2023.10.31

Happy Halloween!

I did not wear any costume.  Did you?

I am glad to get some sweets though.

It was cloudy and cool.

It's the end of October. How fast time flies!

Every last night of the month I hold the Bilingual Fortune sharing tea party by zoom.

There were 5 people tonight.

One of them is a Chinese lady whose birthday was in October.

I heard that in China they count their age from when they enter their mother's body. Therefore it is two years older than usual age.

One of them is a flower designer. She said flower arrangement in France is different.

We use the word "flower arrangement" as the translation of "Ikebana."

But flower arrangement of Japan and other countries are different so that we need other words to describe for each arrangement.

2023.10.30

It was fine.

Mt. Fuji looked so beautiful covered with snow up to about the 6th station.

The moon in the evening was beautiful too.

After work I went grocery shopping because I felt like making yogurt with Kefir for soy milk which I received yesterday.

I usually do not drink soymilk. But to make yogurt, I needed it. If it is warm, it seems easy to make it. But it is getting cooler these days, so I am not sure if it goes well or not. Let's see.

2023.10.29

It was cloudy first and I could see the rainbow after a long time. It became fine.

I wore kimono and went to Yushima tenjin shrine first to see a friend. We had Japanese style Afternoon tea and talked a lot.

We moved to Jimbocho to visit the Art Exhibition of another friend.

Then we moved to Nihonbashi to see the 50th Nihonbashi and Kyobashi festival.

After saying good bye, I went to the Tokyo station to pick up the Shinkansen ticket for next week.

After that I went to Tennozu Isle to see bjb  COLLECTION and enjoyed some performances and exhibitions.

Today is the fullmoon.

I attended a zoom seminar.

It was an eventful day.

2023.10.28

It was fine, but rained partially at night too.

It stopped soon, and I saw the beautiful moon.

I prepared Kimono for tomorrow in the afternoon, and went to see a movie at Yokohama with a friend whose birthday was yesterday.

We had a light meal before the movie, and tea after the movie. We talked a lot and laughed a lot.

I gave her my book, and she gave me sweets which was a surprise.

When I came home and opened it, I knew the expiration date is today.

So I am eating now.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

2023.10.27

It was fine.

I worked at home and stayed at home all day long.

Therefore I saw the beautiful sunset after a while.

Good things of the remote work are to save commuting time and gas, to save time to change and make up, to save for lunch, to concentrate, to receive the delivery, and so on.

In the evening I used Skype to call Hong Kong after a long time because my bank account was temporary suspended. I am glad the money I had there was still available. I need to call again.

At night I pressed summer clothings and cleared, and pressed fall clothings.

2023.10.26

It was fine.

I got a surprising message from Kindle Direct Publishing, and I have been thinking why this happened. So I sent an email to them. Let's see what will happen.

After work I went to the gas station to fill up my car. I drove about 560km since I filled up last time. It cost yen 6223. So it ran about 15km/L.

I had dinner outside and tried new dessert.

I got pictures of my kimono style taken on September 30 at Yokohama.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2023.10.25

It was fine.

I got a message from a Facebook friend in the morning that she would come to Tokyo from Shikoku and we decided to see in person this weekend. 

I picked up four restaurants which offer the Afternoon Tea and asked her to choose one. 

I booked the one she chose where is my favorite one.

I knew there was the art exhibition of another Facebook friend. We may be able to visit there too.

There was an invitation for the formal visit to Meiji jingu shrine next month. It must be fun.

2023.10.24

It was fine.

Today is soko (霜降), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was kanro (甘露) on October 8 and the next one is ritto (立冬) on November 8.

Soko literally means frost fall. It is the time when dew begins to fall as frost due to cold air.

To my delight my 104th ebook has been No.1 in Japan. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I have reserved Shinkansen, hotels, and bus for my trip next month. 

It is cheaper if you book the round tickets of Shinkansen and the hotel together than buy Shinkansen tickets only. Unfortunately I could not book the best Shinkansen, but I think I can manage to come back.

There was the return tickets discount for 10 percent.

I am looking forward to visiting Izumo next month.

2023.10.23

It was fine but getting cooler.  

Present campaign of the 103rd ebook was over. To my delight it became No.1 in the USA and Japan. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

And the next campaign started. It is the third and the last ebook of "My Trip to Miyagi 2023" series.　　

It is the day of Tiger today. It is a good day to do money related things. So I transferred  the travel fee to Izumo.

After work I went grocery shopping. 　　

I heard the national travel support would be over. So I applied two bus tours.

2023.10.22

It was fine.

I got up early, made lunch and headed for Ikebukuro to take an examination.

I happened to see my friend from the graduate school whom I have not seen for a few years on my way to the venue at Ikebukuro.

At the venue I met some staff and teachers from the college I went from February to March.

After the exam I went to Yurakucho to say hello to my friend who were having the fortune telling event.

To my delight my 103rd ebook became No.1 in the USA and Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

At night I attended a zoom seminar.

2023.10.21

It was fine.

I talked with my uncle by phone and decided the date to have lunch next month.

In the afternoon I went to the community center to attend a history lecture about the Miura Peninsula at the time when the Commodore Matthew Perry came to Uraga by four black ships on June 3, 1853. It was the 170th anniversary this year.

It's been more than 10 years since I attened the tours visiting the Seven Lucky Gods in Miura and Kamakura by the same lecturer.

He is a local historian and so knowledgeable that I enjoyed the lecure very much.

There was a fireworks festival in Misaki and Jogashima tonight, but I stayed at home, and I only heard the sound.

2020.10.20

It was fine, but windy.

I worked at home. 

I submitted the documents about the year-end adjustment.

At night I watched a movie on TV, which I saw at the theater last year. I was not going to see all, but hoped to remember the contents, but after all I watched it to the end.

I got a useful feedback about my 103rd ebook from my ex-colleague. Some friends said they would like to visit Kinkasan after reading my book. I am glad to hear that.

2023.10.19

It was fine.

After dinner I studied for the exam. It took a longer time than my schedule.

I sent the present link of the 103rd book to my friends. Some of them read soon and gave me feed back. They were surprised to see the pictures of deers at Kinkazan.

I have known about deers since last year, but was surprised to see monkeys this year. I think they are cute but I heard they are wild and dangerous when I climbed Mitsumine this month.

Maybe I have been very lucky not to see the wild animals so far.

2023.10.18

It was fine.

Yesterday I was informed that there would be dessert today, and was looking forward to the lunch time.  Indeed there were various dishes, and I chose Mont Blanc. 

I wonder why they do not offer them every day.

Today was the last day of the 102nd ebook present campaign and the start of the 103rd ebook.

At night I tried the past examinations of 5 years ago. Now I knew the tendency of contents, I must concentrate on my weak points.

2023.10.17

It was fine.

It is the last Tenshabi (天赦日) of the year. It is the day when the heaven forgives everything and only happens several times in a year.

In addition it is Taian (大安), good day for everythhng.

How was your day?

After work I had an appointment at a cafe, and I could taste two different sweets.

At night I attended a zoom seminar and got useful information and opened a new account.

2023.10.16

It was fine.

Mt.Fuji looked so beautiful covered with snow.

Sky after sunset was red and beautiful.

These days sunset time is getting earlier and when I finish working it's already getting dark.

How lucky we are to live in this beautiful world!

After work I went grocery shopping after a while.

 

2023.10.15

It was heavily raining in the morning, became fine in the afternoon, but rained again.

 

There was a grand championship marathon race in the rain. No.1 and No.2 runners were selected for the Paris Olympic game next year.

I stayed at home all day long to study for the Examination next Sunday.

Today is the new moon. They say annular solar eclipse was observed in the USA. It will be in 2030 when we can observe it in Japan next time.  

At night I attended the zoom meeting about　the ancient calendar appraisal which more than 80 people attended.

2023.10.14

It was fine during the daytime, but became rain at night.

Weather forecast seems right.

I stayed at home all day long.

To my glad my 102nd ebook is No.1 in Japan.

Today is the Day of Railway which commemorates the first day of the railway service between Shinbashi and Yokohama in 1872.

2023.10.13

It was fine.

I worked at home.

I published the 104th ebook.

Free promotion of 101st ebook was over and of the 102nd ebook started.

The repair serviceman came in the evening and the cooking heater was repaired. I felt relieved.

At night I watched a movie "Ghost writer" on TV.

2023.10.12

It was fine.  

Today is Columbus Day.

　

It's been 31 years since the EXPO 92 was over. I still remember the day very well.

After 7 months working at the Japan pavilion, I have traveled around Europe for 5 months by myself visiting many places and meeting many people.

It was quite an experience few people could do.

2023.10.11

Weather forecast said it would be hot today, but it was not so hot as I imagined.

These days the sunset time became earlier and when I go home it is already dark and I can't see the sunset.

At lunch time I could manage to arrange the date of repair of the cooking heater.

At nght I made the 103rd e-book.

They said Sota Fujii won the Oza match and became the champion of the eight greatest titles as the first and the youngest player. Congratulations!

2023.10.10

It was rainy in the morning but became fine later.

I am glad it stopped raining because I had to meet the new students at the station.

I talked with some international students.

October 10 used to be taiiku no hi (体育の日), Physical Education Day to commemorate the opening of the Tokyo Olympic 1964. 　

Since 2000 it became on the second Monday of October and is called Sports Day.

And it is one of the sunny singularities.

I expected to receive a call from the repair service, but it did not.

To my delight my 101st ebook became No.1 in the USA.

I was going to make a new book, but I watched many TV programs instead.

2023.10.9

It was a cold rainy day.

Today is a national holiday called Sports Day, and the last day for the three day weekend.

It was used to be on October 10 to commemorate the opening of the Tokyo Olympic in 1964 and called Taiiku no hi (体育の日) until 1999.

I stayed at home and did home works.

I called to ask the repair for kitchen cooking heater after about a year. But the service center was closed today and we could not fix the date unfortunately.

I published the 102nd ebook today.

2023.10.8

It was cloudy, rainy, and cool.

Today is kanro (寒露) one of nijushisekki (二十四節気) 24 solar terms. Last one was shubun (秋分) on September 23 and the next one is soko (霜降) on October 24.

Kanro literally means cold dew. It is the time when dew starts freezing by cold air.

I stayed at home all day long.  

Present campaign of 100th ebook was over and of 101st has started. To my delight it's been No.1 in Japan.

At night I attended a zoom meeting. They say there are three shrines in Honolulu. I wonder how they have a formal ceremony.

2023.10.7

It was fine.

 

I started the day early.

Unfortunately breakfast is served at 6:30 AM but I had to leave around 6:15 AM. 

Menu at the hotel seems better than before.

I went to Shinjuku to attend a bus tour to the Mitsumine jinja okumiya trecking.

We left there before 7AM and came back after 8PM. There were 40 participants. We had 5 hours at the Mitsumine jinja shrine and enjoyed nearly 3 hours hiking.

Weather was perfect and I could take beautiful pictures.

To my delight my 101st ebook "Sunlight September 2023" has been No.1, "Sunlight August 2023" No.2, and "Sunlight October 2022" No.4 in Japan.

2023.10.6

It was fine.

I published the 101st ebook today.

To my delight it became No.1 in Japan.

I worked at home and took two hours off.

I walked to the station and headed for Nihonbashi to attend a monthly meeting.

After that I came to Ikebukuro to stay overnight to attend the tour from Shinjuku early in the morning tomorrow.

2023.9.7

 It was a rainy day, but I saw the beautiful sunset.

My 95th book campaign ended and the 96th campaign started.

On my way home I went to the Komeda coffee shop and tried the new fall menu, after that I went grocery shopping.

Today I got an offer to attend a publish related party in November and checked my paper book titled "Florida report 2006~2008"which I published on my birthday in 2012. To my surprise it cost more than 10 times now.

They say typhoon will come to Kanto area. tomorrow. It is not raining now. I wonder how it will be tomorrow.

2023.10.5

It was cool in the morning but became hot in the afternoon and cool again in the evening.

They say there was the first snow on the Mt. Fuji.

I took a picture but it was hard to recognize because of clouds.

To my delight my 100th ebook became No.1 in the Netherlands.

After work I went to the nearby coffee shop to see someone.

I tried Beef stew which I have wanted to try.

At night I prepared the 101st ebook.

2023.10.4

It was a rainy day. To my lucky I did not have to use an umbrella. 

It was rather cool.

They say it will be hot again tomorrow.

Today my 100th ebook became No.1 in Japan.I am glad to see some reviews and direct messages.

100 is a landmark.Some asked me if the next target would be 200. It took about four years and a half to come here. First few years I published once a month pace.Until the end of last year I published 60 books. 

I hope to publish 120 books within this year. So I must publish 20 books in three month, that is about 7 books per month.

What kind of books do you want to read?

2023.10.3

It was fine.

Sunset became earlier.

The result of the health check of August arrived. It's almost the same as before. Different columns were about eyesight. There were both near sight and long sight.

This was the first experience.

Free promotion of No. 100 ebook started. Since this is the 100th, I got many congraturatotry message different from regular replies.

At night I watched a NHK Drama Ooku season 2 for the first time. It was different from the Ooku I know.

2023.10.2

It was fine but rather cool.　

The sunset became earlier day by day.

From today the new morning drama started. It is about the very famous Japanese singer,

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

I started preparing the new 101st ebook.

I got the invitation tickets for the exhibition I have been looking for.

2023.10.1

A new month has started. October is jugatsu (10月 or 十月) or Kanna zuki (神無月) in Japanese.

It is the time to change clothings though

it is still hot unbelievably.   

I went to the nearby shrine as the first day of the month ritual. 

After that I went grocery shopping.

At night I watched a movie on TV. It was one of the movies I missed.

2023.9.30

It was fine.

I wore Kimono and went to Kimono-Style Miya to have my hair set, make up, dressed up and pictures taken in front of Nihonmaru.

Then I went to Nihonbashi to see the Kimono fashion show and had afternoon tea and visited shrines.

At Mitsukoshi Department Store I listened to the pipe organ.

At night I held the Bilingal Fortune Sharing Tea Party,

It was fun to talk about good things with friends.

I published the 100th ebook finally.