2024.3.30

It was fine.

I wore Kimono and went to Kimono Style Miya to have my hair set and dressed up.

I went to shrines and temples.

And I went to see my friends from high school tennis club and had afternoon tea.

After that we went to JICA Yokohama and learned about Emigration.

We took a walk and enjoyed seeing cherry blossoms and tulips.

At night I held the 31st fortune sharing tea party.

It was a nice day.

2024.3.29

It was raining heavily like typhoon in the morning.

It became fine in the afternoon.

I was rather busy at work doing new things and changing the desks too.

After work I went to post office to send a  letter pack.

After that I went to a Japanese family restaurant to have dinner with a colleague who left the office yesterday.

We enjoyed eating, drinking, and talking for three hours.

March is the end of the Academic year. From next week the new academic year will start.

Today was the last day for NHK's morning drama.

From next week the new one will start too.

2024.3.28

It was cloudy and cold.

Today I stayed and worked at home.

It is the last day for my colleague.

Though I could not see her today I will have dinner with her tomorrow.

After work I cooked beef stew after a long tiime.

 I prepared kimono for the weekend.

2024.3.27

It was fine.

Mt Fuji looked so beautiful.

After work when I got home I received the redelivered goods which was  a souvenir from the American Friend's son whom I guided last Sunday.

At night I attended the zoom seninar about luck and fortune. It lasted longer than I expected.

I attended another zoom seminar.

2024.3.26

It was another cold rainy day.

I sent some messages today.

One is about the seminar this weekend. The instructor seemed to forget sending the details, so he appreciated my email. 

He sent me the data and I am printing.  

The other was about a spoofed message about Facebook comment. He also informed people about it.

Another was from a college friend about pictures I sent recently. 

At night I prepared the Kimono for this weekend.

2024.3.25

It was a cold rainy day.

Though it is the full moon we cannot see it  unfortunately.

Today I left my smart phone behind at home though I brought the old one which I use for alarm and watching SNS.

After work I went some places and did grocery shopping too.

There is only one week left before the new academic and fiscal year.

How fast time flies!

2024.2.24

It was cloudy in the morning, and began raining in the afternoon.

I wore kimono and went to Kimono Style Miya to have my hair set, dressed up, and pictures taken.

I went to shrines and temples.

After that I went to Sakuragicho to see my old friend from the university and my first American friend's son, niece and nephews.

First we went to have blow fish lunch.

Second me went to the park to see cherry blossoms but unfortunately we could not see any.

After that I took them to the shrines and temples.

And we took a bus to the Yamashita park to enter the Gundam Factory, but since there was a long waiting line and we gave up entering.

Another nephew of my friend got together and we went to the trick art museum and enjoyed.

There we said good bye and my friend and I came home.

I had a zoom session at night.

It was a fruitful Sunday.

2024.3.23

It was a cold rainy day.

After all I stayed at home all day long.

In the evening I attended a zoom session of Heart Gram and Child Gram. 

I took the first monitor session about two years ago. Recently I had a chance to do it partially and know about the Child Gram. And my friend offered me to try. Since I decided to stay at home, we did the session today.

There are 25 questions and you need to answer yes or no instinctly. When answer is yes, it will be categorized into either one of five groups: Dog, Angel, Ant, Grasshopper, and Judge.

  

There were slight changes between two years ago and now.

I set my third and fourth grades when were the worst years of my school life for Child Gram.  There were some changes between now and then.

However I felt the tendency of my personality.

My friend and I have the same background of having been an English teacher at junior high school, so we felt sympathy.

It was a fun experience.

2024.3.22

It was fine.

There was a big event at work. We have this event twice in a year. I am glad it went well.

Besides this my section is very busy at this time of the year for paper work.

It is a season of the end of academic year and fiscal year.So there are many personnel changes too. 

We get shocked when we know someone that we can rely will leave for other places.

And we are worried who would come next, how long it would take until we can get used to the next circumstances.

In our section my colleague who started working together will leave at the end of month and someone new will come from April.

2024.3.21

It was fine but very cold, and Mt.Fuji looked so beautiful.

 

There was an earthquake in the morning.

I was busy at work and overworked for an hour.

After coming home I cooked supper and dessert.

At night I attended a zoom event. I entered late, but at the breakout room a leader followed up and I understand the missing part. It was nice to see some friends there.

2024.3.20

Today is a national holiday called shunbun no hi (春分の日), Vernal Equinox Day. It is a day when the length of Day time and Night time are equal.

It is also one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. Last one was keichitsu (啓蟄) on March 5 and the next one is seimei (清明) on April 4.

It is also known as the New Year Day of the Universe.

 

It was fine at first, became cloudy, rainy, sleet, and became fine again, but very cold.

I wore kimono and headed for Hie jinja (日枝神社) shrine first and got together 5 people.

We went to Hotel New Otani to have lunch and enjoyed eating, drinking, talking, and listening to diagnosis of personality based on birthdate, birth place, blood type, the order of birth of children, and so on.

After that we walked around the Japanese Garden.

After saying good bye to them I went to Shinjuku to see the theater play. I saw two plays. Both were good.

After that my friend and I went out for dinner.

On my way home I took a wrong train.

It was a nice holiday.

2024.3.19

It was cloudy and cold.

I stayed and worked at home.

I have had a back pain so I feel lucky to be able to stay home and save commuting time.

There was a big news about negative interest rate cancellation. It's been 17 years since the interest rate was raised last.

I prepared Kimono for this weekend, but may wear tomorrow too.

2024.3.18

It was fine.   

I have had a backpain.

I was  rather busy at work.

On my way home I dropped at a convenient store. Every I drive the same route. But the place I thougit was different one.

One of the TV program was over. There was an unexpected ending.

2024.3.17

Happy St.Patrick Day!

21 years ago I was in the Northern Ireland to see St. Patrick Day.

Today I just wore Green sweater.

It was fine but windy today.

I have had a back pain since yesterday.

I went out for lunch with my friend. I am glad to talk with her and have cake.

At night I attened a zoom seminar.

2024.3.16

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

Today's biggest news was the opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga of 125km. It's been a 50 years dream.

There were big earthquakes on New Year's Day.

So I hope this good news will bring many tourists to Noto area to reconstruct.

I read a book I received yesterday.

At night I attended a monthly seminar.

2024.3.15

It was fine.

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

I was rather busy at work and overworked for an hour or so.

On my way home I went grocery shopping.

From today present campaign of the117th ebook started. I got some feed back.

Today is 

Tenshabi (天赦日), 

Ichiryu manbaibi (一粒万倍日) 

and Tora no hi (寅の日).

One of the best  day of 2024.

What did you do?

I got a book from Mr. Ken Honda.

2024.3.14

It was fine and warm.

March 14 is known as White Day in Japan.

It is a day when boys and men give sweets to girls and women who gave them chocolates on St. Valentine's Day.

I was surprised to receive sweets from my boss and colleague though I only gave them a piece of chocolate. They said "Thank you for the souvenirs always."

I only distribute small presents whenever I go somewhere.

I thought it is a good time to show appreciation on this day.

Today I published the 117th ebook.

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

Thank you, thank you. thank you.

2024.3.13

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

The best part of remote work is to be able to save commuting time.

I could eat dinner earlier than usual.

At night I made the 117th ebook.

2024.3.12

It was a cold rainy day.

I felt lucky that we could go out for lunch yesterday under the good weather, and that we have a cafeteria at work and don't have to go out under the bad weather.

After work I went to the gas station to have my car filled up. To my lucky they gave me a bag of snacks.

Present campaign of the No.number 116 was over.

I hope you enjoy.

2024.3.11

It was fine.

It's been 13 years since the Great East Earthquake happened.

It is one of the days that most Japanese people cannot forget.

Many things had been changed since then.

I went out for lunch with three colleagues who started working there last year.

I asked today's pasta, and they answered cabbage peperoncine. So I ordered omu hayashi and rice. When my colleague's today's pasta arrived, there were many raw ham were on the top. I was shocked because raw ham is my favorite.

We had a good timd to have lunch, talk, and work around the garden.

2024.3.10.

It was fine.

I went to hiking with 6 friends of high school.  We climbed up mountains and visited shrine and temple.

Mt. Fuji looked so beautiful.

After hiking we went to have lunch at a soba noodle restaurant.

After that I visited shrines and bought seaweed and came home.

At night there was a zoom meeting.

2024.3.9

It was fine.

I went to the car dealer to have my car inspected which is the obligation of car owner once in every two years.

After that I went grocery shopping.

After that I went to another shop to buy stationery.

After coming home I cooked dinner.

I watched two recorded movies. 

2024.3.8

It was very cold.

It was cloudy, became fine in the afternoon, and slightly rained at night.

I stayed at home and worked until 15:30 and headed for Iidabashi to attend the monthly meeting.

After that I went to Shinjuku to see the projection mapping of weekday version at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building with my friend.

After that we went to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

It was a nice day.

2024.3.7

It was fine, but cold.

They say it would snow tomorrow.

From today free promotion of the 116th ebook started.

I informed about it by Facebook posts, direct messages by messenger and Line messages.

Some friends gave me replies with their impression of the book.

I am glad to hear that.

To my surprise there was the delivery by Post Office at night. It was a present from the company which stocks I have had since I took over from my father. 

I booked another bus tour next month.

I am looking forward to going.

2024.3.6

It was a cold rainy day.

At this season our section is very busy.

I published the 116th ebook, and to my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Since today is the day of snake which is close related with money, I decided to apply for the trip next month using 500 yen off coupon, buy some clothings using nearly 3000 yen off points and free shipping charge, order monthly healthy goods using the points, and so on.

There was a sales call about discount of telephone and Internet charge, but I decided not to accept.

2024.3.5

It was a cold rainy day.

Today is Keichitsu (啓蟄), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was usui (雨水) on February 19 and the next one is shunbun (春分) on March 20.

Keichitsu means the term when insects icrawl out from the soil.

Today my colleague was off and I did some work she is in charge after a long time. It took time because I don't usually do.

At night I produced my 116th ebook.

There was a zoom session of calender reading.

2024.3.4

It was fine. 

They say the Nikkei Stock Average exceeded 40,000 which is the highest in history.

Today I received the stockholder benefit.There were four categories, quantity up to 100 and more than 500, and length less than 3 years or more than 3 years.

The more and longer stocks you have, the more presents you get.

What is your asset building strategy?

Deposit and savings at banks?

Stock investment?

National bond?

Cooperate bond?

FX?

Real Estate investment?

Crypt assets?

I think it's better to have different ways both in your country and other country.

2024.3.3

It was fine.

March 3 is known as Joshi no sekku (上巳の節句) or Hina matsuri (ひなまつり), Dolls Festival or Girl's Festival. Families with daughters decorates dolls and eat chirashi zushi (ちらし寿司), clam clear soup, hina arare (ひなあられ), hishimochi (菱餅) and so on.

March 3 is also known as mimi no hi (), Day of ears.

I had a zoom meeting in the morning.

After lunch I went to Yokohama to see a Japanese movie "Perfect Days"  and went to Sugita to have my hair cut and perm.

At night I had another zoom session.

2024..3.2

It was fine.

I got up early to get on the 5:26 train to go to Shinjuku to attend a bus tour from 7:30.

There were  35 participants. There were three places to visit: Hina dolls festival at Makabe, Tsukuba Plum Blossom Garden, and Tsukuba jinja shrine.

All were good.

After coming back to Shinjuku I went to the Metropolitan Government Office to see the guinness world records projection mapping. There were two versions.

In between I went up to the 45th floor observatory.

On my way back I attended the zoom events.

It was a fruitful day.

2024.3.1

It was cloudy and became rain.

A new month has started. March is sangatsu (3月 or 三月) or yayoi (弥生) in Japanese.

I changed plants, rice and salt of the in−house shrine and 5 dishes of mounted salt and I went to the nearby shrine before going to work as rituals of the first day of the month.

After work I went to a supermarket to buy some foods.

I saw the garlic from Spain for the first time.

To my glad my 115th ebook became No.1 in the USA.

I watched a movie on TV and while I was watching the second one, I fell asleep.