2025.1.11

It was fine.

Mt. Fuji looked so beautiful.

I went to Yokohama to attend a seminar.

After that I visited Iseyama kotai jingu shrine and Naritasan Yokohama branch temple.

At night I attended a seminar. 

January 11 is known as Kagami biraki, Mirror opening when we eat Kagami mochi decored for the new years.  I ate as oshiruko, sweet red bean soup.

From today my 152nd book free promotion started, and it's been No.1 in Japan.

2024.1.11

It was cloudy and very cold.

January 11 is known as kagami biraki (鏡開き),  opening mirror.

It is the day to eat the kagami mochi (鏡餅), mirror rice cakes, which are round piled rice cakes decorated for new years.

I ate as oshiruko (お汁粉), sweet red bean soup.

Present campaign of the 110th book was over, and of the 111th has started. It is a collection of sunlight pictures I took in December 2023.It was released on January 1, and it's been No.1 in Japan since then. How nice!

I hope you enjoy it too.

I watched a recorded movie on TV, but it was not recorded everything. How disappointing!

I am planning a shrine visiting and afternoon tea event next Sunday. This is the 4th year. I hope everything will be all right.

2023.1.11

It was fine.

I stayed at home all day long after all. 

In the morning I joined laughter yoga session first, watched a movie on TV in the afternoon, and studied about Calendar.

January 11 is known as kagami biraki(鏡開き), literally means mirror opening. It is the day to eat the decorated rice cake called kagami mochi (鏡餅) wishing the sound health. I usually eat them with sweet red bean soup called zenzai (ぜんざい), and I was going to shop sweet red bean, but I decided to eat them with vegetable and meat soup called ozoni (お雑煮) , and did not go out.

I studied the online lessons of reading calendar. 

From today the present campaign of the 62nd book started.

 

2019.1.11

It was fine.

January 11 is known as kagami biraki (鏡開き), literally mirror opening. It is a day to eat kagami mochi (鏡餅), round piled rice cakes  decorated at New Year. We usually eat as zenzai (ぜんざい) or oshiruko (おしるこ), sweet bean soup.

I ate it at night.

From tomorrow we have a three-day weekend.

2018.1.11

It was fine and beautiful.
It's been getting colder, and becoming harder to get out of the comfortable bed.

After work I went to Gotanda to attend the first monthly meeting.  The venue was 1 minute away from the station but since I got out from the wrong side of the exit, it took longer time than expected.
It started at 6:30 pm and lasted for mote than two hours. The new year party was scheduled but since I live far away I gave up.

January 11 is known as kagami biraki (鏡開き). It is a time when we eat the round rice cake offered to the gods at the new year. These rice cakes are called kagami mochi (鏡餅), literally mirror rice cake and usually two of them are piled, and an orange is placed on the top. Usually we eat them as oshiruko (お汁粉) or zenzai(ぜんざい) which are sweet red bean soup.