2022.9.30

It was fine.  

Today is the last day of my current work place where I started working from October 1, 2019.

I took a half day off and visited the headquarters. It was nice to say good-bye to those who worked together at the separate office directly.

My boss invited me to the farewell luncheon at the special restaurant for the members only. I was very glad to visit the restaurant and the bar which have nice view.

Many colleagues gave me nice messages and presents.

I am very proud of working there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

2022.9.29

It was fine in Hokkaido, but rain when I got back. 

I left the hotel after watching the morning drama, took JR for 40 minutes, after arriving the airport, bought seafood lunch and had it on the plane.

To my lucky I was sitting at the window side and enjoyed the view.

We landed around 12:30 and took trains and came home safe and sound.

At night I had the bilingual Fortune sharing tea party. There were three and all of us love to travel and enjoyed sharing the travel experiences

2022.928

It was fine.

I went to Hokkaido jinja shrine via Hokkaido Government which is under construction.

My power spot meister friend guided me the shrines. 

After that I went to have lunch with a friend whom I met for the first time. 

 

After that I visited another shrine and top of the City Office.  The view was nice.

I went to Hitsuji ga oka to see the statue of Dr. William Smith Clark. 

I bought many suvenirs.

After coming back to the hotel, I attended two Zoom events.

Promotion of my 46th e-book started and it became No.1 in Japan.

It was a nice day.

2022.9.27

It was fine.

I left the hotel around 7:30 and headed for Niseko with friends by rent-a-car.

We stopped at Nakayama toge (中山峠) mountain pass where is famous for fried potato.

Yoteizan mountain looked so beautiful like Mt. Fuji.

We had lunch at an Italian restaurant and headed for the Conference venue. We arrived before noon, and the conference started at 13:00 and lasted until 17:30 or so.

After that we had buffet dinner.

I came back to the hotel around 22:20 or so. 

It was a nice day.

2022.9.26

It was fine.

I take four paid holidays from today.

I attended the Laughter yoga in the morning.

Today is the new moon. I wrote 10 wishes.

I visited the nearby shrine and went to post office to send a registered mail.

I headed for Narita Airport by 10:41 train and arrived at 13:16 changing once at Oshiage. 

I chose the Spring Japan for the first time. It uses Terminal 3 which is rather far from the station. They only accept two bags up to 7kg to bring in, so I had to check in a carry case. I changed the seat to window side and I could see Mt. Fuji.

I arrived around 16:40 and took a train to Sapporo.  It was hard to find a hotel. I went to my friend‘s izakaya with my friend.

After eating we visited TV Tower and Clock Tower. 

On my way to hotel I got a corn ice cream.

It was a nice day.

2022.9.25

It was fine.

 

I went to my parents‘ graveyard finally. There were many people here and there because of the last day of the three day week end and good weather.

I had lunch with a friend after a long time at a restaurant nearby where I have never been to. We had a good time.

At night I had a zoom meeting which was very interesting.

It was a nice day.

2022.9.24

It was a rainy day.

I was going to have lunch with my friend at Ginza. But my friend felt sick and canceled. So I decided not to go out and attended laughter yoga and tsutefude caravan by zoom instead. At night I attended Healing Marche.

My new e-book is released. Its title is "My Trip to Okinawa 2021.”  This is the first book of the new series "Visit Japan."

I love traveling but we cannot travel abroad easily now. So I have traveled around Japan. 

It is the 50th anniversary for Okinawa to return under Japanese administration.  NHK's morning drama "Chimu don don" is a story about the family from Okinawa.

So I wanted to introduce Japan starting from Okinawa.

If you are a member of Kindle unlimited, you can download it for free of charge.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG8VRLWS

I hope you enjoy.

2022.9.22

It is a national holiday called shubun no hi (秋分の日), Autumnal equinox. 

It was cloudy but became rain.

For the past three years I have been to Osaka on this day to attend jissokan (日想観) at Shitennoji (四天王寺) temple but I decided not to go this year thinking of the next week.

I was wondering if I go to my paremts' graveyard or not, and decided to postpone.

So I stayed at home all day long and made a new book series about traveling around Japan.

Tonight I attended two zoom seminars.

2022.9.22

It was fine, but a bit cool.

I got an unexpected present from a faculty who cannot meet me on my last day next week. The picture of the bag was dragon and very impressive.  I am glad to receive a hand written message card.

There were some messages of having lunch and dinner this month.  It must be fum because it will be so many years since I met them last.

2022.9.21

It was cloudy and rather cool.

I had meetings today.

I overworked for an hour and came home later than usual.

I watched two NHK programs which I do not have interest usually. One is about French History. The other is about Formula of mathematics. To know things is interesting.

Free promotion of the 45th book was over.I hope many people enjoy.

2022.9.20

It was rainy because of the typhoon No.14.

I took a day off.

In the morning I attended a laughter yoga lesson.

In the afternoon I cleared kimono.

I felt relieved to confirm the flight and hotel for the next week to Hokkaido.

I was going to publish an e-photobook about sunlight from January to December 2021, but I found there were too many good pictures for just a month and I cannot choose for a book. So I decided to publish 12 books instead.

I am not sure when to start. I may start a new book series before that.

Who knows?

2022.9.19

It was a national holiday called Keiro no hi (敬老の日), Respect for the Aged Day. It used be on September 15, but became on the third Monday of September to have a happy Monday system in 2003.

How old is the Aged in your country?

There are 36,270,000 people who are over 65 years old, which is 60, 000 more people than last year. It occupies 29.1% of the total population which is the highest ever.

(15,740,000 for men and 20,530,000 for women)

There are 19,370,000 people who are over 75 years old, which is 720, 000 more people than last year. It occupies15.5% of the total population.

There were 9,090,000 people who were over 65 years old and still working in 2021 which is 60,000 more people than previous year. 

There are 12,350,000 people who are over 80 years old which occupies 9.9% of the total population.

There are 2,650,000 people who are over 90 years old which occupies 2.1% of the total population.

Employment rate between 65 and 69 years old is 50.3%.

The typhoon No.14 is approaching, and it rained heavily sometimes.

I attended Laughter Yoga and reading meeting by zoom in the morning.

I tried to book the flights and hotel to Hokkaido next week. I am still waiting for confirmation.

Now I am watching the National Funeral of the Queen Elizabeth II. I heard she has prepared some music to be used at her funeral. 

2022.9.17

It was a rainy day.

I wore kimono and raincoat, and put the cover on the zori (草履) shoes for rain protection.

 

I went to Iseyama kotai jingu (伊勢山皇大神宮) shrine and Naritasan (成田山) temple first and visited Kimono-Style Miya to attend a walking lesson for the Kimono Fashion Festival in Kyoto next month.

After that I went to Ginza to see two art exhibitions which were very nice.

2022.9.17

It was fine in the morning, but started raining at night.

The big typhoon No.14 is approaching. 

The first day of three day weekend.

I took the first train to go to Shinjuku to attend a bus tour to Niigata. We went to Yuzawa highland and Kiyotsukyo gorge.

I tried Bobsleigh for the first time.

It was a nice tour.

I came home around 10 pm.

Today my 45th e-photobook became No.1 in the USA. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2022.9.16

It was fine. 

　　

On my way back I dropped at Kamioooka to buy a portable battery charger. I wanted to buy the same kind of battery charger which is charged at the same time, but could not.

After that I went to Yoksuka chuo.

 

From today Free promotion of the 45th e-cook started.

To my glad it became No 1 in Jajan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2022.9.15

It was fine.

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

 

I was invited to lunch at the restaurant where I wanted to go. I enjoyed eating and talking.

I got a book which my boss published recently.

I got some sweets from colleagues.

It was a good day.

2022.9.14

It was fine.

I took a half day off.

The reason I wanted to have it was changed and I went to Hibiya and watched a  Japanese movie "Hyakka”(百花), 100 flowers by the stockholder's ticket.

It is a story of a mother who became dementia and her son, the stories of unforgettable memories.

I read an e-book.

At night I attended a Zoom event.

2022.9.13

It was fine.  

I took a day off and went to Ueno to attend Minaru kane taisai (巳成金大祭) festival. I arrived around 9:30. Festival started at 10 am. I got a gold coin and a special gold stamped paper.

I went to Shinagwa to have lunch with an old  frind. It was a nice place.

I went to Kawasaki to see a movie "Bullet Train."

It was a nice day off.

2022.9.12

It was fine.

There was a staff event and it was fun to communicate to those whom I usually do not work together.

The lunch was provided with home made cookies by the organizer. It‘s been a while since we had lunch together.

Thank you for the time shared.

2022.9.11

It was fine.

Since I took a taxi last night, I walked to the station.

I visited the Dragon Art Festa 2022 held in Yurakucho and watched the Live performance art with music.

It was amazing.

I recommend you to see the performance.

After coming home, I got a present from the neighborhood.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2022.9.10

It was fine.

I wore kimono and went to Kimono Style Miya to havd dressed again, and visited Iseyama kotai jingu and Naritasan.

After that I went to Toranomon to visit Kotohiragu. To my lucky I could watch Okagura performance.

After that I went to Yotsuya to attend JOI's 20th Anniversary event. I am the 5 th year JOI (Japan Outreach Initiative Program) coordinator.  It was fun to see old friends.

I joined the second party.

It was a nice day.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

2022.9.9

September 9 is known as Choyo no sekku(重陽の節句), double positive festival.

This morning we were saddened by the TV news from UK. Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. RIP.

At night I watched a movie on TV. 

There is a bus tour I applied for July and canceled and changed the date and canceled and changed the date again. 

It was canceled again because of lack of the minimum number of participants. 

I decided to postpone again and attend another too on the same date.

Let's see what will happen!

I booked the restaurant for next Tuesday lunch. 

　

2022.9.8

Today is Hakuro (白露), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気) the 24 solar terms. The last one was shosho (処暑) on August 23, and the next one is shubun (秋分) on September 23.

Hakuro literally means white dew. It is the time the air becomes cool, and dew forms.

It was cloudy, became fine, and cloudy again.

I was busy in the morning and took a half day off in the afternoon. I went to Roppongi first and Gotanda next.

There was an online event on my way home during my train ride. Unfortunately my battery did not last and I missed half of the program.

It was a fruitful day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2022.9.7

It was cloudy and became rainy.

I read some ebooks this month. Today I decided to record them by Line message. Upload the cover picture and write a short comment to remember the book contents.

Today I encountered a very nice phrase at my mentor's Facebook post.

It is something as follows.

Your main business is being yourself, and growing as yourself.

Other things are all side businesses.

Isn't it nice?

2022.9.6

It was fine.

In the UK a new woman Prime Minister is born.

I read e-books on my commuting train. It was interesting to read about someone I know from someone I do not know.

At night I attended a zoom study event.

We reviewed August and thought of September from the viewpoint of number secret.

2022.9.5

It was fine.

I took a half day off and attended Laughter Yoga Lesson after a long time and prepared pictures for the new book in the morning.

Free promotion of the 44th ebook was over.

I got a lunch invitation email.

I got an email about the ticket for the convention.

I need to plan for the trip.

2022.9.4

It was fine.

I went shopping and to have my car filled.

There was an appointment in the afternoon, but it was canceled suddenly and I took a nap.

I prepared Kimono for this Saturday.

At night I attended a zoom seminar.

2022.9.3

It was fine and hot.

I wore Kimono and went to Kimono style Miya to have hair set, make up, dressed up, and pictures taken.

After that I went to Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan temple.

After that I went to Ginza to have lunch and visited two art exhibitions with a friend.

It was an eventful day.

2022.9.2

It was a rainy day.　

There were many guests at the office for reason and for greeting.

After lunch I went to post office to transfer. If you have an account at the post office, you can send for free of charge by using the account.  If you pay from the counter, handling charge is yen110. If you pay from convenience store, handling charge is yen 220. If you pay it by credit card, it costs yen 330. Surprising, isn't it ?

At night I watched a movie on TV, which I have watched before but did not remember the details.

2022.9.1

A new month has started.

 September is kugatsu (9月 or 九月) the ninth month or nagatsuki (長月) the long month.

On the first day of the month I make it a rule to change the plants, rice, and salt of the house shrine called kamidana (神棚) and visit the nearby shrine to thank for the past month and ask for this month.

It was cloudy at first but rained heavily when I visited the shrine and decided to bring a big umbrella.

Today is nihyakutoka (二百十日), 210 days since risshun (立春), the first day of spring. It is the season of typhoon.

Today is the anniversary of the Great Earthquake in Kanto which happened in 1923 and lost 105,000 lives. 

Today is the Disaster Prevention Day. There were some training on the train.

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2022.8.31

The last day of August.

How was your August?

This morning I made a photobook of August.

I held online bilingul fortune sharing tea party at night.This was the 12th meeting.That is I have  hald this meeting for a year. 

The present campaign for the 44th e-book .

has begun.