2025.5.21

It was cloudy.

In Gifu it became more than30 degrees centigrade,which is called moshobi (猛暑日), extremely hot day.

Today is shoman (小満), one of nijushisekki, 24 solar terms.Last one was rikka (立夏) on May 5 and the next one is boshu (芒種) on June 5.

There was a big news.Shinjiro Koizumi became Minister of Agriculture after Minister of Agriculture was replaced.He is from my constituency.

Tonight I harvested butterburs for the third time.

2024.4.25

It was fine.

They say it became hot like summer.

It went up to more than 25 degrees centigrade,.

The day before yesterday it was 16 degrees centigrade.

Many flowers are full in bloom.

I hope they will last long.

I prepared Kimono for tomorrow. Different from the regular way of wearing, I will get dressed like westerm dress style. I have wanted to try for a long time. So I am looking forward tomorrow.

The golden week will start soon. I won't travel abroad, but look forward to going one  day trips.

2024.4.9

It was windy and raining heavily in the morning like typhoon and became cloudy　in the afternoon .

Today is the new moon. It is a good time to make goals. What goals do yot want to accomplish?

 

There was a big event event and we went to the station to pick up the participants.

Though cherry blossoms were full in bloom, but they fell due to strong wind and heavy rain.

At night there was a zoom seminar.

2023.9.8

It was a rainy day and a bit cool because of the typhoon No.13.

According to the news there were wany places where suffered damage from the typhoon.

To my fortunate I had planned to work at home from the beginning.

To my unfortunate I had to give up going outside. 

There were two places I wanted to go today and applied for two hours off but I was afraid of traffic problems and stayed at home all day long after all.

Today is hakuro (白露) one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was shosho (処暑) on August 23 and the next one is shubun (秋分) on September　23. Hakuro literally means white dew. It is the time when air becomes cool and dew starts to form.

Today I was surprised to receive a message from an influencer about my ebooks.

2023.7.10

It was fine and hot.

Weather these days is so strange.

In the southern and western part of Japan it's been raining heavily like record making.

In Kanto area the temparature went up to 37 degrees centigrade which is higher than our body temperature.

Yesterday I published the 86th ebook. To my glad it's been No.1 in Japan.

Today is the day of snake which is good for something related with money.

2023.6.7

It was rainy in the morning but became fine soon. 

It seemed to be over 30 degrees centigrade outside.

The  clouds at sunset were very beautiful.

Lunch was volumy. There were choices of dessert. I chose a piece of cheese cake.

Present campaign of the 81st book was over. It became No.1 in Spain and Japan, No.2 in the USA, and ranked in the Netherlands.

2023.6.2

It was a rainy day.

I decided to work at home, and it turned out to be a good decision.

In the evening it rained too heavily to drive.

I prepared the kimonos I am going to wear next three days.

At night there were two zoom  sessions.

Present campaign of my 81st ebook started.

2023.5.11

There was a rather big earthquake in the early morning, but I slept after that again.

These days there are many earthquakes here and there.

It was fine in the morning but became heavily rain in the afternoon.

To my lucky I did not have to use an umbrella.

I was going to see some TV programs, but fell asleep in the middle.

2023.3.2

It was cloudy and fine.  

Cherry blossoms started to fall because of the strong wind during the night.

It will be fine but very cold tomorrow.

There is a phrase san kan shi on (三寒四温) which means three cold four warm. They say it will be warm next week.

Spring is around the corner.

There were two subjects today at school : Overseas Tour Conducting Business and Law of Immigration Control. They say there will be slight changes regarding the regulation from this Month.

At night I attended a zoom seminar but unfortunately I did not understand well.

2022.3 18

It was a cold rainy day.

Today is a full moon day but we cannot see the moon unfortunately.

At night I attended a zoom session about the tendency and countermeasure for the spring and summer of 2022.

2021.10.19

It was cloudy and very cold. We used the electric stove today.

I felt lucky because I saw the beautiful moon of the 13th night last night.

On my way home there was a train accident and I had to change the train at Yokohama.

It took about half an hour longer to get home.

I attended a zoom seminar at night.

2021.8.18

It was fine in the morning, and I felt happy to see the sun after a while, but it rained heavily in the afternoon.

Weather these days is unusual, and heavy rains in Kyushu to Tokai caused big damages here and there.

After coming home I attended a zoom seminar of tsubo (ツボ), acupoints.  It was very useful.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.6.17

It was a rainy day in the morning,. but became fine. It rained heavily sometimes, but became fine. Very strange weather.  Since I did not have to use an umbrella, I am grateful for that.

Today is a pay day so that I dropped at Yokosukachuo to go to some banks on my way back.

Most of TV dramas have the last program around this week.  I enjoyed one of them today.

2020.3.28

It was a strange weather. In the morning it was raining. It stopped raining and became cloudy and shiny at the same time, and was  rather warn like early summer. At night it has started raining again.

They say it will be snow tomorrow.

I went to Hinodecho to get massage, which is my once a month body maintenance. After that I visited Iseyama Kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan temple to pray for the world safety by ending Coronavirus. I visited kimono shops and learned how to tie casual obi.

Cherry blossoms were so beautiful along the Oooka river.

After coming back I went to fill up my car and grocery shopping.

I watched the statement of Prime Minister on TV in the evening. Many countermeasures for coronavirus will be made soon.

I hope the world will become as normal as before so that we can live as what we want to do.

2020.3 24

It was fine but very cold.

We call this coldness "kan no modori (寒の戻り), return to cold" or  "hana bie (花冷え), flower cold." There is another expression, sankan shion (三寒四温), three cold days and four warm days.

Today is shingetsu(新月), new moon when is a good time to make a wish list.

I hope the earth to be a healthy and safe place soon so that we can travel freely again.

2020.3.23

It was cloudy first, rainy when I got to Jimbocho, but became fine and cloudy again. It was rather cool.

Every day top news is still about COVIT-19. US and Europe have a strict policy about incoming people.

I wonder what will happen to the Tokyo Olympic 2020.

Today is the last day of equinox week. The daytime will be longer day by day.

2020.3.10

It was cloudy in the morning, but raining when I got to Gimbocho. It was a rainy day all day long.

When I got to my station at night, I could see the beautiful full moon for a short period.

Today is my dead mother's 82nd birthday. I cannot believe it's been nearly 18 years without her.

I could accomplish many things today, and felt relieved.

The pandemic of threat of coronavirus is becoming real. I am wondering about Olympics.

2020.1.8

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

Weather forecast said it would be warm like April but it was cold all day long.

At night we can see the beautiful moon.

They say it will be warm tomorrow.

2019.2.20

It was fine and very warm like April today.

Last night it was raining and I could not see the supermoon but this morning I saw the beautiful full moon.
It was foggy when I left home.

I started early again and came home late again.
Two programs started today and there were many things to do.

Tomorrow another program begins too.

2018.12.11

It was cloudy in the morning and became rain in the evening. It was very cold.They say it was the coldest day of this winter.

There were two meetings today, one is office meeting which is held biweekly, the other is team meeting which is held weekly.

We share the schedule at the meeting, and many people look like taking a longer year-end and year-beginning vacation.

How will you spend this year-end?