It is a national holiday called kenpo kinen bi (憲法記念日), Constitution Day and It's been 71 years since it was enfored.
This is the first day of the latter half of the Golden Week. Many people departed to many places.
I came back from Kuala Lumpur and arrived at home around 11 am.
I took a bath and relaxed.
I am glad to have traveled to Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.
It was fine.
Today is a national holiday called Taiiku no hi (体育の日), Health-Sports Day. This used to be on October 10 commemorating the Tokyo Olympic in 1964. But since 2000 it has become the second Monday of October for Happy Monday System.
This is the last day of three day weekend.
I stayed home to receive the re-delivered goods in the morning.
Then I went to Kimono-Style Miya to participate in the event of bodyguard. I wore light yellow green Oshima tsumugi (大島紬) which is a tradtional Japanese articraft of 1300 years of history in Amamioshima (奄美大島) in Kagashima (鹿児島) prefecture. Yellow green is my color of this year.
Two bodygurads escorted me. It was a very special experience. When I heard about this event, I was not interested in it at all, but I am glad to have attended.
In the evening I came to Roppongi and had dinner at Hinokizaka restaurant of the Ritz-Carlton,Tokyo. The view was very beautiful, and the meal was delicious as always.
Thank you very much.
May 3 is a national holiday called kenpo kinenbi(憲法記念日), Constitution Day.
From today the latter part of the Golden Week starts. Since there are five days, I believe many people travel many places.
I am still traveling in Spain.
Today I visited the Expo site and enjoyed walking around the places where I used to walk every day.
It was rainy and cold in the morning but stopped raining in the afternoon.
It is a national holiday called Seijin no hi (成人の日), Coming of Age Day. In Japan being 20 years old is becoming adult officially. They say there are 1,230,000 new adults this year (which is about 20,000 more than last year) celebrating their being 20. Congratulations!
I slept long to recover from the long trip, and did many things today.
I went to the nearby shrine for Hatsumode (初詣), the first visit, went to the car dealer to receive the renewed certificate and some new year's gifts, and went shopping.
Fortunately the postman delivered all the mails which I asked the Post Office to keep until I return from the USA.
I thought they would be delivered tomorrow. So it was a nice surprise.
I enjoyed many interesting new year's cards.
Thank you so much!
It was fine and very hot.
Today, the third Monday of July is a national holiday called umi no hi (海の日), Marine Day.
There were two visitors in the morning. And I went to see a friend at the nearest sushi bar for lunch. It's been a year since I went there last. There I happened to see my student after a long time.
There were many people waiting. Waiting time of table seat was about 35 minutes and of the counter was 5 minutes. So we chose the counter seat.
It is a conveyer belt type sushi bar and we can not only pick up the dishes from the conveyer belt but also we can order through the monitor. If you order, they will be served by waitress or by shinkansen type carrier. When they arrive by the latter, you need to press the monitor button to make the carrier back. One dish usually costs for yen 108 or yen 198.
Usually they serve two sushi on a dish. So we shared to eat as many sushi as pissible. We enjoyed eating and chatting.
It was fine and very warm.
Tiday is rikka (立夏), the first day of summer. It is one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. The last one was kokuu (穀雨) on April 20, and the next one was shoman (小満) on May 20.
It is a national holiday called "Kodomo no hi(こどもの日)", Children's Day today. It is also called Tango no sekku (端午の節句). It is a celebration to wish the healthy growth of the children. Those who have boys in the family decorate kabuto (兜), samurai helmet and koi nobori (鯉のぼり), carp-shaped streamer. There are sweets called "Chimaki(粽)" and "Kashiwa mochi(柏餅)", rice cake stuffed with azuki paste wrapped with an oak leaf, which we eat on this day.
Today is officially the last day of the golden week.
I went shopping and visited seven temples in Yokosuka and Miura.
It was fine.
It is a national holiday called seijin no hi (成人の日), Coming of Age Day. It had been on January 15 until 1999, but now it is the second Monday of January.
Japanese become adults at the age of 20. Drinking, smoking, and voting used to be main characteristics of being adults, however the age of voting will be 18 years old from June this year.
There are 1, 210, 000 new adults this year, which is the least ever.
Traditional costume on this day is furisode (振袖) for women and haori hakama (羽織袴)for men.
January 11 is known as kagami biraki (鏡開き), which literally means mirror opening. We eat rice cake which is decorated as kagami mochi (鏡餅) on this day.
Today is a national holiday called Bunka no hi (文化の日), Culture Day.
It is known as hare no tokuibi (晴れの特異日), singularity for good weather. As it is, it was fine and warm.
The other day my friend from the graduate school sent me an invitation ticket for a Japanese movie. I have got the tickets before too but I had never had a chance to see them and wasted them and felt sorry about that. The movie will be shown until this Friday, so I went to see it in Kawasaki. It was only shown twice a day there, and I decided to see another movie by the free ticket of stock holder's before that. I chose "The Intern" because my friends recommended.
Before watching the movies, I went shopping for the postcards called mochu hagaki (喪中ハガキ). Usually Japanese people send new year's cards, but those who had lost family members during the year send them to let the people know about the loss and mourning between the middle of November and early December so that people will refrain from sending the family "happy" new year's cards. So when we are in the mourning, we won't celebrate the new year as usual and we will have a kind of sad new year instead of "happy."
But I found the template which says something like "We are in the mouring and refrain from sending the new year's greeting but please send us new year's cards as usual because they encourage us."
I have never received such postcards but I understand the feeling without receiving the new year's cards.
It was fine.
Today is a national holiday called Taiiku no hi (体育の日), Health - Sports Day. It used to be on October 10 commemorating the opening of the Tokyo Olympic in 1964.
However it has been on the second Monday of October because of the happy Monday system since 2000.
Today is the last day of three day weekend but I had to work. So for me it was a regular Monday.
It was fine and very hot.
Today is a national holiday called umi no hi (海の日), Marine Day.
Schools in my city already entered into summer vacation.
But today was the last class day in our university so that I went to work.
It is a national holiday called Showa no hi (昭和の日), Day of Showa. It used to be Emperor Showa's birthday.
From today so-called Golden Week starts. However I go to work.
I did not notice the train schedule was different from weekday until I got to the station. Though I missed a train, I arrived at the office earlier.
On my way back too, it took shorter time than usual.
Today is a national holiday called seijin no hi (成人の日), Coming of Age Day.
It used to be on January 15.
It was fine but very cold.
In Japan to be 20 is to be adult.
On this day there are ceremonies by local government such as cities.
Women usually wear the long sleeves kimono called furisode (振袖 ).
