2024.10.1

A new month has started. October is jugatsu (10月, 十月) or Kanna zuki (神無月) month without gods.

I changed plants, rice, salt, water of the inhouse shrine, and visited the nearby shrine before going to work.

From today postages were raised.

My 134th ebook free promtion has started.

At night I watched a recorded movie I missed last night.

2023.10.1

A new month has started. October is jugatsu (10月 or 十月) or Kanna zuki (神無月) in Japanese.

It is the time to change clothings though

it is still hot unbelievably.   

I went to the nearby shrine as the first day of the month ritual. 

After that I went grocery shopping.

At night I watched a movie on TV. It was one of the movies I missed.

2022.10.1

A new month has started. October is jugatsu (10月, 十月), or Kanna zuki (神無月) which means God without month.

I went to Kimono style Miya to have hair set, make up, dressed up and had my pictures taken.

I am glad that my 46th e-book became No.1 in Germany.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

2021.10.1

A new month has started. October is jugatsu (十月、１０月) or kannaduki (神無月) in Japanese.

In the morning I visited the nearby shrine before going to work as a first day of the month ritual.

Because the typhoon No. 16 hit Japan it's been a rainy day.

At night I had a zoom session and enjoyed talking.

2017.10.1

A new month has started. October is jyugatsu (十月) and kannazuki (神無月) which means the month without gods because all of the gods get togethet in Izumo(出雲).  There October is kamiarizuki (神在月).

It was a fine beautiful Sunday.

I went to the nearby shrine first and headed for Tokyo to attend Mr. James Skinner's secret seminar, Koko now.  I have known him for several years by recorded seminar and a book but have never attended the real seminar. Through the joint talk live with Ms. Natsuko Yokota I connected with him by Facebook and LINE and knew about this monthly meeting.

It started at 9 am and finished around 8:30 pm.  They required us to wear elegant costumes during the seminar but they said they had exercise in the morning session.  So we needed to change.

There was a special guest's lectures too. I had no idear who he and his wife were but it seemed they are very famous in the certain world.

The first comers were invited to the stage and to tell their names and what James Skinner is for them.

There were many new things I learned today.

The venue was very closed to the Tokyo tower which looked very nice.

2015.10.1

A new month has started. October is jyugatsu (十月), and its old name is kannazuki (神無月), which means the month without gods. Because all the gods get together in Izumo (出雲). So in Izumo it is called kamiarizuki(神在月) which means the month with gods.
However you need to be very careful about the calendar because they count in the luner calendar and the actual kannazuki sometimes falls in November or even in December.  And the welcoming festival for gods are held according to the luner calendar.

Two years ago I went to Izumo in October and knew about it for the first time, and last year I went there in November but the actual festival was held in December. So I have expected to visit there for the festival  wishing  sandome no shojiki (三度めの正直) "The third is the charm. "
But since my father passed away in August I cannot visit there this year. Those who lost family member are required to refrain from visiting shrines for a year. This period is called mochu (喪中) which means being in mourning.

2014.10.1

A new month has started.  October is jyugatsu (十月), its old name is kannazuki or kaminazuki (神無月), literally means god without month.  All the gods get together in Izumo (出雲) area, therefore there it is called kamiarizuki (神在月), literally means god exists month.

October 1 is known as koromogae (衣替え), changing clothes.  It was rainy and rather cool, therefore we actually needed something to wear on the top.

They say it has been 50 years today since the Shinkansen (新幹線), bullet trains started running.  It runs more than 200 km per hour and connects 500km between Tokyo and Osaka for less than three hours.  Amazing to say, there have been no accidents with the death toll.

2013.10.1

A new month has start.  October is jyugatsu (十月), its old name is kannazuki (神無月), literally god without month. All of the gods get together in Izumo (出雲), therefore October is called kamiarizuki (神在月), literally god with month in Izumo area.  Izumo is very famous for its big shrine Izumo taisha (出雲大社).  In every 60 years the body of the god is moved to the new shrine and this year falls on that year.  I hope to visit there this month.