2026.8.11

It was fine and rain.

Today is a national holiday called Yama no hi (山の日) Mountain Day which was established 10 years ago. 

I stayed at home all day long.

I talked with the representative of the IWPG Tokyo Group in the morning.

I cooked Sanuki udon noodle which I received the day before yesterday when I met with my tennis friend from high school. It was delicious. I ate the jelly which other friend gave me too.

I was going to make another eBook but decided to wait for one more week to take other pictures.

I prepared Kimono for the next weekend.

2026.8.10

 It was fine.

There were many emails, some calls, preparation of cover letters, and a video meeting in the evening.  

I overworked till 21:30.

Since I wanted to sit on the train, I waited for the train starting from Shinagawa thinking to change at Horinouchi. However, when I realized it was the terminal.  I had to go back to Horinouchi, but there was no train to go to my final destination. Therefore, I had to take a taxi for a distance of one station. It cost yen1,500.

I should have waited for the train bound for my final destination from the beginning.

These days I did not sleep on the train reading books therefore I think I would have a good connection at Horinouchi.  But I was too tired to stay awake.

From today my 216th present campaign started. I got some comments directly. I am glad to read these comments.

2026.8.9

 It was fine.

I got up early as usual.  First, I visited Kurihama tenjin sha shrine in Kurihama. To my glad there was a festival.

Next, I visited Kurihama Flower country to see sunflowers.

I moved to Kamakura and visited Tsurugaoka hachiman gu shrine.  There was Sanetomo sai to celebrate Minamoto no Sanetomo's birthday. After that I was invited to the tea ceremony.

After that I had luncheon with high school tennis mates. Four of us got together.  It's been a long time since all of four got together.  Usually somebody had something, and we had got together with three.  We had lunch and went to sweets shop too.

After saying Good bye to them, I went to Kencho ji temple to see the insect tomb because next Sunday I will visit the founder.

After that I went back to Tsurugaoka hachiman gu shrine to see the Bonbori festival. I thought the lighting ceremony started at 6:00 but it was 6:30 PM.  There was koto music dedication from 7 PM for nearly one hour.

So, I came home later than expected.

It was a long but fruitful day.