2024.6.29

It was rainy and cloudy but became fine in the evening.

I stayed at home all day long. I cleared kimono and boxes.

  

I attended four zoom sessions and registered finally because it was the day of Koshi (甲子) which is a start of 60 days cycle.

In the evening I attended a monthly zoom  meeting of Tokyo branch of International Women's Peace Group.The topic was air caligraphy. It was different from what I thought.

Today present campaign of 125th ebook started. To my delight it's been No.1 in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2024.6.28

It was a rainy day. At night there was an alarm of downpour in my city.

This morning I published the 125th ebook. In the evening it became No.1 in Japan.

Today is the last day of my boss. She will be transferred to another section of the downstairs.

At night I received the mail order goods.

I watched two Japanese movies on TV.

2024.6.27

It was fine and hot.

There were many paperwork at office today,

For a while the server of the mailing system was down and we were at a loss what to do. It recovered soon, but if not there would be many big problems.

At night I attened a zoom seminar which had a new rule.

I submitted the 125th ebook.

2024.6.26

It was fine and hot.

I stayed and worked at home in the morning.

After lunch I went to hospital after a long time because I have had a pain on the upper body for  two weeks or so.

 I needed to buy masks at the entrance. I went to Orthopedics first and had Xray, blood test, electro cardiogram and went to Internal medicine. The test result was all good.  After all nothing wrong was found and staus is the same.

It cost yen 5790.

At night I had a zoom session.

The present campaign of the 124th book was over.

2024.6.25

It was fine and hot.

There will be an election of the Governor of Tokyo on July 7, and there are more candidates than expected so that there were not enough for the bulletin board.

I saw the political broatdcast but some are not qualified for the leader of Tokyo.

I have had a pain in my upper body and started to contact with a doctor.

Last night I attended a zoom seminar about Peace Education. There was a homework to think of my rules to make World Peace. So I thought of 10 things.

I chose the pictures for the 125th ebook.

2024.6.24

It was fine and hot. It was the hottest day.

After taking 2 days off, there were more than 100 emails. There were many things to do.

On my way home I saw the beautiful Mt.Fuji and clouds and colored sky. So I stopped and took pictures.

　

After coming home I attended the first  lesson of the Peace Education.  There were 6 participants. It will last for 8 times.　

I had another zoom appointment but it was canceled again.

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2024.6.23

It was a rainy day.

Today is the last day of Pop Circus in Yokosuka.

I have wanted to see it so that I went there by car and bought a ticket for today.

It was a very nice show and I like it very much.

Before and after the show I had a chance to take pictures with performers.

They say there was an accident of Death Wheel and the performer got injured. Therefore there was no performance of Death Wheel in the evening.

2024.6.22

It was fine in the daytime, but became rain at night.  

I checked out the hotel before 9AM and headed for the studio in Akihabara to have my new kimono pictures taken.

After having lunch I headed for Shinagawa to attend a reporting session of the conference and happened to see old friends.

After that three of us went to Gotanda to attend another meeting after having supper.

Today is the full moon, but I have not seen it yet.

2024.6.21

It was a rainy day.

They say the rainy season in Kanto has finally begun after two weeks later than regular year.

Today is geshi (夏至), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. Last one was boshu (芒種) on June 5, and the next one is shosho (小暑) on July 6.

Geshi is the time when the daytimeT s the longest in a year.

I went to Tokyo to attend the tour to Kanmuri inari jinja shrine in Gunma. We had nice lunch first and formal visit next.

It was a very nice visit.

After coming back to Tokyo, I had dinner with Meister friend.

From today 124th present started.To my delight it is No.1 in Japan.

2024.6.20

It was fine.

I took a day off and attended a bus tour to Nishizawa keikoikoku, valley from Shinjuku at 7:15AM.

There were 17 participants, and all were women.

We arrived around 10AM, and walked along the river until 3:30 PM. There were many waterfalls. They were so nice.

After coming back I went to Shibuya and saw a Japanese movie by stockholder's ticket.

It was a nice day.

2024.6.19

It was fine and hot.

I published the 124th ebook. And the present campaign of the 123rd ebook was ended in No.1 in the USA, Spain, Australia, and Japan, and No.3 in the Netherlands.

There were somethimng to do and I overworked for an hour.

After having supper I walked to the station and headed for Ikebukuro.

I chose the hotel by price, distance, review comment and the name.

I stay here for three nights.

2024.6.18

It was a rainy day.

Depends on the places it rained heavily.

There was an opening ceremony of the international program, and I went to help at the reception.

On my way home, I went grocery shopping.

After coming home I prepared packing for tomorrow.

I hope it will be fine from tomorrow.

2024.6.17

It was cloudy and rather hot.

They say rainy season has begun in Kyushu.

I stayed and worked at home today.

In the morning I could not sign in the mailing system and asked for help to IT section.

I was surprised to hear that our boss was rushed to hospital.

In the afternoon there was an announcement of Personnel change from next month and there was another surprise.

In the evening there was a zoom session and so as in the late at night.

To my delight my 123rd ebook became No.1 in Australia.

2024.6.16

It was fine.

I got up once to attend a zoom session and slept again. 

I had an appointment with someone by zoom in the afternoon. However there was something happened, and it was canceled.

I attended other three zoom sessions to understand.

To my delight my 123rd ebook has been No.1 in the USA, Spain and Japan.

2024.6.15

It was fine, became cloudy in thd afternoon, and slightly rained at night.

I went to the nearby shrine for a ritual of the 15th.

I headed for Kamakura to visit shrines and took a train to Enoshima.

I visited a temple first.

I walked to Enoshima island and met my friend and visited shrines and a temple.

We were very lucky to get on the last boat back to the bridge.

We got together with friends and had dinner.

Three of us went to the Enoshima Island Spa and enjoyed the evening view from the outdoor pool and taking a hot spring. 

It was a nice day trip.

2024.6.14

It was fine and very hot.

My 123rd ebook which was released yesterday became No.1 in Japan so that to show my appreciation I present this ebook just for 5 days.

I hope you enjoy the wonderful nature in Tochigi.

At night I watched "Mission Impossible 2" which was released in 2000 on TV. It is shot in the USA, Australia, and Seville, Spain. I remember the story somehow but not  all.

I am loolking for the next week too.

2024.6.13

It was fine.   

I published the 123rd ebook today.

To my glad it is No.1 in Japan.

At lunch time my colleagues gave me a piece of sponge cake and chocolate.

When I got home I had two notices of delivery. I knew one of them and asked redelivery from the website. They were delivered at night. 

The other one was a present for readers I applied the other day.  It was a set of CD and DVD of Tsuda Umeko who was one of the first five Japanese girls studied in the USA and who is the founder of Tsuda College. She will be appeared in the new yen 5000 note from July this year.

It was a lucky day.

2024.6.12

It was fine.

At lunch time I called a company to order the monthly portion and additional portion using the accumulated points. 

I have purchased a box of 4 bottles of juice since August 2009. I like it very much and feel that I am fine because of this drinking custom. 

However there are 7 boxes at home now. So I decided to stop the monthly order until I finish drinking everything.

I ordered the choice gift for the company's stockholder by website. There were 4 items which we can only order from the website.

I am looking for the time it arrives.

I prepared for the 123rd ebook.

2024.6.11

It was fine.

I had a meeting outside in the morning. I was glad to visit the very nice international conference venue we will use next week.

In the evening I was invited to an international zoom meeting. There were 23 participants from Korea, India, Japan, and so on. This was the very first time for me to attend the event of IWPG (International Women's Peace Group).

I started preparing my 123rd ebook.

I also started making a plan to visit Enoshima this Saturday.

2024.6.10

It was cloudy and rainy.

I stayed and worked at home.

At lunch time I went to banks in Miurakaigan.

Today is the day of snake which related with money so I went there, and paid for the tours.

In the afternoon there came cleaning of septic tank after 6 years or so. It cost yen24,200. 

At night I registered the new system.

2024.6.9

It was cloudy during the daytime and became rain at night.

I got up early and made rice balls for lunch  and took 5:26 train to go to Tokyo to attend one day trip to Mt. Tsukuba where I have wanted to visit for a long time.

We left the Tokyo station at 7:30, stopped at Moriya Service Area, and arrived at Tsukuba at 9:20.

We visited Tsukubasan jinja shrine first, climbed up to the Nyotaisan, 877 m, and Nantaisan, 871 m, and came down by cable car.

We came back to the Tokyo station at 17:30.

I visited one more place where the tour conductor recommended.

After that I visited the 5th Dragon Art Festa at Yurakucho and met friends.

After coming home I attended a monthly  zoom seminar to read a calendar.

It was a nice day.

2024.6.8

It was fine.

I attended two zoom seminars in the morning. Both were informative.

I called the person in charge of tomorrow's event which I cannot attend. To my extremely lucky he would come to the venue this evening for tomorrow, and I asked him to let me join. I saw Pufferfish spawning for the first time.I felt it is a miracle for an egg to be grown up.

On my way home I went to the city community center to collect information for Akategani, red hand crab, spawning.

I started using the new pass cases from today which I bought for my birthday this year.

2024.6.7

It was fine.

There were some international communications at office.

To my delight my 122nd ebook became No.1 in UK.

At night I watched the first  "Mission Impossible" movie released in 1996 on TV. I have forgotten the story and details but I do remember some impressive parts. They will show the second and the third in three weeks.

I hope to see the new one at the theater after watching all the series.

2024.6.6

It was fine but became cloudy in the evening.

To my delight my 122nd ebook became No.1 in the USA.

It is the new moon today. It is a good time to make wishes.

There were shocking news. I got two notifications. One was understandable, the other was  a bolt from the blue.

There was an announcement of marriage. Since I know his ex-wife, I had a mixed feeling.

2024.6.5

It was fine.

Today is boshu (芒種), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms. The last one was shoman (小満) on May 21 and the next one is geshi (夏至) on June 21.

 

What do you eat for lunch?

When I go to office, I eat lunch at cafeteria which has 3 to 4 daily menues.

I usually choose something I do not cook at home.

Yesterday I chose tempura and today I chose marinated deep fried fish.

There was no dessert again.

My colleague gave me cookies instead.

There is an hour lunch time. I spend half an hour at cafeteria and another half at lounge to watch NHK's rebroadcast of the morning dramas.

There was a problem and I needed to solve it in the evening.

2024.6.4

It was fine.

From June lunch fee was raised up to yen700. There was no dessert today. There were four menues and I chose tempura.

From today present campaign of the 122nd ebook started. It is about waterfalls in Tokyo.

I sent direct messages to many groups and friends and some people sent me back with their impressions.

  

I tried to make a new dessert and plum 

syrup tonight.

2024.6.3

It was fine.

There was an earthquake alarm early in the morning.

I stayed and worked at home today.

I hervested the butterburs for the 5th time and 5 plums for the first time at lunch time. 

I published the 122nd ebook.To my delight it is No.1 in Japan.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

2024.6.2

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

This is the third time for us to climb up the low mountain. There were 8 participants. We got together at Kamakura at 10AM and went to Mt. Genji Park and visited Kuzuharaoka shrine and Meigetsuin temple. It took only 2 hours.

We had lunch at a Japanese restaurant and said good bye. 

I visited another shrine in Zushi and headed for Sugita.

There were three hours before the appointment of beauty salon and I went to have tea.

At the beauty salon I got a Head Spa for birthday present.

There was a zoom session at night.

2024.6.1

A new month has started.June is rokugatsu (6月　六月) or Minazuki (水無月) in Japanese.

It was fine and hot.

There are some rituals I do on the first day of the month. One oe them is to change plants, rice, salt of the Shinto altar. The other is to change 5 dishes of mounted salt  Another is to visit the nearby shrine.

After everything has done, I went grocery shopping.

Since I received the mail order goods,  I decided to have a new healthy food life from today.

2024.5.31

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

After work I  went to post office to bookkeep.

It is the last day of the month. So I made a photo album. I chose 20 pictures. Since there was the Golden Week I went to many places.  Ashikaga flower park to see wisteria, Kawasaki daishi to see the hidden statue which is exhibited once in 10 years and get a red tag, Kurayami Festival at Okunitama jinja shrine, Kuzuryu jinja shrine and waterfalls in Hinohara village,  waterfalls visiting in Tochigi, Firefly viewing in Miura, Kehi jinja and Chikubujima visiting, and so on.

I have had a cold for three weeks or so, but besides that I had good times.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.