2024.9.30

The last day of September.

To my glad my 134th ebook became No.1　in Japan.

There was a strange thing happened in my car. I don't know why and how and when but a swarrow was in my car.

On my way home I went to a gas station to fill up my car. I happened to see the fireworks.

At night I had the 37th bilingal fortune sharing Tea Party by zoom.

I ordered a Nohana Calendar.

2024.9.29

It was a raiy day.

I stayed at home all day long.

 

Present campaign of the 133rd ebook was over, and the 134th ebook is released.

I received the backpack I ordered the other day. I am looking forward to the next trip.

From today I ate the new rice produced in Chiba.

2024.9.28

It was cloudy.

I attended a webinar in the morning and prepared the next ebook.

I left home before lunch and headed for Atsugi to have Afternoon Tea with my friend. The place is in the 4th year anniversary and offering the special menu.

After that we visited the Atsugi shrine and crossed the bridge over the Sagami river.

I went to Yokohama to buy a ticket for October travel and to visit some places.

I came home around 9 pm and watched a movie on TV.

2024.9.27

It was a rainy day.

There was a big event at work in the afternoon.

Usually I watch the NHK's morning drama "Tora ni tsubasa (虎に翼) " on TV after lunch. But I ate earlier for the preparation of the event and watched it by NHK Plus on the smartphone while eating. Today was the last time of the series. It was a nice drama about the first woman judge in Japan.

At lunch I was the first one and I could choose shine muscat and peach for dessert.

In Japan there was a big event too. There was the LDP presidential election. There were 9 candidates which was the largest ever. At the first round candidates became two and there was the second round. Mr.Shigeru Ishiba was elected.

At nigh I watched two movies on TV.

2024.9.26

It was fine, but cool.

There were many things to do at work. And I got many ''Thank you."

At night I watched a TV drama which ended tonight. It was a remake of a Korean drama. So there were something different.

I got a message and attended a zoom gathering which happens once a month.

The host was joining from the Haneda Airport because she has just come back from Shikoku visiting 22 temples of 88 temples. She said it is one of the sixths tours circulating 88 temples.

We decided to invite the instructor who gave lectures in the Lake Towada next March.

I saw facebook posting of my power spot meister friend's having completed visiting 100 Kannon temples.Congratulations!

2024.9.25

It was rainy and cool.

They say it would be hot again tomorrow.

I was rather busy at work. 

So I was going to work at home tomorrow but canceled.

There are two peaks in my work, in Spring and Fall. There are many paperworks and events.  

 

For me it is interesting to know the cultural differences.

Today we thought of names and dates.

In Japan our name usually consists of surname and given name in order.

But children from international family have middle names in between.

However in some culture there is only one name and there is no family name. 

It is very difficult to have one form to fulfill every case.

Regarding dates the Japanese way of saying is the order of the year, month, day.

But in some culture they start from day, to month and year. In other culture they say the order of month, day, year.

If the day is bigger than 13, there is no problem. But if the day is from 1 to 12, there are two possibilities. So we'd better try to write the month by name such as January, February, March,  and so on.

How about in your country?

2024.9.24

It was fine and a bit cool.

Since the dinning room is closed today, and tomorrow I needed to bring lunch.

I was rather busy at work.

After work I went grocery shopping. Finally I could buy the new rice. It was rather expensive as news say. It was nearly yen 3000 for 5kg.

From today my 133rd ebook campaign started.

2024.9.23

It was fine and rather cool.

Today is a transferred holiday, and the last day of the three day weekend.

There is a saying ”Atsusa samusa mo higan made (暑さ寒さも彼岸まで)" in Japanese. 

It means heat and cold will last until Equiox week. It seems right.

During equinox week we usually visit the graveyard of our ancestors.

But this year I stayed at home and did not go out at all.

There were many things to do, but I only completed a little bit.

I could relax and enjoy watching some TV programs today.

2024.9.22

It was fine and hot.

Today is shubun (秋分), autumnal equinox. It is the day that the length of day and night is equal.

I stayed at home and in the morning watched the archive program I missed last night.

My 132nd present campaign was over and I published the 133rd ebook.

Today was senshuraku (千秋楽) of the grand sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo. Sekiwake O no sato (関脇　大の里) became a champion by 13 to 2. He will be promoted to Ozeki (大関) by the fastest record of 9th tournament. Congratulations!!

2024.9.21

It was fine and hot, and rather windy.

I stayed at home all day long.

Today my 132nd ebook became No.1 in the USA.

In the morning I read an ebook I got by Kindle unlimited.

In the afternoon I received the book I ordered before releasing and read it at a time. It was released on September 18. There were two parts. It was interesting and informative.

At night I attended a zoom seminar which was interesting and inspirational.

2024.9.20

It was fine and hot.

There was a historical achievement by basebball player Shohel Ohtani, 51 steals vs 51 home runs. Congratulations!!

I attended the online LGBTQ training in the afternoon.

I have been busy at work and overworked for a while.

There will be a three day weekend.

2024.9.19

It was fine and hot in the day time, and rained heavily with thunder, but became fine again.

I was rather busy at work.

I overworked for half an hour.

The sunset became earlier and when I got out it was already dark. Though it is still hot, the season is moving to fall.

Today I got the result of health check I took last month. It was not good. I need to take the one again in three months. I need to take care of myself more.

2024.9.18

It was fine and hot.

I stayed and worked at home all day long.

Today is the full moon.

I happened to see the advertisement of mystery boat tour in October.which cost yen 5,800. It seems interesting, but unforunately it is not availble for the weekend.

I enjoyed reading the comment after telling the present campaign.

2024.9.17

It was fine and hot.

Yesterday I published the 132nd ebook. To my glad it became No.1 in Japan.

To show my appreciation I present this book just for 5 days.

Tonight is the harvest moon. I saw the beautiful moon.

Tomorrow is the fullmoon.

2024.9.16

It was fine and hot.

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

According to the statistics there are 36,250,000 people who are over 65 years old which is 29.3% of all the population.  There are 12,900,000 people who are over 80 years old which is10.4% of all the population. Japan is the top of senior population among developed countries.

One fourths of them are still working, and 50% of people aged from  65 to 69 years are still working.

They say US TV series "Shogun" produced by Hiroyuki Sanada got 18 Emmy awards. Congratulations!! 

Today I published the 132nd ebook.

2024.9.15

It was fine and hot.

I make it a rule to visit the nearby shrine on the 1st day and the 15th day of the month. Usually I go there before going to work but today is Sunday, so I went there in the evening.

After that I went grocery shopping.

My 131st book campaign was over.

 I submitted the draft of the 132nd ebook.

At night there was a zoom session of sacred place visiting.

2024.9.14

It was fine and hot.

I got up early and headed for Ueno to attend the Mimarukane taisai (巳成金大祭) festival at 10 AM.

After that I headed for Sakuragicho to attend a seminar after a long interval.

It lasted for two hours.

After the seminar I went to Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan temple after three months or so.

I took a bus and went to NHK Yokohama to see the exhibitions of morning drama, Tora ni tsubasa (虎に翼) and taiga drama, Hikaru kimi e (光る君へ). It was interesting.

I walked to the China town, and bought sweets and corn tea.

I decided to go to a Chinese restaurant I used to go.

At night there was the 12th zoom gathering of the online school I attended three years ago. This is the last event. I am glad to attend.

It was an eventful day.

2024.9.13

It was fine and hot.

I am getting busier at work these days.

There are two three day weekend in September.

I feel like going somewhere but there are something I should do. So I would stay at home.

I happened to find a nice JR pass, so I may travel in October.

2024.9.12

It was fine and hot.

The sunset time has become earlier.

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There were many things at work.

I overworked for half an hour and when I came out, the sun has already set.

However it is still hot.

 

My 131st ebook became No.1 in the Netherland and the USA. 

2024.9.11

It was fine and hot.

It's been 23 years since the 911 happened.

But I did not hear any news about it. 

The only news from the USA was TV presidential debate.

I talked with friends over the phone after two years.

 

My 131st ebook became No.1 in Japan.

2024.9.10

It was fine and hot.

There were many things to do at work.

After work my colleague and I went to see the Fudo waterfall.

After that I went tn the banks and shops.

My 131st book present campaign has started. I hope you enjoy.

2024.9.9

It was fine and hot during the daytime but rained in the night.

September 9 is known as Choyo no sekku (重陽の節句) or Chrysanthemum Festival, which is one of five seasonable festivals.

They say today is September 9, Showa 99 if you count by Showa era.

I stayed and worked at home from 8:45 to 15:30 and took two hours off to attend monthly meeting.

I used the last ticket of the Seishun 18 kippu from Kurihama to Kanda, vice verse.

After the meeting I met my friend and had dinner.

I published the 131st ebook today.

2024.9.8

It was fine and hot.

I stayed at home mostly but visited my neighbor in the afternoon. They gave me some buns. I brought a book about her and asked the autograph.　

I washed and cleaned.

I prepared publishing the 131st ebook which is about my trip to Aomori.

At night I attended a zoom seminar about calendar reading.

　

2024.9.7

It was fine.

Today is Hakuro (白露), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 Solar terms. Last one was shosho (処暑) on August 22, and the next one is shubun (秋分) on September 22.

In the morning I went to the nearby shrine to prepare the annual festival which 

happened after 5 years.

After that I went to Matsuda to visit two waterfalls with my frliend. Both were vey nice.

To my lucky I could take pictures of Diamond Fuji.

We ate sushi for dinner.

It was a nice day. 

2024.9.6

It was fine and hot.

Since I was on a business trip yesterday, there were many paperworks.

The sunset was so beautiful that I stopped at Tateishi to to take pictures.

 The time of sunset became earlier day by day.

At night I watched two movies on TV.

2024.9.5

It was fine.

I left home before 7AM to attend a meeting in Tachikawa at 10AM.  It lasted for two hours.

After that I visited the Polar Science Museum nearby. It was interestiog.

I went to Ginza to see an art exhibition. I met a friend there. 

I went to Shin Sugita to have my hair cut and perm after two months.

I had dinner at a noodle shop.

 

It was an eventful day.

2024.9.4

It was fine and not so hot.

I was rather busy at work.

Present campain of No.130 ebook has begun.

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

I am enjoying communication with friends after informing.

Recently I knew my neighbor's life story was published, and I bought it.  I finally read it. It was about war time story. I did not know about most of her life story. It was a nice opportunity to know about her.

It is POD, Print on Demand which is good.

2024.9.3

It rained heavily early in the morning.

It was cloudy and cool. They say it will be cool tomorrow, but be hot again in the weekend.

This was the hottest sunmer.

I stayed and worked at home.

I cooked at night.

Today is the new moon. It is a good time to think of wishes. I have started writing 10 wishes on the notebook since January 2017 and today is the last page. For the past 7 years and a half, main goals are almost the same. Isn't it interesting?

2024.9.2

It was fine.

Today is a day of Tsuchi no 

to mi, day of snake which happens every 60 days. It has close relationship with money,

I published the 130th ebook. It is about my trip to Kinkasan this year in July.

Thy say that if you visit Kinkasan for  three years straight, you would never be in need of money for the rest of your life.

Isn't it a good timing?

There was a lot of things to do at work.

I received the mail order goods.

2024.9.1

A new month has started.

September is kugatsu (9月, 九月) or nagatsuki (長月) in Japanese.

There will be an annual festival of the nearby shrine next week. Therefore there was a community work of cleaning of the shrine precinct in the morning.

After that it started raining.

There are something to do on the first day of the month. 

After coming home I changed the plant, rice, salt, and water of the in-house shrine, which is one of them.  I also changed 5 mounted salt, which is the other of them.

I posted the monthly calendar reading, which is another of them.

To visit the shrine is also very important event.  And I did when I went to clean the precinct.

After lunch I headed for the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace in Yotsuya to have Afternoon Tea.  My friend came late. She kindly treated me.

 

So I treated her supper instead.

It was a nice visit.

At night I attened a zoom session.

It was a nice start of the month.