2026.7.1

 A new month has started.

July is shichigatsu (7月, 七月) or fuzuki (文月) in Japanese.

Today is the first day of the second half of 2026.

On the first day of the month there are some rituals for me to do such as to post the calendar of good days, to change plants, rice, salt of the inhouse shrine, to change the 5 mounted salt in house, and to visit the nearby shrine as otsuitachi mairi (お朔日参り).

I got up earlier to do these, and I took a later train than usual.

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

I worked at the office until 11 AM and went to the Haneda Airport to meet participants of the program around 1 PM. I took one of them to Shinagawa station and after that I went back to the Haneda Airport again to meet another participant around 7 PM. It was rather hard.

I had lunch at a Japanese restaurant in Haneda with my colleague.  It was a good chance to talk about us besides work. We had something in common.

I came home around 10:00 PM or so.

2026.6.30

 The last day of June. It was fine.

On June 30 there is a shinto ritual called "Nagoshi no oharae" at shrines. There is a custom called "Chinowa kuguri" passing through the straw ring built in front of the main hall. The route is first counterclockwise, second clockwise, third counterclockwise saying mantra.

Last Sunday I went to Enoshima shrine and did this. This is a ritual to cleanse away the grime accumulated over the past six months.

It is the full moon tonight. 

I overworked till 9:30PM or so and came home around 11:30 PM and saw the beautiful strawberry moon.

2026.6.29

 It was cloudy in the morning but became fine.

Anther busy week has started.

There were lots of things to do, but since there was a video meeting with the US counterparts late at night, so that I decided to come home soon after working time and attend from home. I left the office around 6: 40 PM and arrived home at 8:45 PM and the meeting started at 9 PM.

After the meeting I cooked dinner.

I ordered Nohana album today.