2025.2.22

It was fine and became cloudy and became fine again.

It is the first day of three day weekend.I stayed at home all day long.

Present campaign of the 157th ebook was over.

I started preparing the 158th ebook.

There was a monthly meeting of IWPG Tokyo branch.  Half of participants were from Korea. It was a nice meeting.

2025.2.21

It was fine.

Clouds in the  morning and evening were so interesting.

At night I attended a monthly zoom meeting.

I booked the beauty salon on Sunday in the evening after going to see the plum festival.

We have a three day weekend from tomorrow.

2025.2.20

It was fine.

Mt. Fuji looked beautiful.

I realized that I forgot bringing the office PC on my way to work and came back home to pick it up. I was afraid of being late, but to my lucky I was in time.

Today is taian (大安), good day for doing anything so that I started using some applications, invested to something my friend recommended, posted the first article to the application I installed recently.

At night there were two meetings.

2025.2.19

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

 

In the afternoon there was an annual festival at the nearby shrine and I changed the lunch time and went to see  it. I am glad to see it.

I got a good information today too.

I'd better take a chance.

2025.2.18

It was fine.

Today is usui (雨水), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was risshun (立春) on February 3, and the next one will be keichitsu (啓蟄) on March 5.

Usui literally means rain water. It is the time when snow changes to rain and snow starts melting.

However weather forecast says it will be cold from tomorrow again. 

There were lots of work today too.

Usually I stay inside during office hours. Today I had a chance to go out to the post in the afternoon. Weather was fine and I felt good.

From today I started earning points through ANA pocket. Since today is ichiryu manbaibi, I hope to get enough points to fly around the world by the First class.

2025.2.17

It was fine.

There were lots of work at office.

From this evening present campaign of the  157th ebook has started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

At night I attended a zoom event but could not concentrate.

　

Yesterday I had my event and met 10 friends and got good information. I felt good information comes from mouth of people.

2025.2.16

It was cloudy but became fine.

I published the 157th ebook.

I got up early to wear kimono and went to Ushitenjin Kitano Jinja shrine to attend the 43rd Plum Festival with friends. We enjoyed having tea, sweet sake, pork soup, and getting special red stamp with plum wind and sweets.

Two of them left there, and four of us visited four more shrines and had tea and headed for Shinjuku.

I had Afternoon Tea with seven friends. 90 minutes passed quickly and we enjoyed talking and eating.

After that I had dinner with a friend.

After saying goodbye, unexpected thing happened to her, and we met again.

I attended two zoom events on my way back.

It was a nice day.

2025.2.15

It was fine.

I slept long.

I stayed at home all day long. 

In the afternoon I started making the 157th ebook about my Trip to Chichibu where I went to last Tuesday. I took so many pictures. There are similar pictures, but there are slight differences.

It was hard to choose.

At night I attended a zoom seminar for 3 hours.

2025.2.14

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello.

How are you?

How do you spend St.Valentine's Day?

In Japan girls and women used to give chocolates to boys and men they like. But it seems they buy more expensive chocolates for themselves these days.

There were many paperworks today at office. 

I attended a zoom laughter yoga session at night.It's been a lNg time since I did laughter yoga.

2025.2.13

It was fine.

There were lots of paperworks at office after a national holiday and a remote work day.

There was a zoom gathering of Peace Education at night. There was a Korean, so I said "Good evening" in Korean. She was very impressed to hear that. She said that word is like "Hello" and could be used in the morning and afternoon and night. 

To know foreign languages is a good way to understand each other.

I got a replacement of heater which had a problem.

2025.2.12

It was cloudy.

I stayed and worked at home.

At night I attended two zoom events.

Though it is the fullmoon tonight it is cloudy. I saw the beautiful moon yesterday.

To my glad my 156th ebook is No.1 in Japan.

2025.2.11

It was fine and cold.

Today is a national holiday called Kenkoku kinen no hi (建国記念の日), National Foundation Day.

I got up early to get on the 7:03 train to go to Yokoze. From there my friend and I took one day bus tour to visit three icicle places in Chichibu from 11:30AM to 7PM.

First we had lunch. Next we visited Onouchi valley. It was fantastic. We crossed the suspension bridge.

Next we went to Misotsuchi where I visited on February 10, 2019.

We visited sake brewing place. Though we could not see the factory but enjoyed tasting and shopping.

Finally we went to Ashigakubo where was lighten up.

It was a very nice tour and cost yen 10000.

I came home before midnight.

 

2025.2.10

It was fine and Mt.Fuji looked beautiful.

There were lots of paperwork at work.

Cafeteria was closed today so that I had to bring lunch.

At night there was a zoom session. It was interesting. But I am not sure if I do or not.

My 156th ebook became No.1 in Japan.

2025.2.9

It was fine.

I had two zoom sessions in the morning and one session in the night.

There was bad internet connection and I could not listen well in the morning.

I stayed at home all day long.

I saw the beautiful evening sky.

I made the 156th ebook and it was published. It is about my 5th trip to Ise last month.

2025.2.8

It was fine and cold.

I stayed at home all day long.

There was a zoom meeting in the afternoon. It was almost the same as Thursday meeting but there was information about the campaign. So I am glad to attend.

I cleared the kimonos for the last trip and prepared for the next event.

At night I watched a movie on TV which I did not go to see at the theater because I was not interested in the part I.

  

I received the sweets for stock holder's chosen gift by re-re-delivery.

My 155th ebook campaign ended in the No.1 in the USA and Japan. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

2025.2.7

It was fine and windy. 

There were many paperworks today.

There was a dessert today.

At night I watched movies on TV but fell asleep in the second one. First one was for  the first time and the second one was many times I watched before.

I am glad that my 155th ebook became No.1 in the USA in the second section.

2025.2.6

It was fine but very cold.

I usuall eat lunch at Cafeteria.There are four or five main menus every day. It costs yen 700. We choose one main menu. We get rice, miso soup, side dish, pickles, salada, tea as much as we wish. If we are lucky we can get dessert. Today I could not get one unfortunately. 

I do not understand why they don't prepare the same amount dessert as main dish.

At night I had a zoom meeting of Peace Education which lasted longer than schedule.

I got an invitation of special exhibition of Ukiyoe at National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba.

To my glad my 155th ebook became No.1 in the USA.

2025.2.5

It was fine and windy and cold.

I stayed and worked at home.

Today is my teacher's 82nd birthday. She is the very first teacher of my primary school. I only went to the first school from April to December because my parents built their own house. After that I have contacted her by new year's card. When I became adult we met again, and I visited her several times.

I have written 10 years diary and knew it was her birthday.

So I called her after a long time. She looked fine. She has forgotten her birthday.  And she was glad to have my surprise call. 

At night I had a zoM meeting with my friend which was also nice.

I felt importance of communication.

2025.2.4

It was cloudy, snowy and fine.

In Hokkaido it snowed heavily and piled more than 120cm.

After work I went to ATMs and shopping.

At night I attended a zoom event.

My 155th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

2025.2.3

It was cloudy.

Today is risshun (立春), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms.

Last one was daikan (大寒) on January 20, and the next one is usui (雨水) on February 18.

Risshun literally means stand spring. It is the first day of spring and the start of the new year.

From today present campaign of 155th ebook started.To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

I went to the gas station to have my car filled up.

2025.2.2

It was a cold rainy day.

I got up early and went to Ueno to see the special exhibition of commemorating the 1150th Founding Anniverrary of Daigakuji Treasures of Daigakuji:From Imperial Villa to Buddhist Temple.

After that I went to Asakusa to see the Setsubun event. However it was too late.

To my lucky I could see the part of the event on my way back and got some beans.

I went to Ginza to see Hirono Nakamura's  Yakuryu2025 exhibition. I happened to see my friend there.

After that I went to Shibuya to see the after recording of the movie I attended as Extra last year.

I published the155th ebook. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2025.2.1

A new month has started.

February ir nigatsu (2月, 二月) or Kisaragi (如月) in Japanese.

It is the coldest month in a year.

I went to the nearby shrine for the first day visit.

After that I visited my teacher of Kimono wearing lesson at the Care Center near my place. I have not seen her for more than 30 years or so. Her husband wrote me to visit her but it seems she does not recognize me. She looked sad having nothing to do but sleep and eat.

I stayed there for an hour.

I went shopping.

At night I attended a zoom event.

I made the 155th ebook.

2025.1.31

It was fine.

There were many things to do on the last day of the month. 

One of them is to make a photo album of 20 pages by Nohana. I wanted to make a calendar too, but they say there are not fixed holidays yet and we can't make it yet.

The other is Fortune Sharing Bilingual Tea Party by zoom. There was something wrong with my PC, and I could not let my friend in to the new meeting set. I do not know why.

Besides thIs I had another zoom meeting from 7PM tonight. So I was rather busy.

I applied for the invitation trip in March.

2025.1.30

It was fine.

We arrived at Yokohama at 6:40 after stopping 4 PA/SA.

I came home around 8AM.

I stayed and worked at home.

I received return gifts of home town tax which I pressed the button twice by mistake and I paid double at two places.

Tomorrow is already the end of January.

How first time flies!

2025.1.29

Happy New Year!

The year of snake in the lunar calendar has begun.

I could spend the 5th new year's eve and new year's day in Ise.

Weather was fine and I could see the first sun rise of the year.

I got up early to attend the morning service, ate breakfast, changed to kimono, and checked out the hotel.

We went to Naigu to dedicate Okagura performance, had lunch, and visited the shrines again.

On our way back to the hotel we had sweet red been soup.

After coming back to the hotel I changed the clothing. To my glad my friend took me to the station. I had dinner.

Now I am getting on the night bus bound for Yokohawa.

It was a nice trip.

2025.1.28

It was cloudy and became fine.

I got up early to see the sunrise, but unfortunately it was cloudy.

After coming back to the hotel I wore kimono, checked out the hotel and visited shrines.

There was a shuttle bus and I went to the next hotel to leave the suitcase and went to Isuzugawa station and had lunch.

Meeting time was 12:30, but the chartered bus came earlier.  At 1PM the tour started. There were two buses and 60 people. It is nice to see old friends and make new friends.

At dinner to my lucky my teacher sat next to md.

And to my glad my 154 th ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

2025.1.27

I arrived at Ise around 9:35AM.

It was cloudy and became fine.

I went to hotel to leave suitcase.I found I lost a left glove somewhere.

I went to shrines and happened to see my friend. We went to have tea at a new shop.

I said good bye to my friend and headed for Takihara to visit some shrines. After all I hiked more than 10km.

There were no restaurant available for tonight.

At night I attended two zoom gatherings.

It was an eventful day.

2025.1,26

It was fine and Mt.Fuji was so beautiful.

I walked to the station listening to a zoom seminar.

First I left my suitcase at YCAT and went to China town and visited two parks and had tea.

Four of us enjoyed walking through the rose garden and along the seaside.

There was a new year's party of my high school classmates at a Chinese restaurant in China Town. There were 11 this year, and there were two tables.

We enjoyed talking and eating and drinking.

After that we walked to Noge, and I said good bye to them and headed for Aoyama 1 chome to see a new comedy which I got invitation.

It was interesting.

My friend and I had dinner.

After saying good bye to her I listen to a zoom seminar.

I came back to Yokohama to take a night bus to Mie at 22:55.

It was an eventful day.

2025.1.25

It was clouy and cold.

I stayed at home and attended four zoom events.

In the morning I attended Ken Honda's online seminar to accomplish the dream for three hours. It was a big international event and there was an English interpreter.

Soon after that I attended a short meeting.

From 6:30PM there was a monthly meeting of IWPG Tokyo branch. I was a speaker and I talked about my overseas publishing experience.

At night I attened a present seminar. It was an interesting topic.

From today my 154th present campaign has started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

2025.1.24

It was fine, but I could not see Mt. Fuji unfortunately.

There were many paperworks.

This morning I published the 154th ebook about hiking I went with my high school friends last March.This is a new series.

I attended a zoom seminar at night. There was something wrong with networking and PC and I needed to swich often.

I had a meeting to talk about tomorrow's

 monthly meetng and my presentation.

2025.1.23

It was fine, but I could not see Mt.Fuji.

I stayed and walked at home today.

I prepared the new book series which is about hiking.

The first book of the new series was a collection of the pictures I took when I hiked to Takeyama with my high school friends last March.

At night there was a zoom gathering of Peace Education.

2025.1.22

It was fine.

Mt.Fuji looked so beautiful that I went to take pictures.

There was a big news.  Ex−Baseball player Ichiro 51 years old was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the USA, which was the first Asian. They say it was 99.7% agree, and only 1 person was disagree. He said it was better than perfect. Congratulations!!

At night I had three zoom sessions. I learned many things from each session.

I got an invitation for the performance on Sunday which costs yen 20000 for two person. How lucky I am!

2025.1.21

It was fine.

They say it is the time of open the Angel's gate when it becomes easier to connect with universe. 

To my glad my 153rd ebook has been No.1 in the USA in 5 categories or so.

There were two zoom sessions at night.

The second chapter of the new presidency of the USA started.

I was surprised at new policies.

2025.1.20

It was slightly raining, but became fine but cold.

Today is daikan (大寒) which means big cold. It is one of the 24 solar terms,  The last one was shokan (小寒) on January 5 and the next one is risshun (立春) on February 3.　

To my glad my 153rd ebook became No.1 in the USA and Japan.

At night I attended a zoom meeting after a long time.

I started preparing the 154th ebook.

2025.1.19

It was cloudy and cold.

I stayed at home all day long.

I cleaned, washed, cleared kimono and prepared kimonos next week, and prepared the presentation for this Saturday.

At night there were two zoom sessions.

 I introduced two friends to the one which celebrated the second year anniversary. It was a good opportunity to get to know what everyone is doing.

I 

2025.1.18

It was fine.

I cooked red bean rice and made rice balls to bring for the potluck luncheon.

Six members of IWPG Tokyo branch got together.It was fun to know new people.

We enjoyed eating and talking for four hours or so.

After that I headed for Akasaka to meet a freind after one year and half, and had dinner. We enjoyed talking and eating. 

On my way home I attended a zoom seminar. I met new people there.

It was very interesting to talk with people of the same sense of value.

My 153rd ebook present campaign started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

2025,1.17

It was fine and cold.

Mt. Fuji looked beautiful.

I published the 153rd ebook about visiting the Seven Lucky Gods in Asakusa.

It's been 30 years since the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake happened.

I watched the new drama.

2025.1.16

It was fine and cloudy.

I stayed and worked at home.

I cooked dinner after a while.

I booked a tour in February.

There were two zoom sessions about Peace Education tonight. 

Present campaign of 152nd ebook was over and it became No.1 in the USA and Japan and No.3 in Canada.

I prepared for the 153rd ebook.

2025.1.15

It was fine.

Today is my dead father's 90th birthday.

It's been 10 years since I celebrated his birthday last.

January 15 is known as koshogatsu (小正月), literally means small new year. It is the first fullmoon of the new year in luner calendar. The customs remain after changing to the Gregorian calendar. There are some events such as burning new year's decoration but I do not do anything special by myself.

There was a progress at work.

At night I watched a recorded lecture for visiting Ise.

I started preparing the 153rd ebook.

2025.1.14

It was fine.

Mt. Fuji looked very beautiful.

Today is the fullmoon. I saw the beautiful fullmoon.

At night I attended the zoom tea party.  The organizer is a fortune teller. She said this year will be a big change. The last time when it happened was June 22, 2006.

What were you doing in 2006?

It was the year when I was dispatched to Florida.

What kind of changes wiII happen?

Let's dream big!

2025.1.13

It was fine.

Today is a national holiday called Seijin no hi (成人の日) coming of age day.

It was used be on January 15,  but has been moved to the second Monday. of January.

To be adult had been 20 years old until March 31, 2022 but since April 1, 2022 it's been 18 years old.

On this day there is a ceremony and women wear the beautiful long sleeves kimono called furisode (振袖).

It was the last day of three day weekend. I stayed at home all day long. I watched some recorded movies and dramas.

To my glad my 152nd book became No.1 in the USA.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2025.1.12

It was cloudy at first but became fine.

I got up early and wore kimono and headed for Ana hachimangu shrine. Since my friend arrived earlier we started earlier. We visited a shrine and three temples and had a quick lunch.

We headed for Ueno next to visit Benzaiten because today is the first snake day of the year.

We headed for Yushima tenjin next.

After that four friends joined and we had nice Afternoon Tea. We enjoyed talking, eating, and drinking.

After coming home I attended two zoom seminars.

It was a nice day.

2025.1.11

It was fine.

Mt. Fuji looked so beautiful.

I went to Yokohama to attend a seminar.

After that I visited Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan Yokohama branch temple.

At night I attended a seminar. 

January 11 is known as Kagami biraki, Mirror opening when we eat Kagami mochi decored for the new years.  I ate as oshiruko, sweet red bean soup.

From today my 152nd book free promotion started, and it's been No.1 in Japan.

2025.1.10

It was fine.

My 152nd ebook is released this morning.

It is about my trip to Nara in December.

I overworked a little bit.

At night I watched movies and dramas on TV and attended two webinars on smartphone.

I prepared the kimono for the day after tomorrow.

2025.1.9

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

I received the return gift from hometown tax donation. I pressed the button twice by mistake and I could not cancel. Therefore I received two same gifts.

At night I attended a monthly meeting and a webinar.

I submitted the draft of No.152nd ebook.

2025.1.8

It was fine but cold.

There was a new year greeting by the  president. He asked us to change from last year.

There was a new year party after that.

Since it was canceled last year, this was the first time for me to attend this kind of event.

At night I attended Ken Honda's webinar after a long time. This was the first of the three night session. I am looking for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

I am trying to make the 152nd ebook.

2025.1.7

It was cloudy, fine, and rain. It was cold.

January 7 is known as nanakusa (七草), seven herbs. In new year's days we tend to eat delicious foods too much. To rest our stomach we eat rice porridge with seven herbs on this day.

Within today it is called matsu no uchi (松の内), I cleared the new year's decoration of the entrance.

Since it is ichiryu manbaibi (一粒万倍日) when is a good time to start something, I started preparing my 152nd ebook. There were about 600 pictures and I chose about 160 pictures out of them.

I got an airmail from the USA which was posted on December 28, 2024 from Illinois.

This winter I did not send any Christmas card by airmail but sent by email.

I should have sent some.

I got invitations for the events. I can't attend one of them, but I will attend others.

2025.1.6

It was cloudy in the morning and became rain in the afternoon. It was very cold.

Today is the first working day of this year.

I sent an email at 8:30 but it was not sent until 9:13.

I made a Facebook group for the next event the other day. It is a secret group, but the invitation was sent to many people.

I do not know why these things happened.

At work there was an international delivery service I have been waiting since last year  but it was not arrived yet.

I do not know  why.

There was a service I was trying to use but decided not to.

These are things I experienced today.

2025.1.5

It was fine.

I went to Tanashi to attend a lecture of Aichi Myth. It was the last session of the 6 lectures series.

I went to the first 1＆2 lessons in March last year and the second 3＆4 lessons in August last year in Osaka.

Before lecures I visited Tanashi jinja shrine. There was already a long waithng line. At lunch time there was a longer waiting line. After lectures there was still a long waiting line.

I went back to the station with a friend whom I met last February last.

On my way home I went to a shop to return ink.

 

At night I attend a zoom session. I was glad that my question was taken up at the first place.

2025.1.4

It was fine.

I got up early and headed for Meiji jingu shrine. There was an accident and I had to use JR from Kurihama.

I got together with my friend at Meiji jingu shrine and attended the official prayer ceremony at 9:30.

After that we went to Asakusa to see the vaudeville from 11:30 to 13:45 or so.

We said goodbye there, and she headed for her event and I started visiting Seven Lucky Gods in Asakusa at 9 shrines and temples.

In the evening we got together again to have dinner.

After coming home I attended a zoom meeting.

My 151st ebook campaign started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

It was a nice day.

2025.1.3

It was cloudy in the morning but became fine, and I saw the beautiful sunset.

To my glad my 151st ebook became No.1 in Japan.

Today was the second day of the Hakone Ekiden. Aoyama Gakuin University won the race for the secound year in a row and the eighth time with the new tournament record of 10 hours 41 minutes 19 seconds. Congratulations!!

I watched the recorded program to make space for the next program.

I cooked curry with lotus because it was a lucky food of today. 

2025.1.2

It was fine.

I went to Koenbo Hie jinja shrine for the first time because I wanted to see the beautiful scenery of Mt.Fuji through torii gate. It was really beautiful.

Next I went to post the New Year's cards.

Since the postage was raised from yen 63 to yen 85, I received fewer new year's cards than usual and I also reduced to 100 cards.

Then I went to Beisia around 10:10. There were already so many cars waiting and I could not buy fukubukuro, lucky bag.

I watched the first part of Hakone Ekiden on TV.

There was a zoom gathering of announcement of lottery result.I did not gain anything.

I pubIished the 151st ebook.  

I watched movies and dramas on TV.

2025.1.1

It was fine.

I went to the nearby shrine in the midnight. They gave me a set of red and white rice cakes. 

Before 7 AM I went to see the first sunrise of the new year. 

i bought a set of printer ink jet the other day but it was not the right one and I had to buy again.

I made New Year's cards.

2024.12.31

It was fine.

Last day of 2024.

How was your 2024?

I hope it was good.

My 150th ebook became No.1 in the USA.

I am very glad.

This morning I did loundry, washed my car, and windows of my house.

I transferred money for the new crypt currency because today is the new moon and day of snake.

I went to my parents' graveyard. After that I went to Kainan jinja shrine. I was surprised to see the person of my workplace.

I went shopping at three places.

I ordered Nohana album and pictures.

It was rather busy year end.