2025.9.21

It was fine.

I got up early to go to Yamato Yagi to attend the four shrines visiting tour at 8:45.

There were 6 participants. There was one more shrine I wanted to go and I asked the organizer to coordinate.To my lucky everyone agreed if there is no additional cost.

We visited Niukawa kami jinja nakasha first. We were invited to the inside of the worship hall. And we were given a charm.

We walked to the waterfalls and threw the dragon ball there.

I was very moved.

Next we visited the Niukawa kami jinja kami sha.

We had lunch and visited the roadside station.

We visited the Yoshino jingu where was not included originally.

We visited the Niukawa kami jinja shimosha next where we were lucky to listen to the talk of the chief priest.

Finally we went to Tenkawa dai benzaitensha shrine. It's been about 9 month since I visited there last.

It was a really nice tour.

After coming back to Nara my fiend and I had dinner with my another friend.

We enjoyed eating and talking.

It was a very nice day.

2025.9.20

It was cloudy and fhne.

I arrived at Kyoto around 6AM after stopping at three service areas.

After leaving the carry case I headed for Nagahama to take the Biwako cruise.

I was lucky to go to Chikubujima but had to change the route to come back.

It's been 1 year and 4 months since I went there last.

After that I went to Kameoka to visit Omoto Gallery to see Yowan Cups made by Deguchi Onisaburo.

On my way to come back I took a trolley trail from Kameoka to Kyoto.

After having dinner I came to Nara to stay.

It was a nice day.

2025.9.19

It was cool in the morning. 

I was rather busy at this time of the year and I overworked for two hours.

At lunch time five of us went out to have a small farewell luncheon at a Dog run restaurant. This was the first time for most of us to go there.

After coming home I had a quick supper and walked to the station and headed for Yokohama.

I am taking a night bus bound for Kansai.

2025.9.18

It was cloudy and fine.

I stayed and worked at home. 

There were many things to do .

I made a seservation of the ferry for the next month.

  

I also called the newspaper delivery company to keep during my trip and delivery them when I came back.

I packed for the trip from tomorrow.

2025.9.17

It was fine.

I was very busy at work and overworked for three hours. I was the last person to leave the office for the first time tonight.

I was very surprised to hear that one of the colleagues will leave the office at  the end of this month and September 22 will be the last day. We will have a faretwell luncheon on Friday with a few members.

To my glad my 178th ebook has been No.1 in Germany and Japan.

I watched the archive program I missed last Sunday.

2025.9.16

It was cloudy and slightly rainy.

My job is in one of the busiest seasons and I overworked a little bit.

At night I watched a program on TV which dealt with the aged people. They say there are five persons who are living through 5 Japanese era (Meiji,Taisho,Showa,Heisei, and Reiwa). One of them is the oldest woman in Japan who was a doctor. She is 114 years old. Her next goal is to be the oldest in the world.

At night I had once a month zoom gathering.

Saddest news of today was Robert Redford's passing at the age of 89.

2025.9.15

it was cloudy.

Today is a national holiday called Keiro no hi, Respect for the Aged Day.

According to the recent newspaper, there are 99,763 people who are over 100 years old in Japan which is the most in history for consective 55 years. About 88% of them are women. The oldest person is 114 years old woman living in Nara.

I wore kimono and visited the nearby shrine as a ritual of the 15th of the day.

To my glad my 178th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

I went to Otsuka to see the Japanese Dance event from 13:00 to 16:45.

 

After that 7 of us went to have dinner and 4 of us had tea.

I came home around 10:40PM.

It seems to have rained here.

2025.9.14

It was cloudy and fine.

I got up early to get on the 5:46 train to go to Shinjuku to attend a bus tour at 7:45.

Destination was Yamanashi to eat Shine Muscat as much as we want and pack Shingenmochi as many as possible.

Since it is the middle of three day weekend the traffic jam were heavy for both to go and come back.

There were three places to visit besides lunch.

After coming back to Shinjuku, I ate supper and headed for Shinagawa.There was an accident and I had to use JR trains.

I could come home before midnight.

2025.9.13

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

I published the 178th e−book today. It is about my trip to Oshima by mystery ticket.

In the morning I prepared for Kimono. 

In the afternoon I went to see my friend after a long time. I was surprised to see the cost of the parking lot which was not introduced until last year or so.

After that I went grocery shopping.

I sent some messages to my some groups.

2025.9.12

It was cloudy and rainy and rather cooler than usual.

There were many things to do, and I had to overwork for a while.

Next week we will be very busy.

Today I got a result of health check I took last month which was worse than before.

I submitted the draft of 178th ebook.

2025.9.11

It was fine and hot during the day time, but it rained heavily at night.  

In the news it rained really heavily here and there.

Today I stayed and worked at home. There were many things to do.

This morning I was attracted by the two articles of the newspaper. 

Present campaign of the 177th book was over.

2025.9.10

It was fine amd hot.

There were many things to do at office. 

 

Our ex−colleague came to the office after 6 months for the meeting.

  

To my glad my 177th ebook has been No.1 in the USA.

There were some programs I was going to listen to but could not.

2025.9.9

It was fine and hot 

September 9 is known as choyo no sekku (重陽の節句 ）.

 

There was a kick−off meeting about the business trip abroad in the morning and many things were fixed.

Unfortunately I missed the dessert at lunch time today. I should have been there earlier.

At night I had a zoom meeting with someone whom I know for a long time but didn't have time to talk. She's been interested in my ebooks. So it was fun to talk many things.

2025.9.8

It was fine and hot.

Around 2:30AM I saw the start of the total lunar eclipse after 3 years.

There were many things to do at office and I overworked a little bit. Schdule of my business trip abroad in November is almost fixed.

It seems the time of sunset has been earlier day by day.

To my glad my 177th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

2025.9.7

It was fine and hot.

I walked to the station and took trains to Meguro. The main reason was to see the 2025 Luna Flora Exhibitions with friends.

Before going there I visited the Meguro Fudoson where is very big.

After that we visited the Otori jinja shrine which had an annual festival.

Two of us went to Ginza to see another art exhibition.

After saying good bye to her I headed for Yokohama to attend a seminar.

After that I visited Iseyama kotai jingu and Naritasan Yokohama Branch.

After coming home and having dinner I went to see the festival of the nearby shrine.

There was a webinar at night.

2025.9.6

It was fine and hot,

It is the time of the annual festival of the nearby shrine.

I went there for the preparation at 8 AM. It took longer than last year.

After the ceremony I followed the portable shrine.

Someone got sick and we called an  ambulance.

I was going to see a friend, but it was canceled by the unexpected reason.

Present campaign of 177th ebook has begun.

2025.9.5

It was rainy.

The typhoon No.15 hit Japan. It rained heavily with thunders.

After it passed it became fine.

Bus stopped the service in the afternoon. Therefore some colleagues had to call a taxi.

I published the 177th ebook about sunlight pictures taken in August.

I came home earlier because of the txphoon.

On my way home I went to grocery shopping.

2025.9.4

It rained in the morning aftere a long time but became cloudy soon.

I stayed and worked at home all day long. 

After dinner I tried to make the new dessert.

There was an online event tonight.There were four sessions. It was fun to know new people.

At night I submitted the manuscript of the 177th ebook.

2025.9.3

It was fine and hot.

It was another busy day and I overworked a little bht.

On my way home I saw the beautiful sunset

From tonight I started eating the new brand rice. Since last year around this time we could not buy rice for a long time. Price of rice became about double.It is still expensive. New season of new rice will start soon.

I hope we can eat rice always at the reasonable price. 

2025.9.2

It was fine and hot.

After one day off there were many paper works to do at office than usual.

To my glad I got an invitation ticket of the special exhibition.

On my way home I saw the beautiful sunset.

I started preparing the 177th ebook.

2025.9.1

A new month has started.

September is kugatsu  (9月 or 九月) or nagatsuki (長月) in Japanese. 

Two thirds of 2025 has passed. 

How fast it is!

I took a day off and have started my trip since last night. It was an overnight trip by boat. We left Takeshiba at 11 PM and arrived at Oshima at 6 AM.

There was a bus at the terminal, my friend I took a bus to the Oshima Kanko Hotel. We left the luggage at the hotel and climbed up the Mt. Mihara. We visited the shrine and walked around the top of the mountain and came back to the hotel.It was three hours hiking. 

When we came back, the time of public hot spring was over. So we called the taxi and went to the terminal and ate lunch and took a bath.

We left Oshima at 14:30 and came back to Takeshiba at 19:00.

It was a nice trip.

2025.8.31

It was fine and hot.

I got up early and walked to the station to get on the 7:03 train and went to Hacchobori.

There was one day seminar from 9AM to 6PM. It was the fourth time to attend this series. It was very interesting.

After that 10 people went to have dinner.

After that I went to Takeshiba to attend a mystery ticket tour which until I buy the ticket I do not know the destination. My destination became Oshima, Big Island.

It's been a long time since I went there last time.