It was fine and hot. But it was cold inside and I had to wear the cardigan.
After work I visited the Fuji Film Square. There were the exhibitions of women photographers' works.
Tonight the Mars is the closest to the Earth. This happened after 15 years.
Today is the last day of July.
How fast time flies!
It was fine and hot.
There were two meetings, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon. Both were a kind of preliminary meetings for the meetings for near future.
There is a word "nemawashi(根回し)" in Japanese which means to get consensus or approval beforehand to have meetings smothly.
It was fine after the typhoon No.12.
This typhoon took an irregular route and we can't predict where it goes.
The clear beautiful blue sky after the typhoon is called "Taifo ikka(台風一過)." It was so hot today.
I went to grocery shopping in the morning and net shopping in the afternoon.
It was a relaxed Sunday after a long time.
It was cloudy in the morning, but the typhoon No.12 came and it rained a lot and was very windy.
I went to the beauty salon to have my hair cut and permed in the afternoon.
Today is full moon and the total luner eclipse but unfortunately we can't see.
I ordered a Nohana photobook which is an online photobook service. They offer a free photobook once a month. We only have to pay the handling charge of yen226. This is the third photobook.
Isn't it nice?
It was fine and hot but I felt it became cooler today too.
I was so surprised to hear that the counter person in charge will leave the office at the end of this month and today is the last working day from the third person. We have worked for more than one year and a half but nobody in our office was informed.
Now it started raining. The typhoon No.12 is approaching. They say it is the luner eclipse in the early tomorrow morning and the Mars will be very big.
But we may not be able to see them if it continued raining.
It was fine and hot, but we felt a bit cooler than yesterday in spite of being more than 30 degrees centigrade.
On my way back in Ropongi the moon looked very big.
They say today is the New Year's Day of the Mayan calendar.
Happy New Year!!
It was fine and hot, but rather cool inside because of air-conditioning.
I took a comp and attended an English training in the morning, a report meeting in the afternoon, and BOM in the evening.
All were held in Shinagawa.
I ate at a Chinese family restaurant for lunch and at a fast noodle shop for supper with friends.
I found the self checkout cashier at the former for the first time.
Automation is progressing.
It was cloudy but very hot.
I was so sweat that I took a shower from the morning.
When I was in Florida, it was usual to take a shower twice or more a day.
But in Japan I usually take a bath before going to bed.
When I travel, especially to the hot spring place, I take a bath as many times as I can.
They say there are only two years left until the Tokyo Olympic 2020 starts. Both Tokyo Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower and other towers had 5 olympic colors lightup tonight. I hope to do something for the Tokyo Olympic.
It was fine and very hot again. Today is taisho(大暑), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. Taisho literally means big hot, and it actually became the hottest day this summer. At 241 places in Japan it recorded more than 35 degrees centigrade. It even went up to 41.1 degrees centigrade in Kumagaya.
To my lucky the office has air-conditioning and comfortable as long as we do not overwork.
July 23 is fumi no hi (ふみの日), Letter Day. Special stamps are issued. I used to buy these stamps, but these days I have seldom written letters, cards, and postcards, only when I travel or at Christmas or New Year's or very special occasions. Instead I write emails every day though I love to receive letters.
After work I visited the Fuji Film Square to see the exhibitions. One of my ISD friends got a prize and I wanted to visit last Friday when the exhibition started, but I was too busy to go. So I visited today. To my lucky I could see her who happened to change the schedule for today. She said the Japan Photographic Sciety has almost a century-long history and they have annual exhibition. This is the 91st exhibition. She has been a member for 18 years or so.
Congratulations on getting the prize!
If you have time, please visit there this week.
It was fine and very hot.
It became 猛暑日(moshobi), excessively hot day with maximum temperature of more than 35 degrees centigrade at 237 places in Japan.
I went to the Bunkyo Civic Center to attend an open campus seminar of Edutainer Academy. The venue was on the 26th floor and had a nice view.
There were three parts. Two of them seemed almost the same as the one held on June 9.
The theme of this time was the law of wave. There were two guests. They measured the waves of many things and talked about birthday color. It was interesting and I feel like learning more.
It was a fruitful weekend.
It was fine and hot.
I walked to the station and went to Hinodecho to get once a month massage. My body was very stiff again.
Then I went to have lunch and shop something. I went to Kimono-style Miya to have my hairset, makeup, dressed and pictures taken.
After that I went to Yokosuka-chuo to buy photoframes for our teachers and went to the office of one of the organizers of the Great Reunion of High School which was held on July 7. Today's meeting was to sort out the pictures and send them out. It took long to finish. Catering dinner party lasted long too.
We were glad to finish everything successfully.
It was fine and very hot.
I had a luncheon today. I booked by myself but it was so hard to find the place because the name of the shop was different.
After work I went to Ginza to attend a seminar.
It was about the secret story of Expo'92. It's been already 26 years since Expo 92. How fast time flies! There were 8 attendants tonight. It was fun.
To our surprise it was the 26th anniversary of Japan Day in Seville. What a coincidence!
It was fine and hot.
A new temp staff joined the office and we had a welcome luncheon at Upstairs of Mercedez.
We have had some luncheons before but we always had the same table because of the numbers.
I ordered the time-limited menu which was rather expensive than others, but it was not so special.
After work I went to Shinjuku to attend a seminar about investment. It was supposed to be from 7 pm to 10 pm, but started a little bit late and lasted for longer than the schedule. I became worried about the last train, and left there before it ended. They gave the participants a book.
Fortunately I was in time for the last train.
It was fine and very hot again.
They say it went up to more than 40 degrees centigrade in Gifu, that means it is higher than body temperature.
There was an announcement of the 159th Akutagawa Prize (芥川賞: Akutagawa sho) and Naoki Prize (直木賞: Naoki sho), Japanese prominent literature awards, which are awarded twice a year.
Today I have got connected with old colleagues of Panasonic and Expo 2005 through Facebook. Isn't it wonerful?
It was fine and hot.
There were many things to do after the two programs and three-day weekend.
Evening sky was pink and so beautiful.
After work I visited a kimono-shop to see the event but it was too late and they have already cleared. I felt "First comes, first served (早い者勝ち: hayaimono gachi)." To my lucky I got presents.Then I felt "Leftovers bring you good luck. (残り物には福がある: nokorimono niwa fukuga aru.)"
It was fine and very hot again.
Today is the last day of three day weekend
I went to Asakusabashi by Keikyu line and Toei Asakusa line, and changed to JR Sobu line to go to Ryogoku.The view from JR was beautiful.
There was a BOM there. I attended with my friends but I did not understand well.
After that we went to Yokohama to have dinner with other people. It was fun.
It was fine and hot.
I went to Kanda to attend a Million seller writer, Ken Honda's one day seminar about his recent book "Letters from a Millionaire."
It started at 10 am and finished nearly 7 pm. There were several group works and five of us became a group and shared our thoughts. It was so fun that three of us had dinner together and two of them joined later after their dinner party.
One of them was not only a jazz singer but also a card reader and a kind of fortune-teller and we enjoyed her session.
There were some guests at the seminar and I bought three books and asked the autograph and pictures.
It was a nice day.
It was fine and very hot.
I took a shower soon after getting up.
Today is the beginning of the three day weekend because of the Marine Day next Monday.
How are you spending this holiday?
I stayed at home during daytime and went to YOKOSUKA Soleil no oka (ソレイユの丘) to attend Hoshizora Park no Yasashii Yoga (星空パークのやさしいヨガ: Easy Yoga under the starry skies park) lesson with my friend in the evening. We happened to know about this event when we went to see fire flies last month.
It's been so long since I practiced yoga last time. It started at 6 pm and lasted for an hour. I felt it was too short. It was still light and not starry skies during the Yoga.
After the lesson the sky was pink and so beautiful and we saw the first star.
The Sunflower field was very beautiful and we enjoyed taking pictures.
It was a nice experience.
It was fine and very hot.
I was rather busy for all day long.
Two programs in charge finished today and we had a catering dinner party.
There were more than 30 participants. I think everything went well.
They say today is a very lucky day of three good things: new moon, solar eclips, and ichiryubsnnbaibi(一粒万倍日), which is a seed becomes 10000 seeds.
On the new moon day it is supposed to be good to wish something you want to grow or increase.
TGIF
It was fine and cloudy.
I went to Bashamichi (馬車道) to have two lectures in the morning.
At lunch time we went to JICA Yokohama where we can eat variety of menu around the world. I happened to see my old co-workers there.
There were the exhibitions of 110 years of history of immigration to Brazil.
In the afternoon we went to Kohoku New Town which is rather big. I was surprised to see the natural environment such as greens and streams. They say it is a popular residential area.
It was fine and very hot.
There were two lectures in the morning.
We went to Kashiwa no ha campus (柏の葉キャンパス) station of the Tsukuba Express just after the lecture. After arriving there we had a quick lunch at the food court of LaLaport.
Then we took a tour of the smart city guided in English where is owned by Mitsui Fudosan. They have not only residential space, but also commercial area and research center. It is a very unique example of the collaboration of Academic, Public, and Private sectors.
It may be the first time for me to get on the Tskuba Express.
We went to Nagareyama Otaka no Mori station after that.
I have been there once on March 19 last year when I visited the Sakuragi jinja shrine.
We dropped at Minaminagareyama to see the platform, then went to Akihabara.
It was fine and very hot.
I went to MLIT to attend three lectures.
After coming back to the office I overworked till 8PM.
This morning I happened to hear about Hozukiichi(ほおずき市), Chinese Lantern Market at the Asakusa Sensoji (浅草 浅草寺) by radio.
Therefore I decided to visit there. It is held on July 9 and 10. If you visit there these days, it is equivalent to the grace of the visit there for 46000 days, which is more than 126 years!!
There were so many vendors selling pots of Chinese Lantern or branch of them. Pots were about yen2800. Branch was about yen1200.
After visiting the temple, I visited the Asakusa Shrine next to the temple. There was still chinowa (茅の輪), the circle of thatch there.
It seemed to have rained heavily during the certain period in the morning. To my lucky I did not have to use an umbrella.
Today another program started, and I was rather busy to tke care of two programs for all day long, and overworked up to nearly 9PM.
The pictures of the great reunion of Saturday were ready to download and I enjoyed viewing them. I really appreciate the hard work of the chief of organizers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It was fine.
I walked to the station because there was a party last night and I could not drive back home.
Today's destination is Futamatagawa (二俣川). Those who live in Kanagawa (神奈川) prefecture know what is there just saying the name of the place. For example, if we say Narita (成田) or Haneda (羽田), we know they are airports. Kasumigaseki (霞が関) is the place for ministries and agencies. Nagatacho (永田町) is for the politics.
There is a driver's license center in Futamatagawa.
Today I went there to make an international driver's license. It's been so long since I got it last and the system was progressed.
If you insert the Japanese driver's license into a machine, the application form is issued. We write some necessary information and put yen2350 stamps. Then we submit with a photo and passport.
After a while the international driver's license is issued. It is valid for a year.
I appreciate that the driver's license center opens on Sundays.
After that I went to Shinagawa to attend a meeting.
After coming back I went grocery shopping and filling up the car.
It was cloudy and fine.I am glad it did not rain.
I went to the Kimono-style Miya to have hairset and got dressed.
Then I went to Yokosuka-chuo to attend the great reunion of high school titled "Heisei Amanogawa no saikai: The reunion of Heisei Milkyway (平成天乃川の再会)."
There were 10 classes of 45 students and about 180 people attended today.
It started at 3 pm and lasted for two hours and a half for the main party. Most of them joined the second party. I joined up to the third party. Some classmates went up to the 4th party at the Karaoke shop.
It was a nice reunion on the day of Tanabata (七夕), July 7th, the star festival.
It was a rainy day.
In the morning we had a lecture at MLIT and went to Akihabara (秋葉原) to visit a railway company in the afternoon.
Akihabara is a very famous place where you can buy electronic goods and figures. We did not have a chance to see the shops because we had another appointment in the evening.
After coming back to the office, I overworked to prepare for the next week.
It was cloudy in the morning, but became rain in the afternoon.
The morning lecture finished earlier so that we went to the famous Matsumotoro (松本楼) restaurant in the Hibiya Park. To my surprise there were already so many people eating and more than 10 people waiting. It opens at 11 am. So we had to wait for the first batch people finish eating for a while.
I have never come to the
Matsumotoro in the Hibiya Park, but I have been to the branch at Rikkyo University for a few times. Menu looked the same.
After lunch we walked to the Nijyubashi (二重橋) of the Imperial Palace.
Then we went to Shinkiba to visit a training center which was really interesting.
After coming back to the office I overworked.
It was another long day.
It was fine and hot, very windy.
I had another busy day going to Kasumigaseki first, to the office next, and a monthly meeting at Suidobashi at night.
I had two lectures and learned about train related laws. I learned that strictly speaking, Akita shinkansen is not shinkansen. According to the law Shinkansen runs at 200km/h but Akita shinkansei runs less tham that.
At the night meeting I got much information for the next three months.
It was fine and hot.
I had a rather busy day.
After work I went to Oji to attend a SRC convention.
It started around 4 pm but I arrived around 6:30 pm due to the work. Most part was done and it was recess when I got there.I met some friends there.
After that I went out for dinner with one of them. This was the very first time for us to talk and eat. But we found some similarities and enjoyed talking.
It was fine and very hot.
The new program started today and lasts for two weeks.
A new staff joined to our office today and we had a welcome luncheon.It was a nice restaurant.
It was fine.
A new month has started. July is Shichigatsu(七月) or Fumizuki (文月) in Japanese.
This is the start of the second half of 2018.
As the ritual of the first day of the month I went to the shrine in the morning.
I attended the seminar at Kanda in the afternoon. There were many participants and there was no seat available. So I had to stand for three hours.
After the seminar I went to Ginza to see the photo exhibitions but it was over when I arrived there.
Therefore I decided to go to Ueno instead.
When I arrived there the place of the main purpose was already closed again but I walked around the Shinobazu no ike (不忍池), Shinobazu pond and enjoyed seeing some lotus flowers and hydrangea.
