In the morning before going to the office.
I went to see the Arc Nova 2017. The color was quite different from the one I saw last night.
Today it is jyugoya (十五夜) or chushu no meigetsu (中秋の名月) hervest moon, which means the night or moon of August 15 by the luner calendar.
We expect the full moon on this day but this year it does not fall on the same day. Full moon is two days later on October 6th.
It is the day for viewing the moon. We decorate susuki (すすき), Japanese pampus and dumpling. I did not decorate them but enjoyed viewing the beautiful moon at night.
Today I got sweets gift from Nakataya (中田屋) in Kanazawa (金沢). Last month when there was a campaign of foods and articraft of Kaga, Noto, and Kanazawa, I applied for the gift. I have totally forgotten about it but am so glad to receive two different kinds of delicious sweets set.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It was rainy in the morning but became fine.
Do you know Arc Nova 2017?
There has been a big movable concert hall in Roppongi since September 19 until tomorrow.
I have wanted to see it so that I visited there after work.
They were filming the music TV program and only invited people could enter today. They say it will be broadcast on Saturday November 11 & 18.
was cloudy in the morning, but became rain in the evening.
October 1st is the time to change the uniform which is called koromogae (衣替え). So I saw some students wearing jackets.
It is also the start of the second half of the fiscal year which is called shimo hanki (下半期).
Many new TV Programs start this week. At lunch time I enjoy two of them. They started today.
Yesterday at the one day seminar we exercised in the first part. So I feel muscle pains here and there.
A new month has started. October is jyugatsu (十月) and kannazuki (神無月) which means the month without gods because all of the gods get togethet in Izumo(出雲). There October is kamiarizuki (神在月).
It was a fine beautiful Sunday.
I went to the nearby shrine first and headed for Tokyo to attend Mr. James Skinner's secret seminar, Koko now. I have known him for several years by recorded seminar and a book but have never attended the real seminar. Through the joint talk live with Ms. Natsuko Yokota I connected with him by Facebook and LINE and knew about this monthly meeting.
It started at 9 am and finished around 8:30 pm. They required us to wear elegant costumes during the seminar but they said they had exercise in the morning session. So we needed to change.
There was a special guest's lectures too. I had no idear who he and his wife were but it seemed they are very famous in the certain world.
The first comers were invited to the stage and to tell their names and what James Skinner is for them.
There were many new things I learned today.
The venue was very closed to the Tokyo tower which looked very nice.
