2026.2.21

It was fine.

I walked to Miurakaigan via Komatsu ga ike pond to see the Cherry blossoms festival.There were many people at the pond. 

I headed for Hinode cho to attend a monthly seminar. I happened to see someone that I have not seen for a long time.

After the seminar I visited a shrine and temples.

On my way back I got off at Miurakaigan to she cherry blossoms.

I am glad to see the beautiful flowers

2026.2.20.

It was fine.

There were lots of things to do at office and I overworked a little bit.

At night I watched two movies on TV. One is 2018 USA movie, Johnathan who has two faces, the other is 2024 Japanese movie, Golden Kamuy. I did not know them at all.

Since Monday is a national holiday we have three days weekend. I have something to do every day.

There was something wrong with ANA Pocket, but after contacting customer service for three times, everything returned normal.

2026.2.19

It was fine.

There were many things to do after days off and I overworked a little bit.  

There were some sweets. One of them was a farewell gift who will leave at the end of February but the last working day was when I was out of office. Since I did not know anything at all I was very surprised.

Since today's lucky food was rice ball of plum pickles, I made it.

Today was the last day of present campaign of the 198th ebook. It ended up No.1 in the USA, Germany and Japan.

2026.2.18

After stopping at a few service areas, the bus arrived at Yokohama about twenty minutes earlier than schedule.

I got the 5:41 train and came back to my station. Unfortunately, there was no taxi waiting there. So, I decided to walk home. Kawazu zakura cherry blossoms were full in bloom. I came home before 7AM.

It seemed rained last night. But it was fine today.

I stayed and worked at home.

I enjoyed some sweets I bought from this trip.

2026.2.17

Happy new year!!

It was fine.

I got up early to attend a morning tour of Naiku by a staff of Jingu kaikan at 6:30.

It was very nice.

After breakfast I changed to Kimono.70 of us went to Naiku to have an Official visit.

We were very lucky to be able to do Mikakiuchi sanpai and see the parade of ceremony members.

After having lunch we visited Naiku for the third time today.

This time we saw the parade of ceremony members again.

We went to have sweets.

After taking off kimono, I headed for Ise city and had dinner.

I took a night bus to Yokohama.

To my lucky my 198th ebook has been No.1 in the USA, Germany, and Japan.

2026.2.16

It was fine in the morning, and cloudy in the late afternoon.

I got up early to see the sunrise but unfortunately I could not see it again.

After coming back I changed to kimono and visited three shrines and other places for stamp rally and left for Jingu kaikan.

After leaving the luggage I headed for Isuzugawa and had lunch.

Meeting time was 1PM. We went to Sarutahiko jinja shrine and Geku. We had an official visit and offered betsu dai dai kagura performance.

We had dinner and a lecture for more than two hours and a half.

2026.2.15

It was fine and cloudy.

I got up early and had a square breakfast and checked out around 7:30.

I could not find the bus stop at first, but managed to get on the 7:51 bus and visited Tsubaki ogamiyashiro after a long time. I had sweets and green tea. It was yen 800 before but yen 1000 now

I took 10:30 bus and go back to Yokkaichi and took a train to Shiroko. I visited Ejima wakamiya hachimangu shrine and Ryugenji temple.

I went back to Shiroko and took a train to Hisai and a bus and visited Karasu jinja.

I went to Matsuzaka and visited the castle ruins.

I had very healthy dinner.

I took trains to Futaminoura and walked to the hotel.

Unfortunately private bath was booked and I had to wait until 1 AM.

2026.2.13

It was fine.

After a national holiday and a remote work day, there were many paper works waiting.

On my way home I went shopping for souvenirs for cousins I will see tomorrow.

At night I watched a Japanese movie on TV. 

Around 10:10PM I left home and walked to the station and got on a train at 10:46PM for Yokohama. 

Kawazu zakura is full in bloom at the station.

2026.2.14

Happy St.Valentines Day!!

I arrived at Nagoya around 6:15AM.

I visited Atsuta jingu shrine first. It's been two since I visited there last. It's too early to take a walk at Kokoro no komichi.

I went back to Nagoya to get together with my cousin and headed for Gifu and got together with another cousin and three of us climbed Mt. Kinkazan where there is a castle remain. We enjoyed the view.

After that we visited one of the three greatest staues of Kannon.

We got together with cousin's daughter and had cake sets which was delicious.

We visited Kogane jinja shrine.

We had square dinner.

Two of us were together up to Nagoya and I headed for Yokkaichi.

I tried to find a bus stop for tomorrow, but I could not.

So I went to the hotel.

2026.2.12

It was fine. Sunset was so beautiful.

I stayed and worked at home.

I asked the delivery company to pick up my suitcase and deliver it to the hotel.

I deleted many old movies and files to make space for the next trip.

I watched some TV programs.

2026.2.11

It is a national holiday called Kenkoku kinen no hi (建国記念の日), Natinal Foundation Day.

It's been 2686 years since Japan was founded. 

It was used to be called Kigensetsu (紀元節).

It was a cold rainy day and I stayed at home all day long.

I prepared the 198th ebook and published.

It is about my trip to Ehime which was the last trip of 2025.

At night I prepared for the trip to Ise. I packed two kimono sets to send tomorrow to the hotel. I forgot about the broken parts. I'd better buy the new suitcase next time.

I watched some Olympic games on TV.

2026.2.10

It was fine in the morning but became cloudy in the afternoon and very cold.

At lunch time when I went to the dining room, it was closed. When I went there yesterday, it said it would be closed on Thursday and Friday.

Yesterday afternoon there was an email mentioning about the closing date from Tuesday, but I didn't realize about today.

I went to buy lunch.

There were lots of things at work.

On my way home I went to the electric retail shop where I bought the Ceiling light yesterday to give my old one.

I went grocery shopping.

2026.2.9

It was fine and cold.

Since it snowed yesterday landscape around Mt. Fuji also covered with snow and looked different from usual.

Since there was something wrong with the ceiling light, I went to the electronics retail shop nearby and bought the one. It worked well and I am glad.

My 197th campaign was over.

Since it was the day of tiger, I paid many bills.

2026.2.8

It was fine, cloudy, snow, and very cold..

After having lunch I walked to the primary school to vote. There was a House of Representatives Election. 

After coming home I prepard for the 198th publishing.

For dinner I cooked rice with chicken, carrot, burdock, and fried tofu.

At night I attended a webinar of March calendar reading.

2026.2.7

It was cloudy, rainy, snowy and very cold.

 

I stayed at home all day long.

I was going to see a TV program ”Break Through" at 10:30 at channel 6 but it was channel 7 and I missed the first 10 minutes. So I watched it by TVer again. 

I am glad to see someone I know in the program.

In the evening I watched a movie ”Kimi tachiwa mada nagai tonneru no naka(You are still in the long tunnel.) " on the smartphone.

The Milano Cortina 2026 started.

2026.2.6

It was fine.

I expected a call but unfortunately it did not come. So I need to take the next plan.

At night I watched a Japanese movie "Kencho Omotenashika" on TV. It is about Kochi. These days I often hear about Kochi.There are 47 prefecturers, but my classmate from travel business class went back to Kochi, my colleague traveled Kochi, and the moderator of last night event was from Kochi. 

The winter Olympic 2026 has started.

I had a stomacheahe.

2026.2.5

It was cloudy.

I stayed and worked at home.

To my glad my 197th ebook has been No.1 in Japan and Germany.

At night I attended a zoom event. They say it has been gathering for more than 4 years. And this was the last gathering.

There were four sessions. To my surprise I have been in the same group as one of my friend for 4 times.

I cooked oden tonight.

2026.2.4

It was fine.

Today is Risshun (立春), one of nijushisekki, 24 solar terms. Last one was Daikan (大寒) on January 20 and the next one is Usui (雨水) on February 19.

Risshun is the first day of spring. Though it is still cold, it is already spring on the calendar. 

Present campaign of the No.197 ebook has started.

I feel like to have 200 publishing party.

2026.2.3

It was fine and cold.

Today is setsubun (節分) when is the division point of winter and spring, therefore it is  the end of winter.

There are four setsubun in a year. But there is a special ritual on the day before the start of spring, risshun (立春).

We throw roast soy beans saying "Demons out and fortunes in."

We eat roasted soy beans as the same number of our age.

This year I tried the new good luck charm, that is eat 8 beans, drink something hot, eat 8 beans, drink again, regulate breathing, and eat 2 beans.

After work I went to a gas station to fill up the car and grocery shopping. I bought special sweets for today.

2026.2.2

It was fine.

I published the 197th ebook about sunlight of January 2026.

To my glad my 196th ebook has been No.1 in Germany and the USA and Japan.

On my way home I went grocery shopping.

I watched two recorded movies.

Today is the full moon. 

2026.2.1

A new month has started.

February is Nigatsu (2月、二月) or Kisaragi (如月) in Japanese.

On the first day of the month there are some things I do.

One of them is to change offerings of the in-house shrine and change mounted salt.

The other is to visit shrines.

I decided to walk to the shrine and take awalk for a while because it was such a nice day. I happened to see a sign borad of the shrine, so I decided to visit there. It has a long history.

After that I decided to visit one more shrine which I visited last new year's day.

I visited one more place where my neighbour recommended me last week. I was going to buy some vegetables if there are, but it seemed that all were sold out.

I walked more than10 kilometers.

After coming home I ate sweets I bought yesterday with green tea.

At night I attended a zoom gathering.

I prepared the 197th ebook.