2024.12.23

It was fine.

To my glad my 148th ebook became No.1 in Australia, too.

On my way home I went to the gas station to fill up my car. Price is getting higher and higher.

Tomorrow I take a Medical checkup. So I needed to check some documents. There were some difficult questions such as the names of hospitals I went to a long time ago.

At night I attended a zoom session organized by my friend. This was the 49th gathering.

2024.12.22

It was fine in the morning and became cloudy.

I walked to Miurakaigan and took trains to Higashizushi via Kurihama.

Six of us from high school classmates got together and climbed Mt.Futago.

We have walked for four hours and had lunch.

This was the 6th meeting this year. 

I published the 149th ebook.

2024.12.21

It was fine in the morning but windy in the afternoon and rained.

Today is toji (冬至), one of 24 sekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. Last one was taisetsu (大雪) on December 7 and the next one is shokan (小寒) on January 5.

Toji literally means winter reach.  It is the day when daytime is the shortest and the night is the longest.

They say it is the start of the new year.

I went to Kitakurihama to take the MOS Excel examination in the morning. To my glad I passed by perfect points.

After that I went grocery shopping.

In the evening I attended a zoom meeting.

After eating supper I attended two zoom events.

I submitted the draft of 149th ebook.

2024.12.20

It was fine.

From today present campaign started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

I am looking for the comments.

There were two movies( one for Japanese, the other for American）onon TV, but while watching I fell asleep. 

They were rather old, and the actor and actress were young.

I paid the community fee, but I did not check the receipt soon.  When I put in the file, I noticed it was wrong. I should have confirmed it soon.

2024.12.18

It was fine.

I watched a TV drama I missed last week by smartphone.

I attended the zoom gathering of the study group.

I watched another TV program which ended tonight.

I am preparing for the 148th ebook.

2024.12.17.

It was fine.

It was the last day for my 147th ebook promotion. It became No.1 in the USA and Japan, and No.5 in India.

I started preparing the 148th ebook. There are about 500 pictures, and I chose about 150.

I am going to publish three more ebooks this year.

I am planning the event next month.

2024.12.16

It was fine.

We arrived at Yokohama at 5:13, earlier than schedule.

There was no taxi waithng at the station, and I walked home.

I saw the beautiful fullmoon.

I stayed and worked at home today.

2024.12.15

In the morning I attended the bimonthly morning service at the Tenkawadaibenzaitensha shrine.

After having breakfast I walked around for an hour.

I was sent to the bus stop and went to Dorokawa Hot Spring and visited Ryusenji temple.

There were other places I wanted to visit but it was after snow and I gave up.

I went to Kashihara jingu shrine by trains. I climbed up the Mt.Unebi, 199.2 m.

I came back to Osaka and had dinner and went to the hotel to pick up the suitcase.

I enjoyed the open air garden.

I took a night bus at 21:45.

It was a nice trip.

2024.12.14

It was cloudy in the morning, became rain and sleet, and became fine and cloudy again.

I checked out the hotel around 6:30 and headed for Murooryuketsu jinja shrine.

There was only once an hour bus there. There was nothing besides shrine so that I desided to visit Amanoiwado and Okumiya too. Since they were located about 1.2km away on the mountain it was rather hard to go there.

Next destination was Muroji temple

There was only once an hour bus. Since Okunoin was on the top of Mountain mountain, it was hard to climbed up and I missed the bus. 

I visited the park nearby.   

The third destination was Oomiwa jinja shrine where I have wanted to visit for a long time. I was escorted there. It was a nice visit.

I took trains and a bus to come to Tenkawa daibenzaitensha shrine. 

I was surprised to see snow.

2024.12.13

It was fine.

I took a day off to attend Mr.Hiroto Fujimoto's memorial lecture for the third book in Osaka.

I visited Horikoshi jinja shrine and Shitennoji temple before attending the event.

Dinner provided was so nice.

After the event we visited Shitennoji temple. The 13th moon was beautiful.

After that four of us went to Tsutenkaku and enjoyed dinner.

It was a nice day. 

2024.12.12

It was fine and cold.

I took an hour off.

After coming home, I had supper and walked to the station to get on 18:14 train.

I arrived at Shinagawa around 19:30.

I could not pass the Smart EX ticket gate. I registered Suica number but I used the Pasmo today. So I needed to change the registration.

I felt relieved that I had enough time at the Shinagawa station.

I got a pet bottle of tea for service of Puratto Kodama plan.

I took a shinkansen bound for Shin Osaka at 20:04 and arrived at 23:39.

2024.12.11

It was fine.

I published the 147th ebook.

I noticed that one picture was not appeared. So I revised but still the same.

I don't know why this happens. 

After coming home I prepared for the baggage from tomorrow.

I hope it will be fine when I travel.

2024.12.10

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

At night there was an award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize.

I have studied about Peace Education since June this year. So I feel this award winning of Hidankyo has special meaning to talk about the World Peace.

I watched two TV dramas which ended tonight. I liked the one broadcast by NHK very much.

2024.12.9

It was fine but cold.

My 146th ebook became No.1 in the USA and Japan.

After walk I went grocery shopping. I was not going to buy a lot but I did.

I cooked stew.

I was going to do something but fell asleep.

2024.12.8

It was fine.

I started making the 147th ebook.

Free promotion of No.146th ebook started.

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

In the afternoon I went to Yokohama to attend a meeting. 

It's been a while I attended the meeting last time.

To my surprise the supermarket at the Hinodecho station has been closed since the end of October.

After the meeting I visited Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan Yokohama branch temple after the last meeting.

At night there was a calendar reading zoom seminar.

2024.12.7

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

Today is taisetsu(大雪), one of 24 sekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms.Last one was shosetsu (小雪) on November22 and the next one is toji (冬至) on December 21.

Taisetsu literary means big snow.

There was the 6th PLTE graduation ceremony of the International Women's Peace Group. As a representative of Tokyo branch, I received the certificate. They say there are more than 150 graduates in Global 10 team but there were only two in Japan.

I prepared kimono for the next Friday. 

I started sorting the pictures of my 147th, 148th, and 149th ebooks.

I made reservations for the trip to Ise at the new year of the luner calendar next year.

2024.12.6

It was fine.

There was an accident at the nearest intersection, and another on my way to the office in the morning, and I could not reach at the office by 8:45.

At night I watched a movie on TV.

There was a sad news, a singer and actress Miho Nakayama, 54 years old, was found dead in her bathroom today.

Yesterday Japanese Sake Brewing was registered as the 23rd Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO since 2022.

2024.12.5

It was fine.

Today was the last day for my 144th ebook promotion.

145th preent became No.1 in the USA and Japan.

To my glad the 146th ebook became Ｎo.1 in Japan.

At night I planned the route of Nara trip.

2024.12.4

It was fine. 

I saw very interesting clouds in the morning. At night I saw the beautiful venus and the crescent moon.

Today present campaign of the 145th ebook started. To my glad 144th and 145th ebooks became No.1 and No.2 in Japan.

My 146th ebook is released today.

Since today is Day of Tiger when is good time to use money, I transferred money for the event and test and booked the tranportation of the next trip.

2024.12.3

It was fine and rather warm.

I stayed and worked at home.

I saw the beautiful sunset.

After work I have been thinking where and how to visit in Nara next weekend. Main place is decided, and there are a few buses. So it is rather hard.

While watching TV, I fell asleep.

2024.12.2

It was fine.  

There was a fire service training in the morning. They say it's been five years since it was done last.

There were many mails today including mochu postcards and calendars which are very seasonable.

I could receive the redelivery goods. It was a heater which is compact and powerful and I like it.

I started preparing the next ebook.

2024.12.1

It was fine.

I published the 145th ebook.

After the first day ritual, I went to the nearby shrine and went to Kamioooka.

December 1 is Day of Movie.

I went to see two Japanese movies. It is a series of TV dramas after 20 years or so.

Usually to see a movie costs yen2000 but on Day of movie you can see at yen1000.

I watched the one for free for stock owners.

Today is the new moon when is a good time to think of goals.

2024.11.30

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

I prepared for the 145th ebook.

Present campaign of 144th ebook started.

To my glad it became No.1 in Japan.

And the 143th ebook is No.2 in Japan.

In the evening there was a monthly meeting of IWPG Tokyo branch.

At night I held the 39th Bilingual Fortune Sharing Tea Party. There were only three but we enjoyed talking about traveling.