2025.2.27

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home all day long..

I found there were two pictures I did not include in the 158th and revised. One of the good things of KDP is to be able to revise easily.

 

At night there was the 7th International Education Lecture of IWPG.

They say Nadeshiko Japan, Japanese women's soccer team won by America and  became a champion at Shebelieves Cup Championship which is the first international tournament led by the new director. They have had 40 matches by now and won only once. Congratulations!!

2025.2.26

It was fine. They say it was warm, but I did not know well because I stayed inside all day long.

There were many paper work to do at the office.

From this evening present campaign of my 158th ebook started. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

At night I attended a zoom meeting which lasted longer than I expected, and I could not attend another meeting.

Today is a day of Tiger and Taian. So I ordered the book published today.

2025.2.25

It was fine.

Mt.Fuji looked beautiful from the third floor balcony of the office where I went to for the first time.

To my glad I got sweets from three colleagues today.

There were many things to do and I overworked for an hour.

I am pleased to announce that the 158th ebook was released. It is about plum dedication festival I visited for four times.

2025.2.24

It was fine.

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

I stayed at home all day long.

I received an unexpected present from the company which products I have used a long time. They say it's been 20 years since the development of the products started.

Congratulations!

I tried to make the 158th ebook.

2025.2.23

It was fine in the daytime, and slightly rained at night.

It is the Emperor's 65th birthday today. Happy Birthday!

I walked to Miura kaigan station to see Cherry blossoms and Rape blossoms. Blooming differs within 2 kilometers.

I took trains to Taura to see plum blossoms with high school friends. The view from the mountain top was nice and I could see the Tokyo Sky Tree and Yokohama Landmark Tower.

After that we went to Yokosuka to have lunch.

We went to High School Alumni Office and saw albums. There is a book of 100 Prestigious High School, and ours is one of them. What an honor!

After that I went to beauty shop to have my hair cut and perm.

At night I attended a zoom event for travel lovers.It was fun.

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.