2021.1.31

It was fine. 

The last day of January.

I started the day with Kid's Yoga for Adults. But I just attended by ear because I was wearing kimono.

Today I went to Kanda myojin shrine to attend a special tour by a Power Spot Meister friend to see a Japanese traditional perfornance art called kyogen (狂言).

We had a good time not only to see the performance but also to have nice lunch and dinner with good friends.

It was a nice day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.130

It was fine. Mt.Fuji looked so beautiful covered with snow.

I started the day with laughter yoga.

I went to Fujisawa to visit seven lucky gods in Fujisawa. For the first part I walked and walked and visited three shrines and three temples. I went back to Fujisawa by bus and took Enoden train to Enoshina. I visited a temple and a shrine.

It took about 4 hours and a half.

Unfortunately my battery has gone during my visit, and I could not take pictures in the last part.

But I happened to know new people and had a good time.

I went to massage where I missed last week.

It was a nice day.

2021.1.29

It was fine.

Today is the first fullmoon this year.

My new book has become No.1 in Graphic Design Color Use in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Tonight on my way back home I attended two zoom seminars.

2021 1.28

It was cloudy in the morning, but became rain in the afternoon.

Depends on the place it sleeted.

Today is ichiryumanbaibi (一粒万倍日) when one grain becomes 10,000 times.

Free promotion of my 18th ebook has started. I wonder how it goes.

I hope you enjoy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TPNNP3Y

2021.1.27

It was rainy in the morning, but became cloudy when I got to Tokyo.

Every night there is something to attend. There was the second session of the beautiful brain activate program. There was a special guest instructor tonight and we enjoyed yoga related exercise to make a beautiful body. 

Practice makes perfect.  Rome is not built in one day. We should practice every day.

2021.1.26

It was fine.

At night I joined a zoom exchange meeting. There were more than 30 participants. I only know one of them, the organizer.

There were two breakout rooms, and I had a chance to talk with 5 new people. In both groups I was the first person in order of alphabet and became a leader to facilitate the comnunication. In the first group we have something common in a spiritual aspect. In the second group, three out of 5 were the same members from the first group. Color is the common thing in the second group.

After that we tried Bingo.  First 13 members got a prize which were offered session from members.

It was fun to know new people.

2021.1.25

It was fine.

It seems the season of the entrance examinations has started. There is a women's college at my station area. When I got there this morning, there was a long line going up to the first floor. On the first floor there was a long line up to the school.

Because of COVID-19, many colleges were conducting online classes.

I feel sorry for students who cannot study at schools, and foreign students who cannot come to the countries they were supposed to study.

I hope COVID-19 situation will be improved as soon as possible and the world becomes normal again.

2021.1.24

It was another cold rainy day.

I started the day with yoga lesson.

I stayed at home all day long.

2021.1.23

It was a cold rainy day.

I was too tired to get up and stayed in bed for a long time.

It may be so-called improve reaction or meigen hanno (暝眩反応) in Chinese medicine.

2021.1.22

It was beautiful.

I produced the first handicraft book "Art is Unlimited" dealing with Mandala Art today. To my glad it became No.1 in Japan.

I took a day off to attend an event at Kanda myojin shrine in Tokyo.

I wore a kimono which I bought in my 20s.

We ate a delicious course dinner.

It was a nice day.

2021.1.21

It was fine.

On my way to the office I read Facebook posts and knew the free promotion of the book "Read bebore You Die." It is a book written by a cancer survivor. He appreciates everything happened to him saying "I am happpy. Thank you." It was a good book to be inspired how to live.

The new era of the USA has started. I expect the activity of the first woman vice president.

2021.1.20

It was fine.

Today is daikan(大寒), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. Last one was shokan (小寒) on January 5, and the next one is risshun (立春) on February 3.

Daikan literally means big cold and it is the coldest time of the year.

I attended the zoom meeting in the night.

2021.1.19

It was fne but very cold.

I got up early though I do not know why. 

Today is ichiryunanbaibi (一粒万倍日) when one grain becomes 10000  times.

At night I had a chance to listen to the way to be rich. Maybe this or not.

2021.1.18

It was fine but cold. In the night it became windy.

There was an announcement of the result of New Year's card lottery yesterday, and they appeared on the newspaper today. The first prize is yen300,000 cash or yen310,000 e-money. The second prize is a local choice gift. The third prize is a stamp sheet which used to be the fourth prize. I got four third prizes this year.

 

Year after year some people decide not to send the new year's cards, and more and more people use e-greetings.

I prefer receiving the real Christmas cards and letters and new year's cards. This time I sent Christmas letter by emails and sent Christmas cards to only those who sent me the Christmas cards.

I reduced to send 200 New Year's cards.  Some friends enjoy reading my New Year's card which is written the summary of my activities of last year. I will continue the way as long as possible.

How about you?

Which do you like?

2021.1.17

It was cloudy and cold.

I started the day with Kid's Yoga for Adults.

I went to the beauty salon in Sugita in the morning, and a kimono shop later, and Softbank. I am glad to fix the problem of my smartphone camera after a few weeks. I went to other shops but did not decide what to buy.

After coming back I went grocery shopping and cooked dinner after a while.

2021.1.16

It was fine.

Today is ichiryunanbaibi (一粒万倍日) and tenshabi (天赦日) and one of tbe three luckiest days in this year.

I started the day with TV gymnastics and changed to kimono.

I left home before 7:30 and visited Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan temple first and went to Kimono Style Miya to have my hair set and dressed up. I happened to see some kimono friends there.

I went to Akagi shrine in Kagurazaka and Anahachinangu shrine and Hoshoji temple in Waseda with zoom meeting friends. I was so surprised to see a long waiting line for praying. It took about one hour to be in front of the shrine.

After that we moved to Shinjuku and had Afternoon Tea from the 25th floor.

I met five people and three of them were for the first time. But we enjoyed talking.

After coming home I attended a zoom review seminar for Reiki.

It was a nice day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.15

It was cloudy.

Today is my dead father's 86th birthday.

I went to the nearby shrine before going to work as a ritual of the 15 of the month.

January 15 is known as koshogatsu (小正月), literally small new year.

Depends on the region there are some festivals to burn the new year's decorations called sagicho (左義長) or donto yaki (どんと焼き). Because of COVID-19 I wonder how many places had such events.

Since it is payday I dropped at Yokosukachuo to go to banks.

After coming back I talked with a friend from JICE where I worked from 2009 to 2013.  It was nice to catch up each other.

2021.1.14

It was fine.

I could finally receive the re-delivery goods.

One is the Orgonite accessories I made on January 3.  They were sent last week but I was away and came home late every day, and could not get them by now. They were more beautiful than pictures sent before. I am glad to receive them finally.

The other was the return gift from my uncle-in-law.  It was a bottle of sake.

I had about one hour zoom session tonight.

2021 1.13

It was a cold morning. Windshield of my car was frozen for the first time this winter.

It was fine and Mt. Fuji looked so beautiful covered with snow.

Today is the new moon. It is a good time to start something.  

My friend started a two-month program to be an ideal body. There are two groups and the first group activity started tonight. The latter group starts next week. Both groups attended the crystal bowl session from 10 pm tonight.

I am looking forward to starting the program next week and how I will be changed in two months.

2021.1.12

It was cloudy in the morning, became rain in the afternoon, and became cloudy again in the evening. It was another cold day.

After coming home, I attended a zoom event of sharing the trip experience to Shikoku 88 temples visit. I have done visiting there about 5 years ago from December to May for four times or so by myself walking and driving. It was a special experience.

The speaker visited as a group of seven or so by taxi for 12 days for the reverse order. They say reverse order will be granted the three times fortune.

Since it costs a lot and takes time and requires vitality, I hope to try the reverse order visit someday near future when the time has come.

2021.1.11

It is a national holiday called "Seijin no hi (成人の日)" coming-of-age day. It was used to be on January 15, but it has become on the second Monday of January since 2000 because of happy Monday System. In Japan becoming 20 years old means being adult.

I attended the Shinka no seminar Day 2 from 9 am to 6 pm.

After the seminar my friend took me to the Kofu station. I enjoyed buying their local sweets at the station building shop. Their most famous sweet is called Kikyo Shingen mochi (桔梗信玄餅). I did not know there are variation used Shingen mochi and I bought 5 different sweets and tasted on my way back home.

January 11 is known as kagamibiraki(鏡開き), literally mirror opening. It is a day that we eat the New Year's decoration rice cakes called kagamimochi (鏡餅).

Today is the last day of three day weekend. It was a fruitful one.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.10

It was fine.

I started the day with Kid's yoga for adults.

From 10:30 to 20:00 I attended a special lecture of "Shinka no seminar" Day 1.

I thought of my purpose of life and goals of life.

We had a delicious pot dish tonight.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.9

It was fine.

I started the day with the laughter yoga lesson.

After that I changed to kimono to attend a tea ceremony lesson held at Kimono-style Miya. I am glad to eat the special sweets called hanabiramochi(花びら餅) which is only served at the New Year.

After that I met a friend and went to Iseyama kotai jingu shrine together. I am glad to hear that she dedicated money to renovate the shrine. And as a token the lantern with her name will be hung for 25 years. Don't you think it's nice?

I visited the Naritasan temple by myself.

After coming back I went to Toyota car dealer as an annual event by car and got a new year's gift.

After coming home I changed and headed for Kofu, Yamanashi by train to take a special seminar tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. It took more than three hours.

2021.1.8

It was snowing when I got up.

After arriving at Tokyo, it was fine.

I live in a rather warm place, but it seemed colder today.

I took a half day off to attend a Meiji jingu shrine visit event.  When I was a college student, every year I used to visit there for the first visit of the year, hatsumode (初詣). Meiji jingu shrine is the most popular shrine in Japan for the first visit.

It's been a long time since I visited there. Today I visited the garden for the first time. Several years ago it was very popular for Kiyomasa no ido (清正井), Kiyomasa well,  as a power spot.

After the lecture we had dinner.  And we could visit a special place.

After the event I enjoyed having cake and tea with Power Spot Meister friends.

It was a nice day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.7

It was fine.

A week has passed since the New Year.

January 7 is known as nanakusa (七草), seven herbs. It is a day to eat rice porridge with seven herbs to rest the stomache which had rich foods during the new year.

In the afternoon I took two hours off to attend a monthly meeting. Everytime when I attend there, I am inspired. 

Thsnk you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.6

It was cloudy and very cold.

On my way back I attended a zoom seminar on the train. It lasted for about three hours and a half. I like to listen to the success stories. Everyone can change one's own life if s/he really wishes was the message from the lecturer.

The number of patients of COVID-19 is increasing in Tokyo. Tomorrow it seems the State of Emergency will be announced.

2021.1.5

It was cloudy.

On my way to come back home, I attended a zoom meeting.  It was about the announcement of presents. Those who get the present were lucky.  For those who did not get the present they say it is accumulating the virtue. I was the latter.

Maybe next time.

2021.1.4

It was fine.

Today is the first working day of this year.

It seems trains are not so crowded yet.

Now Kindle unlimited is offering a special price and I registered.

At night I attended a zoom night activity meeting. This was the first trial. Six people joined, and it took 40 minutes just for self-introduction.

It is fun to know new people.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.3

It was fine.

Today is the first ichiryumanbaibi(一粒万倍日), when one grain becomes 10000 times, of this year.

I started the day with zoom yoga and seminar.

I went to Chitosekarasuyama to attend an Orgonite workshop. I made three items but can't get them yet because I need to wait for them to be solid.

After coming back I went shopping shoes.

At night I watched a movie and attended a zoom meeting of the reading calendar.

Today is the last day of the winter vacation.

I had a good time.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.1.1

A new year has begun.

I got up early to see the first sunrise, hatsuhinode (初日の出). It was beautiful. I saw the moon over the Mt. Fuji.

After coming home, I tried the New Year's magic, and watched a TV program about Izumo and Takachiho where are very famous for gods' place.

I ate ozoni (お雑煮), which is a typical new year's foods in Japan. It is a soup dish with rice cake, vegetable, and meat.

I enjoyed reading New Year's Cards, nengajo (年賀状).

I went to the nearby shrine for the first visit, hatsumode (初詣). I decided to visit another shrine to get the red stamp called goshuin(御朱印).

I visited my parents' graveyard.

After coming back I enjoyed special sweets I bought in Izumo.

I tried to creat the barrier with crystal balls and terahertz balls finally.

It was a nice new year's day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.