2026.5.31

 It was fine.

The last day of May.

I did many things.

I ordered Nohana, making an album service.

I have just held the 57th Bilingual Fortune Sharing Tea Party.

Today is the second Full moon of the Month, which is called "Blue Moon." 

Let's go to see it!

2026.5.30

 It was fine.

I stayed at hospital all day long.

One thing I did different from usual was I joined a monthly Zoom Regular Meeting of IWPG. However, I could not set the earphone to the PC well, I needed to use the smartphone too.

According to the lecturer of tonight, my color is yellow among, 4 colors: Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow.

 Other color evaluation says my brand color is blue green, and image color is indigo, there are 10 colors: yellow, yellow green, blue green, purple, orange, red, red orange, magenta, indigo, blue.

Both are calculated by the birthdate.

Isn't it interesting?

2026.5.28

It was cloudy and rainy.

I stayed on the bed all day long. 

Three meals, two sets of intravenous drips, two kinds of medicines after meals, nebulizers twice.

My brother who used to be a doctor here came to see me. It's been a long time since we met last.

There was no doctor's check today.

2026.5.27

It was fine.

But I am not fine and went to a hosphtal. After many tests I ended up to be hospitalized.

This is the first time for me to be hospitalised in Japan.

 I asked the doctor to let me go home once. When I went back there were two unexpected envelope and I called a company.

I called a newspaper deliver shop to stop delivering for two week or so. 

There were many things to do in May and June but I do not know how much I can do.

2026.5.26

 It was fine and rather hot.

I had a fever of  37.8 degrees centigrade and severe coughs therefore I decided to work at home.  I have a PC of my own, and email address for business, smartphone of the office. Therefore, it was not difficult at all. In the previous jobs, remote work was normal.  

I could save almost 5 hours for commuting.

When I got interview, they said there is no remote work.

But with the smartphone and PC almost everything was possible.

So, I am thinking to negotiate about my job conditions.

2026.4.14

It was fine.

Today was the last day of the 205th ebook promotion.

Some people said they reviewed but have not appeared yet.

There were many things to do at office.

In the morning and evening trains delayed again and I came home around 21:20.

There was something wrong with ANA pocket and I could not watch ads. Instead I read ebooks.

2026.4.6

It was fine.

 

I went to Ichigaya in the morning and went to Shinjuku to have lunch with my friend. It's been a year since I met her last. 

There have been many things, so we caught up.

After saying goodbye to her I went to Iidabashi to get three stamps of the stamp rally.

I visited Tokyo dai jingu and Yasukuni jinja shrines.

Cherry blossoms were still beautiful here and there, but some of the trees had already lost their blossoms and had leaves.

2026.4.15

It was cloudy during daytime but became rain in the evening.

There were so many things to do at office and I overworked till 7PM.

There were traffic accidents and trains delayed. I came home around 9:30 PM.

I cooked and ate very late.

FrM today present campaign of 206th e-book started.

2026.4.23

It was fine in the morning, but became rain and very cold in the evening.

There are many things at work and I overworked till 8PM or so

.

I do not like to call, but this new job requires me to call so many times in a day including international calls.

Finally, I received the documents from the previous job.

There happened anther eathquake again.

2026.5.14

It was fine.

I overworked and became the last person to leave the office. 

I booked the restaurant for the Saturday luncheon finally.

I came home around 10:30PM and had supper. This is not good for my health.

 

The buds of lotus seeds became three times longer than last night.

 

2026.5.7

It was fine and warm.

I bought lunch before getting on the train so that I arrived at the office the earliest.

After the Golden Week I got souvenirs from colleagues.

There were lots of paperworks and I overworked.

When I got home, there was a sad post card waiting. My first teacher of the primary school died in March. I only went to her primary school for 8 months or so, but she was one of my favorite teachers in my life and I have visited her at her house some times and have exchanged new years cards for many years. RIP.

2026.5.10

It was fine.

Today is Mother's Day in Japan.

  

It is my mother's death anniversary today.It's been 24 years since she passed away when I was traveling in Spain via Turkey. I needed to buy the normal ticket to return home.

I prepared kimono for this weekend.

In the afternoon my friend came to pick up her smartphone which she left the other day.She brought me a whole birthday cake.

We went to my parents' graveyard and visited two temples together.

My 207th ebook's campaign was over today and 208th present has started.

At night I attended a zoom gathering.

2026.5.8

Happy Birthday to Me!!

It was fine, and became cloudy and slightly rain and became fine again.

I published the 208th ebook as the birthday celebration.

I walked to the station and went to the Immigration Office. Since there needed to revise the document, I used the network printing service. 

After work mx colleagues and I went to have a welcome dinner party. They celebrated my birthday.

It was a nice day.

2026.5.9

It was fine.

I went to the beauty salon to have my hair cut and perm. As a birthday present they gave me Head Spa.

After that I visited Softbank for the regular checkup which I experienced for the first time.

I asked them about the problems I am facing. To my glad they fixed.

I dropped off at Shioiri to visit Rose festa of the Verny Park.There were many kinds of roses blooming.

While I was eating lunch at the bench, suddenly a kite attacked and took my half-eaten bread in a plastic bag. 

This was a very first experience and I was so surprised.   

I visited the stationery store to ask about the repair of the ballpoint pen. 

I am planning the next kimono event next Saturday.

It was a fruitful day.

2026.5.19

It wasm fine.  

On my way to and from the office there were something and trains delayed.

Since I had coupons my lunch cost was very small.

There were many things to do and I overworked and I was the last person to leave the office.

I happened to see a beef bowl restaurant of which I have stock owner's coupon, so, I decided to eat dinner for nothing.

I have a sore throat and feel dull. I may have a cold.

2026.5.6

It was cloudy and slightly rained.

It was transferred holiday.

I went to the 3rd temple of the 33 temples and headed for Kurihama to get together with my friend. 

We visited 6 temples together and I completed to visit all 33 temples plus 1 temple and Park center to get a memorial stamp.

To my glad my 207th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

2026.5.4

It was fine.

Today is a very good day of tensha nichi (天赦日) when everything is forgiven and tora no hi (寅の日) when money spent will be returned.

I published the 207th e-book.

  

I visited 6 temples of 33 Kannon temples in Miura.

My friend came around 11 AM, about one hour later we promised. 

We had late lunch at a restaurant where I have wanted to go. She treated me.

I am glad to visit Manganji temple where I have wanted to go for a long time.

2026.5.5.

It was fine.

Today is a national holiday called kodomo no hi (こどもの日), Children's Day. 

My friend and I visited the 8 temples of 33 Kannon Temples.

After two temples we went to have lunch and another friend joined. It's been two years or so since we met last. We visited two temples together. We ate Kashiwa mochi which is the sweets for Kodomo no hi.

My 207th ebook present campaign has begun.

I filled up my car and went grocery shopping.

It was another fruitful day.

2026.5.2

It was fine.

I went to Kamakura to have lunch with an ex-colleague. It was rather expensive but we enjoyed eating and talking. While I was working, we seldom had a chance to talk, but at the very last day we found the same interest and decided to have lunch.

After saying good-bye I went to Higashi zushi to visit one of 33 Kannon temples.

After that I went to Taura to visit another 33 Kannon temples.

I was going to visit one more temple, but I heard it would take longer time I thought. 

So I gave up, but visit a shrine nearby.

After coming home I harvested butterburs for the second time.

Tonight it is the fullmoon.

2026.5.3

It was fine and hot.

Today is a national holiday called Constitution Day.

It's been 79 years since the Constitution came into effect.

After lunch I started visiting 8 temples of the 33 Kannon temples.

There were some temples where I could not go by car because some roads were very narrow and there was no parking lot.

There were some fishing ports and marinas while I was driving. 

On my way home I stopped a supermarket and got a Yamzaki spring pan festival dish.

There was a zoom gathering at night.

I decided to cancel the trip next weekend after consideration. 

2026.5.1

A new month has started. May is gogatsu (5月、五月) or Satsuki (皐月). 

There are some things I do on the first day of the month. 

I should have got up earlier but could not. So, I could not change plant, rice, salt of inhouse shrine and change the mounted salt.

It was rainy but became fine.

I went to the nearby shrine before going to work. 

I missed the usual train. I bought some bums from the coin locker style vending machine for the first time. It was about half price because of the expire dates.

On the train I fell asleep and when I realized it was already my station and jumped out and left the umbrella behind.I asked the lost and found by email.As of now it is not found yet.

2026.4.30

The last day of April.

It was cloudy and rather cold, and became rain in the afternoon.

There are still lots of things to do and I overworked again.

How was your April?

I started a new job and commute for four to five hours and overwork.

Since my smartphone was broken and I bought a new one. I lost many data and I am in trouble with two applications which were stressful.

I enjoyed cherry blossom viewing, having luncheon and dinner with friends.

I started visiting 33 Kannon statues at the temples.

2026.4.29

It was cloudy and rainy.

Today is a national holiday called Showa no hi. It was used to be Emperor Showa's birthday until 1988, became Green Day until May 2006, and has become Showa no hi since 2007.

It is the start of the Golden Week.

In the morning I washed, cleaned, and cleared the kimono.  

After lunch I started visiting 33 temples. Today I visited 3 temples.I went to Myoonji, Kaizoji, and Kannodo.

I went grocery shopping.

At night I had the 56th Bilingual Fortune Sharing Tea Party and joined a zoom gathering.

2026.5.20

It was fine.

Though I had a fever I went to work. I was going to leave earlier but overworked again.

I got business cards.

Today is Tensha nichi, a day the heaven forgive everything. It is one of the strongest lucky days in a year.

I have just eaten passion fruits which I got last Saturday. 

2026.5.11

It was fne.

Since the problem of ANA pocket was fixed, on my way to go I watched many ad movies of ANA pocket after a long time.

When I presented the 208th ebook yesterday, it was Mother's Day and my mother's dead anniversary, and I mentioned about it, many people mentioned about it when they reply.

There were lots of paperwork and I overworked again.

On my way back on the train I listened to the recorded meeting, and I fell asleep, so I had to watch it again at home.

 

2026.4.28

It was fine.

 

I went to Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in the morning.This was the second time for me to go there.I was surprised to see a long waiting line for buses at the Shinagawa station.

There were still lots of things to do at office and I overworked until nearly 9PM again.

Since my smartphone was broken at the beginning of April, there are many inconveniences for some applications.

I wish they will be solved soon.

2026.4.22

It was fine.

I was the first to arrive at the office.

I was busy at office as usual and started my lunch time later and decided to visit the National Archives of Japan to get a stamp because it was the last day of the stamp rally period.

They had a special exhibition about Japanese of Showa era and Frontier. It will last until Sunday, May 24, and admission is free of charge.

I rushed back to the office without having lunch.

I overworked and came home late again.

2026.4.27

It was raining in the morning, but became fine later.

My friend posted a beautiful rainbow picture. I wish I could see it too.

My train delayed t

is morning.

There are still many things to do at office and I overworked till 9 PM and came home around 11PM.

To my disappointing there is no salary payment this month because they count from 11th of the month to 10th of the next month.

2026.4.25

It was fine.

I wore kimono and went to Waseda to attend the International Women's Peace Group (IWPG)'s event. There were about 20 people or so.

After that 10 of us went to have tea party.

And 5 of us plus 1 went to have dinner. For me two of them were for the first time, but 5 of us have belonged to IWPG and known each other somehow.

We enjoyed eating, drinking, and talking, and promised to get together again.

It was a nice day.

2026.4.26

It was fine.

 

I went to Shin-Yokohama to attend a Japanese Drum Trial Lesson with my friend. It started at 10:30 and lasted for an hour. We learned the history of the drum and how they were made. We practiced and they performed. It was a very nice experience.

After that we went to Sakuragicho to attend a monthly seminar.

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

We visited a kimono shop.

After saying good bye I went grocery shopping.

It was a fruitful day.

 

2026.4.24

It was rainy and cold in the morning but became fine.

Trains delayed but I could be in time.

I was busy, overworked and came home around 10 PM.

I got sweets as souvenirs at office. One from Tokyo, the other from Kobe. Since the former was half-rare Japanese one so that I ate today. The other was a local taste cookies, Kobe pudding, of popular cookie named Country Mom. I am looking forward to tasting them next week. 

I am glad to find all participants of tomorrows dinner party and did not have to cancel any. 

2026.4.16

It was fine.   

I went to the Immigration Office for the first time to apply for COE for the international student in the morning.

There are many things to do at office and I overworked till 7pm.

 

Since I needed to transfer money from ATM because I could not use international banking, I decided to drop at Yokohama. I was surprised to see the handling charge. 

I happened to see the price of70% of the originalprice of hairclp and bought some.

Present campaign of the No. 206 has begun.

2026.4.19

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

I washed the winter sweaters, prepared kimono for this Saturday.

I harvested butterburs for the first time this year.

There was something I was looking for, and I cleaned the drawers of my desk.To my very interesting I found message notebooks written about half century ago.I could find what I was looking for.

At night I attended two zoom sessions.

2026.4.21

It was rainy in the morning, but became fine later.

I was busy at office and took lunch at 15:00 and overworked till 19:40 or so.

I had a chance to talk the ex- representative by chance. I'm glad to hear her story.

Since I have not fixed the problem of ANA pocket yet, I am trying the altanative way. I hope to fix the problem soon.

I watched the last episode of the NHK drama's Rosanjin's fireplace. He was invited by Rockfeller Sr. to the Exhibition in the USA, he accepted the offer with pleasure but refused the travel expenses because if he accepts he cannot say anything he wants say. I thought I should keep it mind.

2026.4.20

It was fine.

Today is Koku (穀雨) one of nijushisekki, 24 solar terms. The last one was seimei on April 4 and the next one is rikka on May 6.

There were many things to do at office and I overworked again.

In the evening there were rather big earthquakes in the northen area of Japan.

Today is the 34th anniversary of the opening of Expo92. How fast time flies!

I booked the restaurant for this Saturday.

2026.4.18

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

 

There has been something wrong with ANA pocket, and I tried to fix it with the help of AI, but could not fix after all.

In the afternoon I revised the document I submitted before.

I saw an article about the special exhibition of 33 Kannon statues in Miura peninsula and feel like visiting them during the Golden week.

They say there were big earthquakes in Nagano today.

2026.4.17

It was fine.  

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

I was the first person to arrive at office this morning.

There were many things to do and i overworked again.

To  my glad my 206th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

2026.4.13

It was fine.

I started my new job today.

I left home around 7:10AM and came home after 9:20PM. 

For the past 3 years my commuting was by car and it took about half an hour one way.

So, it is rather hard.

There is something wrong with my ANA pocket. I hope it will be fine soon again so that I do not have to waste this commuting time.

I went out for lunch where I happened to know by reel last night.

My 206th ebook is released today.

2026.4.12

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

It took long to prepare the picture for tomorrow. 

I will start a new job tomorrow.

I need to get up early to get on the train. Commuting will be four hours and a half again after three years.

I submitted the draft of 206th ebook.

2026.4.11

It was fine and very hot like summer.

I went to Kamakura to get together with ex-colleagues.

First we went to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine via Dankazura to  see cherry blossoms. They were already having leaves too.

There was a wedding ceremony.

To my surprise they accepted credit cards and electric money.

After that we went to have lunch.

After saying good-bye to them I walked to Hase to visit my ex-colleague at a shop whom I could not contact. I could see her.

I walked to the beach and headed for Kannai. First I went to see tulips at a park. Next I went to a Kimono shop and met my friend to make a tie-knotting accessory.

After that we went to have dinner.

It was a nice day.

2026.4.10

It was a windy rainy day.

In the morning water quality check man came, which needs to be done once a year.

After that I went to Kainan jinja shrine after a long time. I happened see someone there and to my very lucky we were invited to enter the main hall to dedicate tamagushi and pray.

After that I went to Aburatsubo Marina to make a parking contract.

I went to banks and grocery shopping, and bought a commuter pass for 6 months because today is the day of Tiger when is said that money spent will be back.

I watched two movies on TV.

To my glad my 205th ebook has become No.1 in Japan.

2026.4.9

It was cloudy.   

I stayed at home all day long. I washed some winter clothes.

I called the parking company from which I waited for the return call. I can get the same place as I used to have three years ago. 

I could solve one of the pending issues finally.

From today present campaign of 205th ebook started. 

I watched a movie "November man" on TV, and read a few ebooks.

2026.4.8

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

My 205th ebook is released.   

I attended a zoom webinar in the afternoon and a zoom meeting in the night.

I tried to recover some ID and PW. 

At night my neibougher came to collect community fee.

2026.3.18

It was fine and cloudy.

I published the 202nd ebook today.This book will be four books of the trip to Tokai series.

I stayed and worked at home in the morning and took a half day off in the afternoon.

I went to Yotsuya first and went to Kyobashi next.

I had supper after gettimg a ticket and saw the old movie at the National Film Archive of Japan after a long time.

I chose a women's only seat. I don't remenber if there were women's only seat or not last time. It seemed this was arranged for this movie.

2026.3.16

It was rainy, cloudy and cold.

I was very busy and overworked until 10 PM or so.

There was an announcement of staffs from April, and two of the newcomers from other sections came to greet.

There were some unexpected moves.

I missed the IWPG meeting tonight.

2026.3.12

It was cloudy.

I stayed and worked at home all day long.

Present campaign of the 200th ebook ended and of the 201st started. 

I called Hellowork to issue the recommendation letter and applied.

While watching TV at night I fell asleep.

2026.3.7

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

I prepared the Kimono tomorrow.

To my glad I could find the replacement for the tomorrow's Afternoon Tea,

From today 200th present campaign started.

I reviewed my online resume.

2026.3.10

It wasa a cold cloudy day.

I took a day off.

I reviewed online resume and applied for some positions.

I made the 201st ebook about sunlight in February 2026.

To my glad my 200th ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

2026.5.25

It was fine.

When I got up early, I had a high fever. So I decided to take a day off.

After consulting my doctor brother I visited Ophthalmology. It's been so long since I went see a doctor last time, or even if I went I was not given medicine.

After that I went to supermarket.

After having lunch I started working at home. There are many things we can still do at home. 

It is the time to change the working condition.

2026.5.24

It was cloudy and cool.

There was a monthly seminar today and I went to Yokohama from 13:15 to 14:30.

After that my friend and I went to Iseyama kotai jingu and Naritasn Yokohama branch.

We headed for the pier to see the sending off ceremony with Japanese drum.

We took a bus and went to the parks to see roses.

After having supper I came home.

It was a fruitful day, but I felt tired. 

2026.5.18

It was fine.

There was blackout, and my train was delayed about 30 minutes on my way to office.

There were many things to do, and I overworked again.

Both on my way to and from I checked ANA pocket on the train.

I got many points watched short movies.

I came home around 10:20 PM or so and I did not feel like cooking and I ate instant food. 

2026.5.23

It was cloudy and rather cool.

I had fever neary 38 degrees centigrade, and felt dull.

I was thinking whether to go or not, but reschedule of two events seemed difficult, so I went to Shin-Yokohama to attend a complementary Japanese drum lesson from 13:00 to 14:30.

There were some time before the next plan, I went to see roses.

After that I went to Center Kita to have birthday dinner at Kora, Crab restaurant. This is the third year to go there for birthday dinner. They discount and give me drink, cake plate and memorial picture.

It was a nice day besides health condition. Health is the most important thing.

2026.5.22

It was rainy and rather cold.

I got up early.

I usually buy lunch at a convenience store and eat it at the meeting room of the office.

Today I had to go to a convenience store to print a picture at lunch time.

When I went there I saw many waiting lines for the restaurants here and there.

There are so many things to do at office and I overworked till 10:10 PM.

Even so, there are still lots of things left.

I managed to get on the last train.

2026.4.5

It was fine.

Today is seimei (清明 ), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気 ), 24 solar terms. Last one was shunbun (春分) on March 20 and the next one is kokuu (穀雨) on April 20. It is a time when everything is refreshing, bright and beautiful. 

I stayed at home all day long. 

I listened to zoom events in the morning and at  night and attended a zoom meeting at night.

I coordinated the luncheon for this Saturday.

2026.4.7

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

I watched two movies, one is the recorded one, the other is on TV. 

I like movies, but I seldom go to see it at the theaters for the past few years because I have not commuted by trains for the past three years and I did not get invitation tickets so much from the movie company I held stocks.

I got accumulated points of ANA Pockets after a long time. It reached more than 100000 per 15 days for the first time.

In the evening I made the 205th ebook.

2026.4.3

It was fine and warm during daytime, but still cool in the evening.

I went to Ochiai Minami Nagasaki for the first time to have lunch with my friend.

After that I went to Uchisaiwaicho for the main reason.

After that I decided to go to see cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi. They were so beautiful.

I watched a movie on TV.

It seems.there is something wrong with my smartphone.

2026.3.15

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long.

There were some things I was going to do today, but I did not do most of them.

I only prepard for the next four ebooks about my trip to Tokai in February 2026, but did not make any of them.

There were two zoom seminars at night.

2026.3.20.

It was cloudy.

Today is a national holiday called Shunbun no hi, vernal equinox day when the day time and night time are the same length.

I stayed at home all day long, 

I prefared for the 203rd ebook, the costume for tomorrow's film making, and watched some recorded movies.

I watched some TV programs and attended online event at night.

2026.4.4

It was a cold rainy day.

There is something wrong with my smartphone, and I couldn't use it at all. Therefore I decided to buy the new one, and I went to a Softbank in Sugita. I brought my old smartphone with me which I used three years ago. It was a good decision. I could move the data from it fortunately. 

After that I went to have lunch, and shopping.Vegetables are sold cheaper there.

After coming back to the station, I went to a supermarket. I saw my friend from junior high schocl. It's been so long since we met each other last.

I am planning to get together with my colleagues in Kamakura next weenend.

2026.4.2

It was fine.

I have had a backpain for a week or so.

I stayed at home all day long.

I watched a movie on TV in the aftenoon.

To day is the full moon day.

2026.3.22

It was fine.

Today is the last day of three day weekend. 

How did you spend?

I stayed at home all day long.

To my glad my 202nd ebook has become No.1 in the USA, Germany, and Japan.

I published the 203rd ebook which is the second ebook of my trip to Tokai series.

2026.3.29

The last Sunday of March

I stayed at home all day long.

I translated a letter into English.

Today was the last day of 203rd ebook campaign.I thought 11:59PM PDT was 16:59PM in Japan. But it was 15:59PM.

I made the 204th ebook.

I felt tired and fell asleep on the chair and missed a TV program at night.

I attendf a zoom event at night.

2026.3.31

End of March is the end of fiscal and academic year. Therefore we are usually very busy.

For me it was the last day of working at the current job and for my colleagues it was a day of moving.

I am glad to have completed all the jobs I should have done.

There was a farewell ceremony and to my surprise we got sweets of La Mar de Chaya from the division members.

We took a group photo by my request. I am glad that all the members attended.

I presented my first book to those who helped me a lot for the past three years. Most of them did not know today was my last day and they were surprised.

My 204th e-book was released and has started the present campaign.

I held the 55th Bilingual Fortune Sharing Tea Party at night.  It was fun.

2026.3.30

It was cloudy but became fine.

We took an hour off and went to have farewell luncheon at a very famous restaurant at the seaside.

We enjoyed delicious foods, especially dessert.

The cherry blossoms are full in bloom.

There are still something to do, and I overworked until 9:45pm or so.

Tomorrow will be the last working day at the current work place.

2026.3.28

It was fine.

I translated the documents I was asked to do in the morning.

After having early lunch I walked to the station and went to Hinodecho to attend a monthly seminar.

After the seminar I visited a shrine and a temple.

I went shopping the stationary store and sweets for thank you gift.

I went to Zushi to have dinner with two colleagues. I got a present.

It was a fruitful day.

2026.3.28

It was fine, cloudy, and rain.

I took a day off and tried to find a new job.

Today was the last day of Bake Bake, NHK's morning drama of the story of Lafcadio Hearn aka Koizumi Yakumo and his wife Setsu. It was a nice one.

To my glad my 203rd ebook has been No.1 in the USA, Germany, and Japan.

I cooked curry for dinner.

2026.3.25

It was cloudy but became rain.

I have had a back pain since this morning.

After work I went out for dinner with two colleagues of the same division of the different section. We have something in common. That is we have lived in the USA, we are in the same generation, and we have the same colleagues for the past three years.

There are many restaurants which close on Wednesday. So, we went to Red Lobster after all. We enjoyed eating and talking.

My 203rd ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

2026.3.26

It was rainy, but in the evening I saw the beautiful sunset.

I stayed and worked at home all day long.

I was going to take a half day off but too busy to do so.

At night I attended an exchange meeting of those who love France for the first time. To my very interesting someone knew me from her school friend.

I have had a back pain and it's difficult to stand up for a long time. I may need to change my schedule of weekend.

2026.3.24

It was fine.

There was a big event at office. But since there was a traffic accident and many participants had to change the way to come. However, most people managed to come in time. The event went well.

There were still lots of things to do and I overworked by 7PM or so.

Today was the last day of the 202nd present campaign. It has been No.1 in the USA, Germany, and Japan.

From today present campaign of the 203rd ebook started.

2026.3.23

It was rainy in the morning, but became fine in the afternoon.

Since there will be a big annual event tomorrow, we have been very busy, and I overworked till 8:30 PM.

March is the time of graduation, and the end of fiscal year and academic year. Therefore there are lots of paperworks.

Some people will leave at the end of this month, and I am the one of them. So, some  colleagues asked me to have lunch or dinner.

There are only about a few working days left and I will be busy.

2026.3.21

It was fine.

Firstly, I walked to the station to go to Haneda Airport to buy something. Unfortunately, I did not buy.

Secondly, I headed for Yokohama. I had lunch by myself because my high school tennis mate got cold. I tried the only three days‘ special menu. I went to see another high school tennis friend at the department store because she was helping to sell plum wine. I tasted many kinds of plum wine, and bought a box of three small bottles.

Thirdly, I headed for Jiyugaoka to take three scenes of the film from 1PM to almost 6PM.

Fourthly, I headed for Shibuya to have dinner with tennis friends whom I have known for more than 35 years. Foods were delicious, but the group behind us was so noisy and the hall staff was not good that

we would not choose there again.

I came home around 10:30 PM.

To my glad my 202nd ebook has been No.1 in Germany and Japan.

2026.319

It was cloudy.

I had lunch with my colleague.

There was a rehearsal for the ceremony next week in the afternoon.

I was very busy and overworked until 9 PM.

On my way home I went grocery shopping.

My 202nd ebook campaign started.

There was a sad news. One of the Original Kimono de odekake club members died of cancer on March 16. I heard the news from someone I connected at the Kimono de odekake club luncheon last year. I did not know she has been struggling with cancer at all. When I invited her March event in February, she said she was ill, but I did not think of such serious situation.

We'd better what we want to do because we do not know when our life ends.

2026.3.17

It was fine.

I took a day off.

I was asked to translate a letter to English.

Today was the last day of the 201st ebook present campaign. To my glad it had been No.1 in the USA and Japan. 

In the evening I started making the 202nd ebook. This will be four books of my trip to Tokai series. 

2026.3.14

It was fine.

I went to Tateishi to take pictures of Mt.Fuji.

I filled up the car. Gas became very expensive.

I went to a car dealer to have my car inspected. Since it would take time they sent me to the station and I went to Kannai to have branch with a friend at a restaurant in the building where will open next week.

We enjoyed eating and exploring the new building.

We visited a kimono shop and said good bye.

After coming back to the station they came to pick me up and I went to pay the cost. It was more than yen 185,000.

I visited two supermarkets.

At night I talked with my old friend via Zoom after a long time.

It was a nice day.

2026.3.13

It was fine, cloudy, and very cold.

I was busy at office.

After having lunch I took a half day off.

First I went to Sugita to have my hair cv and perm.

Next I went to Chofu to see Chinese Performance which was really nice.

After that six of us had dinner.

I could manage to come back home.

2026.3.11

It was fine, cloudy, rain and cold.

I have been very busy at office and overworked for three hours or so.

On my way home I was going to the nearest supermarket, but since it was too late that I decided to go to another grocery store. To my lucky I could buy them by points.

It's been 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake happened.There were many memorial events and TV programs.

We were supposed to observe the silent prayer at 2:46PM, but when we realized it was already passed that time.

I still remenber the day very well.

2026.3.9

It was fine.

I took a half day off to consume paid holidays.

I edited online resume and sent some applications.

Today is the 100th death anniversary of USUI Mikao who is the founder of Reiki.

There were many anniversary events, and I attended a zoom gathering tonight. It was an international event held in Japanese, English, Spanish and Portuguese. There were nearly 300 participants from 16 countries.

These days I have chances to attend some NGO/NPO international events.

Isn't it wonderful?

2026.3.8

It was fine but cold.

I got up early and wore kimono. I left home around 11AM and headed for Okachimachi and walked to my favorite Japanese tea house to have Afternoon Tea with friends who like Kimono at 1:30PM. Since I published the 200th e−book recently they celebrated with me.

After that we went to Yushima Tenjin shrine to see the 69th Plum Festival. Unfortunately, there were few plums left.

After that two of us went to Shinagawa to see someone.

At night there was a webinar.

It was a nice day.

2023.7.21

It was fine and hot.

I worked at home.

I took two hours off to attend one year late 30th anniversary of Expo 92 in Tokyo. There were about 70 people. It was such a fun.

My 87th ebook became No.1 in the USA and Japan, and No.3 in the U.K.

The present campaign of 88th ebooks has just begun.

I missed the last train to my station and came back by taxi.

2026.3.4

It was fine and cold. Mt. Fuji looked very beautiful. 

I was going to take a half day off, but the data became ready so that I decided to make documents ready. I overworked for a while.

On my way home I went grocery shopping.

At night I made the draft of the 200th edition.

I hope it will be released tomorrow.

2026.5.17

It was fine and very hot.

There was something happened on railway and my friend came to Miura kaigan instead of Misakiguchi.

I picked her up and took her to 7 temples to complete visiting 34 temples in Miura. I also visited the last two temples. We could meet the priest and listened to the history.  

I was very lucky to get the certificate of completion there.

We visited two supermarkets.

We went to have sushi for dinner.

After coming back I harvested butterburs for the third time.

It was another fruitful day.

2026.3.1

It was fine.

A new month has started.

March is sangatsu (3月、三月) or yayoi (弥生) in Japanese.

It is the end month of the fiscal year and the academic year.

It is the time of graduation.

There are somethings I do on the first day of the month. To change plants, rice, salt of the in−house shrine, and change the mounted salt.

I usually go to nearby shrine on the first day and 15th day of the month, but today I decided to stay at home to do some paperworks.

I posted the memo for the March calendar.

There was a webinar at night.

2026.3.2

It was slightly rainy in the morning.

There is only one month left at my workplace. There are so many things to do, but so limited time because I still have 9 more paid holidays which I recently noticed. 

I talked about my schedule of March to my colleagues. For them it was so unexpected that they were surprised and shocked at my leaving.

I overworked until 7:30 PM to translate a manual.

It seems there will be two more manuals to be translated.

At lunch time a colleague shared chocolate sweets which color was blue. It looks like White Day present. I was surprired to hear that these days boys return gifts soon after Valentine's Day instead of waiting until White Day.

2026.3.5

It was fine.

I stayed and worked at home in the morning and took a half day off.

Today is Keichitsu (啓蟄), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. Last time was Usui (雨水) on February 19 and the next is Shunbun (春分) on March 20.

Keichitsu is the time when the worms in the earth come out.

Today is one of the best days this year, a combination of good days of Taian (大安), Tenshanichi (天赦日), Ichiryumanbaibi (一粒万倍日) and Day of Tiger.

I published the 200th ebook.

I visited two shrines and Hellowork and a supermarket.

2026.2.26

It was rainy in the morning, but we saw the beautiful orange sunset.

I had a fever in the morning though I slept long last night, and was wondering if I should go to work or not, and went.

I had lunch, but I did not feel like eating dinner. It's very rare for me, but I skipped dinner for two nights.

From today my 199th present campaign started.

There are many things to do within this month.

2026.3.3

It was a cold rainy day.

 

March 3 is known as Hinamatsuri (ひな祭り), Doll's festival. 

I took a day off. Because there are 9 paid holidays left and I wanted to see a Hinamatsuri event. However, the weather was bad and I gave up going there and stayed at home.

Today was the last day of the 199th campaign.

Now I am preparing for the 200th ebook.

2026.2.28

The last day of February.

I stayed at home all day long.

At lunch time I attended a zoom seminar of the intensive version of Anthony's UPW.

In the afternoon I ordered the monthly album of Nohana, and translated the proposal.

In the evening I attended a monthly network meeting of IWPG and learned selfcare massage.

At night I held the 54th Bilingual Tea Party.

2026.5.16

It was fine.

I got up early and wore kimono and went to Shinjuku to have birthday lunch. I got many presents.

After that we four of us went to Okubo to attend the tea ceremony.  I was lucky enough to serve tea.

After that two of us went to Asakusa to see Sanja matsuri, three shrines festival. First we visit Sensoji temple and next we visited Asakusa jinja shrine.

We were lucky to see Miko dance., and got the special red stamp.

After that I went to Ueno to see my friends to have dinner.

It was a fruitful day.

2026.5.12

It was fine.

I went to the Immigration Office this morning.There were fewer people today, but there were so many people waiting in the second floor.

We were given smartphones which I did not want to have.

We had an interview for the new staff in the evening.

I overworked a little bit. 

To my glad my 208th ebook has been No.1 in the USA and Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

2026.5.15

It was fine.

I went to the nearby shrine before going to work as a ritual of the 15th.

At lunch time after having quick lunch I went to the Hibiya Park to see the roses.

I overworked a little bit, and came home around 9PM.

I watched a movie Dumbo on TV.

2026.5.21

It was cloudy and rainy and bit cold.

I got up earlier than usual.

There were too many things to do  at office and I stayed there almost for 12 hous, and I came home nearly midnight.

I called the Securities company and asked about NISA. They say they keep the New NISA forever. But they can keep the Old NISA which I have for 5 years maximum. So I need to sell or transfer them  to the Specific Account by the end of this year.

I still have a cold, moreover I have a pain on my left back.

2026.5.13

It was fine, but in the afternoon I heard the thunder, and it seemed to have rained too.

At night after coming back when  I watched TV I knew the weather today was so strange as to be thunder rain and hail here and there.

Since I was in the room without windows I did not notice. 

I bought too much for lunch this morning.

I overworked a little bit.

The lotus seeds I put into water last week have green buds of 1 cm long now.