2024.5.21

It was fine and rather warm.

There were many paperworks at office.

I am trying to arrange meetings, but everyone has somethimng, and it is difficult to set up.

At night there was a zoom event and we talked about the red tag given at Kawasaki taishi to commemorate once in 10 years opening the hidden statue by the end of this month.

I prepared the kimono for this weekend.

2024.5.20

It was rainy in the morning, but in the evening it was fine and I saw the beautiful sunset.

It is shoman (小満), one  of nijushisekki (二十四節気) 24 solar terms. Last one was rikka (立夏) on May 5 and the next one is boshu (芒種) on June 5.

Shoman literally means small full. It is the time when the things reach the certain size.

I stayed and worked at home.

Today was the last day of 121st campaign.

2024.5.19

It was cloudy.

I took a bath in the morning, had breakfast, and checkf out.

We headed for the venue.

Since we had time before the ceremony two of us went to the observatory deck of Azalea.

We went to see the Oshiraji waterfalls. Unfortunately water was not running.

After that we walked around the trail and visited some waterfalls.

After eating the late lunch we visited the bridge and shopping area.

I took 5:36PM train and came home around 10:40PM.

It was a nice weekend.

2024.5.18

It was fine.

I took a bus at 9AM to go to Kirifuri Falls where I missed last year. After getting off the bus I walked for 10 minutes or so and arrived at the Observatory Deck.

I saw one of the three most famous waterfalls from there. They were so nice.

Though I could not go to the falls directly, but the view from there worth visiting.

After coming back I checked out the hotel and walked around. I enjoyed the sweets.

I took a train at 11:25 and arrived at Yaita at 12:50.

 Somebody came to pick me up and we went to my friend's house, then we went to Kihata jinja shrine to get together. There was a ceremony.

We have visited many places taking pictures.

Finally we came to Kotaki kosen hot spring to stay. Seven of us stayed and enjoyed eating and talking. We ate too much.

It was a nice day.

2024.5.17

It was fine.

I am glad that I did not have a fever this morning, but I still have coughs.

Unexpected thing has happened and I had a shower this morning before starting the day.

At work there was unpleasant reaction to my suggestion to the slight change of the current service. How unflexible once decided!

I took an hour off to take a certain train, and I did, but there were many traffic problems and after all I have to take the limited express train and had to pay extra money.

After all I arrived at Nikko and checked in the hotel without problem.

This is the same hotel I stayed last year. At that time I had a hard time to check in. Without that experience I could not do that easy tonight.

2024.5.16

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

It's been a week since I have fever, cough, and felt dull.

I hope to get well sooner.

To my glad my 121st ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

After eating dinner I started preparing for the trip this weekend. 

2024.5.15

It was fine in the morning, but became cloudy in the evening.

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

I still have a fever and feel dull.

After work I went to grocery shopping.

Present campaign of the 121st ebook has started.

2024.5.14

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

I saw the very beautiful clouds and sunset in the evening.

I still have a fever and feel dull. Since I sweat a lot, I took a shower in the morning. which I usually do not. I usually take a bath at night.

I published the 121st ebook today.

Though the present campaign of the 120th ebook was over yesterday, to my glad it is No.1 in the USA and Japan.

In the evening I harvested the butterburs for the fifth time and cooked

2024.5.13

It was a rainy day.

It rained so heavily that I did not go out at all. I felt lucky that I made it remote work day.

I have had a fever, cough, phlegm, and felt dull. 

I hope I get better soon.

This is the last day of the 120th present campaign.

At night I prepared the 121st ebook.

2024.5.12

It was cloudy.

I have had a fever. So I have been in bed most of time.

I watched dramas at night.

I attended a zoom meeting.

To my delight my 120th ebook has been No.1 in Canada, UK and Japan.

2024.5.12

It was fine.

I slept a lot but still have a fever.

My brother came home to pick me up and we went to a temple to have my mother's 23rd death anniversary service.

After that we visited the graveyard.

And we had dinner at the Clubhouse restaurant at Seabornia in Aburatsubo.

At night I attended a zoom seminar about palm reading.

2024.5.10

It was fine.

I had a fever from the morning and felt bad.It seemed I got a cold.But I went to work.

After coming home I went to bed directly and slept a lot.

I still feel chilly and headache.

  

Today is my mother's 23rd death anniversary.

2024.5.9

It was rainy in the morning, but became fine.

 

To my delight my 109th ebook became No.1 in the USA, Spain and Japan.

120th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

I came home directly and cooked dinner.

After that I started replying the message but could not finish.

2024.5.8

Happy Birthday to Me!!

It started with my best Spanish friend whose birthday is May 7 to celebrate each other's birthday at midnight when it is May 7 in Europe and May 8 in Japan by video calling. It was fun to catch up.

I could get up early and cooked red bean rice which is a typical celebration food.

I saw the beautiful Angel's ladder in the evening.

I enjoyed dinner with wine and dessert.

To my delight not only in Japan and Spain but also in the USA my 119th ebook has been No.1.

Today is the new moon.

It is a good time to start something and I joined International Women's Peace Group.

2024.5.7

It was a rainy day.

I published the 120th ebook today.

To my delight it is No.1 in Japan.

I stayed and worked at home until 15:30 and took two hours off to attend a monthly meeting in Tokyo at night.

After the meeting I had dinner with my friend at a Chinese restaurant. To my lucky I was treated.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2024.5.6

When I woke up, I was suprised to see the clock. It was 4:10. I thought I was too tired to get up and felt I wasted a day just sleeping.

I went down to the first floor, and knew other clock showed different time. I realized that the battery of the clock of my room ran out and I did not waste a full day.

It was cloudy and fine.

Today was a transferred holiday, and the last day of the Golden Week.

I stayed at home, watched a movie "Misson Impossible Fall Out" on TV and recorded programs by smart phone, washed winter clothings, and made the 120th ebook.

To my delight my 119th ebook is No.1 in Spain after a long time.

It was a nice relaxing holiday.

2024.5.5

It was fine and hot.

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

I went to Hinohara village in Tokyo by train and bus and visited the Kuzuryu jinja shrine and waterfalls.

There are 13 waterfalls in Hinohara village, and I visited 7 of them today. 

This is the fourth year for me to visit there.

I try to visit the new waterfalls every year and I visited the three new one today.

At the shrine I happened to see the Takigyo master I met last summer at the Kuzuryu jinja shrine, the Kuzuryu waterfall and Ryujin waterfall. To our lucky he offered us the ride to the station. We enjoyed talking.

After that my friend and I went to Fuchu to see the night festival of Okunitama jinja shrine. We ate dinner first and visited the shrine and festival next.

My 119th ebonk became No.1 in Japan.

I came back home at midnight.

2024.5.4

It was fine.

I went to Sugita to have my hair cut and perm.

After that I ate lunch.

Then I went to Kawasakidaishi. There were so many people waiting to see the hidden statue which is exhibited once in 10 years.

I waited and waited. After entering the main hall, we received the talisman written in Red letter.

After that I went to Fuchu to see a new friend. We went to see the Kurayami sai, Festival in the dark.

There were so many people.

After that  we went out for dinner and enjoyed talking.

It was a fruitful day.

2024.5.3

It is a national holiday called Kenpo kinen bi (憲法記念日), Constitution Memorial Day.

I got up early to get on 5:26 train to attend a bus tour from Tokyo station. It started around 7:30 and finished around 17:20.

It was fine but cool in the morning and became hot later.

There were three destinations.

Firstly we went to Ashikaga Flower Park for two hours. Last year I went there for the first time, but unfortunately it was too late to see the great Wisteria though I enjoyed seeing roses and eating Afternoon Tea.

I could see the beautiful flowers today including the Miracle Wisteria.

Secondly we went to Tatebayashi to see azaleas.Unfortunately it was too late to see them.

Thirdly we visited the Tsuruuda gawa river.

to see the 3000 carp streamers.

We were supposed to come back to Tokyo by 15:00 so I made a reservation for the beauty shop, but we came back later than schedule, and I postponed it tomorrow.

2024.5.2

It was fine.

　

I published the 119th ebook this morning. It is about the bus tour I attended last Saturday.

After work I walked around for a while to look for two things, but I could not find them. Instead I saw the beautiful clouds and sunset.

Since today is the day of tiger when is good time to travel, and it is said that money you spent will be back. Therefore I transferred the money for the trip at the end of the month by online. I need a device and looked for it, and could manage to send.

I need to get up early tomorrow to attend a bus tour.

2024.5.1

A new month has started. May is gogatsu (５月 or 五月) or Satsuki (皐月) in Japanese. It is my birth month and I like it very much.

It was cloudy at first but became rain.

I stayed and worked at home today.

At lunch time I went to the nearby shrine as a ritual of the first day of the month, and I went to the bank to get a concert ticket, and shopping too.

I harvested the butterburs for the third time.

At night I made the 119th ebook.

2024.4.30

It was fine.

On the last day of the month there are something I must do and I make it a rule to do. 

At work I have to submit a monthly report of my remote work activities of the month. Once a week I work at home. 

As private I make a photo album of 20 pages by Nohana. So I did.

At night I hold a bilingual benefits sharing tea party from 21:30. Tonight there were three participants and we enjoyed talking about what we did in April. All of us are members of Power Spot Meisters and we visit many shrines and temples. Therefore we feel many blessings here and there.

We had a good month.