2023.7.30

It was fine and very hot.

Today is doyo no ushi no hi,  midsummer day of ox. From Edo era it is recommended to eat eel to get stamina on this day.

I stayed at home.

In the afternoon I watched a quiz program which my ex-colleagues participated. I am glad to see him became a winner again.

At night I held a monthly zoM meeting of sharing good things happened this month. It was the 23rd meeting.

2023.7.29

It was fine and hot.

I stayed home during the daytime, did laundry, iron, cleaning, and prepared the kimono for next week.

Present campaign of the 89th ebook has started. 

To my glad it is No.1 in Japan.

There was the fireworks festival at the Sumida River after four years.

While I was watching the festival on TV, I heard the sound of fireworks nearby. To my lucky I could watch some of them.

It was a nice weekend to relax.

2023.7.28

It was fine and hot.

It's been very hot nearly body temperature these days. Even at night it is more than 25 degrees  centigrade. They say it is the hottest July around the world.

After work I went to the post office to send the registered mail. It is appreciated that the window is open until 7 PM though the regular office hour is until 5 PM.

For the past three nights I ate rice cake which I got at the night Kagura performance last Saturday and Sunday.

Tonight I listened to the webinar.

2023.7.27

It was fine and hot.

I published the 89th ebook today. It is an e-photobook about two waterfalls in Hinohara village in Tokyo where I visited last Saturday. I tried Takigyo, perform cold water ablutions bx a fall for the first time.

Since my colleague is taking a summer vacation, I did the things what she is in charge.

After work I went to post office to pay the examinatinon fee.

They say the lion's gate opened yesterday and will close on August 12. It is the time that the strong energy falls from the universe.

2023.7.25

It was fine and hot. 

Rainy season is over.

It is said that this summer will be super hot.

There was a fireworks festival in Hayama　from 7:30 to 8:10 PM. Fireworks went up from the three places.

I saw the fireworks festival from the park near the office. There were many families with dogs.

Finale was good as always.

The result of skin check came. My skin was 5 years younger than my real age, but it lacks moisture.

2023.7.24

It was fine and hot.

I took a day off.

I got up earlier than I was plannimng. So I went to see the flower (Renge shoma) and visit a shrine.

From 7 am we attended a morning ceremony at the shrine called Nikkusai. We are surprised to know that the person in charge was the son of the guesthouse we stayed for two nights.

After breakfast I left there earlier than others to get on the 9:00 cable car. I met an ex-colleague at a bakerly in Kabe. Time flied.

After that I went to Shinjuku to get a consulting about improving English ability.

I went to Sugita to go to a beauty salon to have my hair cut and perm.

I came home around 6:30 pm.

It was a fruitful day.

2023.7.23

It was fine and hot.

We had a volumy breakfast. 

After that I went to the visitor center to get maps, and we went hiking to Okunoin first. 

Two of us went back from there and two of us continued.

I went to the summit of three mountains. I was surprised to see the shrine at Mt.Otake.

After that we visited two waterfalls, Ayahiro waterfall and Nanayo waterfall.

We started hiking around 10:30 and came back around 18:30.

After having dinner I took a bath.

At night we went to see the Night Kagura performance.

After that we attended a zoom meeting about the Buddhism image.

It was a fruitful day.

2023.7.22

It was fine.

I left home around 8:10 and walked to the station to get 8:39 train. 

At Kurhama I bought Seishun 18 ticket which is valid for 5 days for local train for yen12050. It's been long time to use that ticket since last time.

The first destination was Kuzuryu waterfalls to do ascetic training at waterfall which I have wanted to try for a long time.

It took yen5500.  It was such a woderful experience.

After that I visited Ryujin waterfall too.

The second destination was to see firewood Kagura performance at Musashi Mitake jinja shrine.

I took a wrong train but arrived at the guesthouse by many people's kindness.

During the performance, I got a Tshirt.

It was a nice day.

2023.7.20

It was fine and very hot.

I worked at home in the morning and took a half day off in the afternoon to attend a reporting meeting at Akihabara.

After that I went to have tea with my friend.

Today I published the 88th ebook about waterfalls in Nara.

I still have a cold. I hope to be better.

2023.7.19

It was fine and very hot again.

There was a misunderstanding of email communication. We were waiting for the reply from the counterpart but the person in charge was thinking he has already replied. It happened even in Japanese, and we knew it by calling.

After all we proceeded with decesion, got the reply in the right form and I could finish the work I intended to do today.

At lunch time my colleague gave us a souvenir sweets from Kyoto where she traveled to see the Gion Festival.

Last year at this time I was there too.

There were some time limited sweets for the festival and her gift was one of these kinds.

At night I made the 88th ebook about waterfalls in Nara where I visited at this time last year.

There was announcement of 169th Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize. Congratulations!!

2023.7.18

It was fine and very hot.

I had a fever this morning, coughs, and running nose all day long. I hope to be better.

Today is the new moon. Good time to think of goals.

My 87th book is No.1 in Japan, No.3 in the USA and UK. It's been a long time since it  was ranked in in UK last. I hope it will be No.1.

I am recruiting four members to do ascetic training at the waterfalls this Saturday.I hope I can find.

2023.7.17

It was fine and very hot.

In the morning I had fever, and was thinking if I should go or not.

I decided to go and headed for Yokohama to see a Japanese movie which is the conclusion of the series. Unfortunately I could not use the stockholder's ticket because there was live broadcast after the movie, but I decided to see it, and it was a good decision.

After having lunch, I headed for Yokohama Pacifico to attend "Raise Worklife" event. There were three parts. I enjoyed the third part.  Guest speakers were Ms. Marie Kondo and her husband Mr. Takumi Kawahara.I got her newest book.

After the event I went to see my friend who could not attend the event and had dinner.

2023.7.16

It was fine and very hot.

I stayed at home all day long.

I still have a cold such as running nose, coughing, sneezing and feeling dull.

Present campaign of the 86th ebook was over, and of the 87th started.

To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

I attended three zoom sessions today.

The final match of Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles has just finished after 4 hours 42 minutes. A new champion is the third youngest in history, 20 years old, Carlos Alcaraz from Spain. Congratulations!

I am glad to see Brad Pitt there.

Wheelchair tennis champion is the youngest Japanese, Tokito Oda.

Congratulations!

2023.7.15

It was fine.

I went to the nearby shrine first, and went to Ueno to see the lotus flowers.

After that I went to Shinagawa to meet a friend after a long time. We went out to have lunch at a Japanese restaurant. We happened to see people we met at the meeting and decided to have lunch together. We enjoyed a lot and decided to visit Lake Hamanako someday near future.

After that  I went to Nihon Bashi and Ginza, and visited some shrines.

After coming home I joined an onlie event about traveling.

There was the final match of the woman's singles tennis game. No seed player became a champion at the Wimbledon for the first time. Congratulations!

2023.7.14

It was cloudy and hot.

I have had a cold since yesterday and I have a running nose.

After work I went grocery shopping at three shops. 

I watched and listened to three programs.

Since next Monday is a national holiday, we have three dax weekend.

2023.7.13

It was cloudy and slightly rained.

I published the 87th ebook about the waterfalls in Tokyo. This is the 5th book of the waterfalls in Tokyo series.

Regarding 86th ebook I heard some friends wrote reviews, but they are not appeared yet.

I have a sore throat, stuffy nose, sneezing, and stomachache. It seems I have a cold.

I watched and listened to the recorded programs.

2023.7.12

It was fine and hot during the daytime and slightly rained at nigit.

I felt relieved to set up the internet banking by application.

There was a strange thing happened. My high school friend sent me a message that said "I am sorry to have missed your call." 

I have no idea what happened because I have not called anybody from my house phone.

I submitted the 87th ebook draft.  It will be released soon.

We will have three day weekend. I'd better plan.

2023.7.11

It was fine and hot.

My 85th present campaign ended up as No.1 in the USA and Japan.

My 86th present campaign started just after that, and it's become No.1 in Japan.

I sent the information and I got many favorable replies.

I left the previous work places at the end of September last year. They say finally my replacement started working from last week.

2023.7.10

It was fine and hot.

Weather these days is so strange.

In the southern and western part of Japan it's been raining heavily like record making.

In Kanto area the temparature went up to 37 degrees centigrade which is higher than our body temperature.

Yesterday I published the 86th ebook. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Today is the day of snake which is good for something related with money.

2023.7.9

It was cloudy, rainy, windy, and fine, that is very strange.

There was even an earthquake too at night.

In the morning I attended a webinar about English learning.

I made the 86th ebook and published.

At night I attended a zoom seminar about lucky days.

2023.7.8

It was fine.

I slept a lot.

At noon I watched the news and knew about the heavy rain in the Izumo area where I visit around November every year.

In the afternoon I studied what I could not finish yesterday and prepared for the next book.

At night I watch a movie I recorded yesterday.

2023.7.7

It was fine and hot.

July 7 is known as Tanabata (七夕), Star Festival. It is the only day of the year when the Altair and the Vega meet across the Milky Way. 

We decorate the bamboo 

 with colorful strips written wishes.

I worked at home and took two hours off in the evening to attend a meeting in Tokyo.

After the meeting four of user. 

2023.7.6

It was fine and hot today. 

Present campaign of the 85th ebook started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

I heard the same impressions to this book that the pictures of the clouds were beautiful.

I feel like publishing books about clouds someday.

At lunch time I had a chance to talk with colleagues about the favorite foods. One of them said "Apple." So I asked the kinds. She said every kind. Those from Aomori are No.1 and next is from Shinshu, Yamagata, and so on.

Since she has lived in Washington states too, we talked about the apples in the USA.

We feel the apples of the USA are rather small and hard.

What do you think?

I watched the recorded TV dramas at night.

I got some pictures from friends.

2023.7.5

It was fine in the morning, but became cloudy in the evening, and started raining at night.

I published the 85th ebook. It is about the sunligjht in June 2023.

June is the rainy season, but I coud take many beautiful sunlight pictures at the sacred places here and there.

To my glad it became No.1 in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

2023.7.4

Happy Birthday to the USA!

It was fine.

There was a meeting with the manager today. It's been three months since I started working. But this was the first time for us to talk face to face though we see each other and eat lunch at the cafeteria almost every day, and write emails. We only greet by now.

At night I attended the monthly meeting by zoom. I missed last time. There were 9 participants and we enjoyed talking at the breakout rooms.

I watched some programs by NHK plus.

I submitted the draft of the 85th ebook.

2023.7.3

It was fine in the day time, but cloudy in the evening.

Today is the fullmoon but I have not seen yet.

After coming home, I cooked dinner and ate first, wrote the draft of the travel report second, watched the movie Radiation House third, and made a fair copy of the report fourth.

The movie was released last year and I missed watching it at the theater. So I am glad to see it.

The Wimbledon 2023 has started.

2023.7.2

It was fine.

I got up early and took trains to Shinjuku.

I attended a training bus tour to visit Yamanashi.

We visited Oshino hakkai, Oishi park, Chateau Katsunuma, and Saru hashi bridge.

We had lunch near the Lake Kawaguchi for Hoto pot foods and other specialties there.

All were very good.

Weather was so nice and Mt. Fuji looked very beautiful and I liked the tour very much.

I came home around 9PM.

To my glad my  84th ebook became No.1 in the USA.

Thank you, thank you,  and thank you.

2023.7.1

A new month has started. July is shichigatsu (７月 or 七月) or fumizuki (文月) in Japanese.

It was rainy in the morning, became fine in the afternoon, and rained again in the evening.

I went to the nearby shrine for the first day of the month visit after wearing the summer kimono called "Ro (絽)" which is transparent, and went to Kimono Style Miya to have my hair set, makeup, dressed up, and pictures taken.

I am glad to see the president of the company by videophone after a long time.

After that I visited Iseyama kotai jingu and Naritasan temple.

I went to Shinagawa to have Afternoon Tea　at the Strings Hotel.  I tried many different tea.

After coming back home, I watched two movies.

It was a nice day.

2023.6.30

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

The last day of June which means the half of 2023 has passed.

How was it?

Today is called "Nagoshi no oharai''（夏越の大祓）.

I went to the nearby shrine and Morito jinja shrine before going to the office.

At the latter there was a big circle made of thatch to pay off our filth attached during the past 6 months.

I made the Nohana Album.

 

At night I held the 22nd bilingual fortnne sharing tea party. It was fun.