2026.2.21

It was cloudy and very cold.

Heavy snow is expected in the Northern Area.

From today present campaign of No.194 started.

To my glad No.193 is No.1 and No.194 is No.2 in Asia Travel in Japan.

I prepared the No.195.

2026.1.20

It was cloudy.

 

Today is Daikan, one of nijushisekki, 24 solar terms.

Last one was Shokan on January 5 and the next one is Risshun on February 4.

Daikan literally means big cold.

They say it will be very cold in a few days.

There was a division meeting for the first time. It was a good opportunity to understand the contents of email.

Today I received the payment roll online for the first time.

There was the article of the New Year's Post Card lottery on today's newspaper. This year I only got one 4th prize.

2026.1.19

It was fine.

There were lots of things to do  at office.

At lunch time I had a chance to talk with a colleague from other section.

To my glad my 193rd ebook has been No.1　in the USA, Germany and Japan.

It is the new moon. It is a good time to think of wishes.

2026.1.18

It was fine. 

I got up early and left home before 7 AM to be at Jiyugaoka at 9 AM.

Today was the first day of filming. This was the very first time experience.It was interesthng.

It started around 9:30 and ended around 18:00 as scheduled.

I came home around 20:20.

To my glad my 193rd ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

2026.1.17.

It was fine.

They say today is the day of rice ball because it was distributed on the day of Great Hanshin−Awaji Earthquake on January 17, 1995. It's been 31 years since that day.

I walked to the station, took trains and headed for Sugita to go to the beauty salon to have my hair cut and perm.

After that I had lunch and went grocery shopping. 

After coming back I prepared the clothes for filming tomorrw.

 

From today my 193rd present campaign started.

2026.1.16

It was fine.

It is a day of tiger which comes every 12 days. Tiger goes 1000 ri (about 4000km) and comes back. So it is said that if you spend money it will be back. I paid construction fee and others.

Tonight I watched two movies on TV. One was "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchcock.

The other was the first movie of Detective  Conan.

To my glad my 192nd ebook has been No.1 in the USA.

The new priority pass arrived. I hope to travel abroad and use this card.

2026.1.15

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

Today is my dead father's birthday.

January 15 is known as koshogatsu, small new year. They say porridge with red beans is eaten on this day. I cooked it for the first time. It was delicious.

January 15 used to be a national holiday called ”Coming of Age Day.'' Becomig to 20 years old was to be an adult.

How is in your country?

2026.1.14

It was fine.

Mt.Fuji looked beautiful.

Today is the last day of No.191 campaign.

It became No.1 in UK, Canada, and Japan, No.2 in the USA, and ranked in Brasil.

No.192 ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

I overworked a little bit to prepare for tomorrow's remote work.

2026.1.13

It was fine.

I published the 194th ebook which is about my trip to Oki Islands.

191st ebook has been No.1 in UK and Canada and Japan.

From today 192nd ebook is on campaign.

I received photo album and calendar from Nohana.

2026.1.11

It was fine but windy.

January 11 is known as kagami biraki, mirror opening. It is the day to eat kagami mochi, piled round rice cakes dedicated to Gods.

When I was young, we decorated the real rice cakes.

However, we have decorated the plastic rice cake shaped container with round or square shaped rice cakes inside for many decades. There were 5 round rice cakes inside this year.

I ate two of them by sweet red bean soup called zenzai and two of them by kinako mochi, sprinkled by roasted soy bean flour with sugar.

Today I published the 192nd ebook about my trip to Okayama.

And I am preparing the 193rd ebook.

I attened three zoom events today.

2026.1.10

It was fine but windy. 

I stayed at home all day long. 

It's been three years since I started working at my current working place. So, I need to renew my resume. Since my PC was broken suddenly last year, I could not use the old one which I submitted last time. There were some additions from that time.

My 190th ebook present campaign was over. To my glad before it's over my 190th and 191st ebooks became No.1 and No.2 in Asia Travel.

I received a calendar from a company I ordered. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

2026.1.9

It was fine.

On my way home I went grocery shopping because of Kagami biraki on Sunday. Since I had yen500 coupon I went to the nearest supermarket.

We have a three day weekend from tomorrow. There is no special event so that I will stay home and do deskwork.

I watched two movies on TV.

From today the 191st ebook campaign started.

2026.1.7

It was rainy, cloudy, and fine.

There was the new year's gathering at office to hear the president of new year's message.

After work there was a new year's party too　by catering foods.

To my glad my 190th ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

There was the first new year's meeting by zoom.

January 7th is known as nanakusa, seven herbs. So I made porridge.

2026.1.6

It was fine.

Today was the last day of 189th ebook campaign.Since the 190th campaign started yesterday, my ebooks became No.1 ＆2 in Travel section in Japan.

Dining room will be closed until tomorrow so that I bring lunch and have it with colleagues at lounge.

After winter holiday I got some sweets from our colleagues.

There were rather big earthquakes in Sanin area where I went to last month.

2026.1.5

It was fine.

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

The last one was toji on December 22 and the next one is daikan on January 20.

Shokan literally means small cold.

Today was the first working day of the year. It was so cold after 10 days.

I got a call from my high school teacher and a new year's card from my student who is a colleage teacher now.

I got a Christmas card from the USA which was posted on December 18.

I like these communication at this time of the year.

2026.1.8

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home.

To my glad the repairman of electric construction came and fixed the problem which has been pending since last month.

i saw the beautiful sunset.

I cooked Northeast dishes which ingredients I bought when I went there at last. One is Senbei jiru, rice cracker soup.The other is Ichigoni which is sea urchin and abalone soup.However, I cooked it with rice.

I watched Up and Down Two-Person Play 

"Under the Cherry Blossoms, With You" by Youtube which is a Special Project Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the End of the War.

It is Limited-Time Free Streaming:

https://youtu.be/wKfJen9a-O0?si=aR5EBrlqKzWvOUl4

2026.1.4

It was fine.

Last day of my winter vacation.

I stayed at home all day long.

I cooked the dessert using cocknuts milk for the finally. Since I heard about it, I bought a can of cocknuts milk. However, I did not have a chance to make. From tomorrow I need to bring lunch for three days. So, I decided to make.

I ate the Bocchan dango I got when I went to Matsuyama last month.I had them with powdered green tea. It's been a while I did so.

I cooked dinner.

The new NHK's Taiga drama started. It looked interesting.

I attended some webinars.

2026.1.3

It was fine and beautiful.

I left home around 8:30 and walked to the station. Mt. Fuji was so beautiful.

I went to Shinjuku and got together with my friend and visited Shinjuku Yamanote Seven Gods of Good Fortune.It is about 6.9km in total.

At Itsukushima jinja there was Shishi mai, Dragon Dance. I felt very lucky.

At the 6th place I got together with two more friends. After visiting two temples, we found another one and enjoyed visiting.

After that we had Thai dinner.

Two of us visited Tokyo dai jingu shrine but there was a long waiting line. So, we gave up entering, but prayed outside.

I came home around 20:30.

The Wolf Moon was so beautiful.

To my glad my 189th ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

2026.1.2

It was fine here, but the news said it snowed in Tokyo.

I watched the last part of Hakone Ekiden Day 1 on TV. It was so exciting.Aoyama Gakuin University won the race for the three years straight at the time of 1h07m17s.Congratulations!!

In the afternoon I made the 191st ebook about Sunlight pictures I took in December.

January 2 is known as Kakizome, meaning first writing of the year. And it is Ichiryu manbaibi today. So I think it was a good decision.

In the afternoon I attended a zoom event.

2026.1.1

 Happy New Year 2026!!

I went to the nearby shrine after midnight and received the red and white rice cake and sacred sake.

After coming home, I took a bath.  I was going to bed soon but there was a TV program about Izumo Oyashiro and I watched it.

I got up early and went to see the first sun rise.  It was cloudy, but between clouds I could see the beautiful sunrise. I saw Mt. Fuji too.

I received the New Year's Cards, and I went to post office to send new year's cards. Since postage has been raised to yen85, many people stopped sending new year's cards. However, since I love to send and receive new year's cards, I will send them as long as possible.

On my way back home, I saw the Kawazu zakura cherry blossoms.

After coming home, I ate new year's dishes with sacred sake called Toso.

In the afternoon I sent some new year's message by Line, Facebook messenger, and emails with a new year's gift.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GCWFPNC8

I have started preparing for the 191st ebook.