2025.9.7

It was fine and hot.

I walked to the station and took trains to Meguro. The main reason was to see the 2025 Luna Flora Exhibitions with friends.

Before going there I visited the Meguro Fudoson where is very big.

After that we visited the Otori jinja shrine which had an annual festival.

Two of us went to Ginza to see another art exhibition.

After saying good bye to her I headed for Yokohama to attend a seminar.

After that I visited Iseyama kotai jingu and Naritasan Yokohama Branch.

After coming home and having dinner I went to see the festival of the nearby shrine.

There was a webinar at night.

2025.8.31

It was fine and hot.

I got up early and walked to the station to get on the 7:03 train and went to Hacchobori.

There was one day seminar from 9AM to 6PM. It was the fourth time to attend this series. It was very interesting.

After that 10 people went to have dinner.

After that I went to Takeshiba to attend a mystery ticket tour which until I buy the ticket I do not know the destination. My destination became Oshima, Big Island.

It's been a long time since I went there last time.

2025.8.30

It was fine and hot.

After brunch I walked to the station and headed for Shin Matsuda to attend a movie "In Between" watching event followed by the director's talk. I attended a workshop of Easy Japanese too.I am glad to see my ex−colleague.

After that I went to Kitasenju to see the 33rd World Peace Art Exhibition 2025.

I went to Asakusa to see the Samba Carnival but it was already over. So I ate dinner and came home.

On my way home I attended two zoom event.

After coming home I held the 48th bilingal tea party.

2025.8.26

It was fine and hot.

There was once a year health check. Some were improved, others were worsen.

To my lucky I got an invitation ticket to the Van Goph Exhibition.

At lunch time I called to my friends from high school tennis club who had a luncheon today.

There were two meetings.

I booked bus tickets for next month.

At night I enjoyed attending Happy Attraction Fes.

2025.8.23

It was fine and hot.,

I wore Kimono and went to the station by car.

I went to Shibuya first to see the photo exhibition.

After that I went to Ebisu to have a luncheon. There were 7 participants, and four of them left earlier to prepare for the event. Three of us enjoyed chatting and stayed longer.

After saying good by to them I headed for Ueno to see the special exhibition "Ooku." Since it is Saturday it opens until 20:00. I enjoyed other exhibition too.

I came home around 22:30.

I walked 19,137 steps.

2025.6.28

It was fine and hot.

I wore kimono and headed for Ebisu to have luncheon. Just before that three more people decided to join.So there were 9 people in total and we had two tables.

After that we moved to the next place to attend IWPG's network building monthly meeting. I made a presentation as a panelist.

After that I went to Hibiya to see Mission Impossible at last.

When I paid the parking fee, I was surprised to know it became yen 1000.

2025.6.15

It was cloudy and fine.

I went to the nearby shrine as a ritual of the 15th of the month.

There was a mayoral election.

After that I went to Yokosuka Iris Garden for the first time.

And I went to Yokosuka Museum of Art after a long time.

I visited Kamoi Hachiman jinja shrine.

I went grocery shopping.

There were three zoom sessions.

2025.6.8

It was rainy at first, but became cloudy.

My 169th ebook is released.

Today was the last day of 168th ebook promotion campaign.

I went to Sugita to have my hair cut and perm.

After that I went to a kimono shop to buy many things because the shop will be completely closed this month and they are having closing sales of 90% off, 70% off, and 50% off. 

And I went to Hinodecho to attend a monthly seminar.

After the seminar I visited Iseyamakotai jingu shrine and Naritasan Yokohama branch temple as usual.

Since today is Taian I saw Omiya mairi family and wedding couple.

After coming back I went grocery shopping.

There were three webinars at night.

2025.6.1

A new month has started.

June is rokugatsu (6月、六月) or minazuki (水無月) in Japanese.

It was fine and rain.

There are some rituals I do on the first day of the month; to change plants, rice, salt of in-house shrine, change mounted salt, and visit nearby shrine.

I posted the calendar of June.

Today after visiting the shrine I went shopping for the container, rock sugar, and white liquor to make plum wine.

After coming home I picked up the plums, washed, wiped, and put into the container with rock sugar and white liquor for the first time.

It will take for a few months to be able to drink. 

Present campaign of my 168th ebook was over.

I pubIished the168th ebook.

2025.5.31

It was a rainy day.

I wore kimono and headed for Yokohama to attend a luncheon of 133 participants  sponsored by Kimono shop.

To my glad I got a QUO card of yen2000.

After that I walked to Yamashita park, China town and Yokohama stadium and headed for Tokyo.

I visited Shiba Dai Jingu shrine and Zojoji temple and went to the Tokyo Prince Hotel to attend a seminar of 1200 people.

After that I had dinner with my friend at a Vietnamese restaurant.

To my glad my 167th e−book became No.1 in the USA.

2025.5.24

It was cloudy and rainy.

I went to Sugita to have my hair cut and get head spa asa birthday present.

It is the Day of Snake of the Month of Snake of the Year of Snake. I wanted to visit the shrine which enshrines Benzaiten at the Time of Snake. So I asked the smart phone about the walking distant shine, and I visited there though it seems there was no Benzaiten there.

I visited Softbank to ask about data back up. But after all I have to give up almost all the pictures I took yesterday.

I went to the Kimono shop to book the party next week. I could experience to make kimono by the mode of Ittobori(イット).

After that I went to Hinodecho to attend the monthly seminar.

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

At night I attended a zoom gathering.

2025.4.26

It was fine, but became rain in the afternoon for a while and became fine again.

I got up early and wore kimono.

I went to the station and headed for Shinjuku to have luncheon with friends and watching Projection mapping.

I was interviewed for the Taiwanese program.

I came home at midnight.

It was an eventful day.

2025.3.23

It was fine and warm.

I walked to the station and went to the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery which was recommended by a lecturer of the seminar I attended on March 20.

They say it will be closed for two years from April. So I decided to go there in the morning. I felt as if I were in Europe.

After that I moved to Mita to attend the trial lesson of Brain Hacking Academy. Meeting time was 12:15, but actually seminar started around 13:30 because every participant took some tests.

It was informative and worth attending, but I decided not to take one year course.

After that I went to Shinagawa to meet my friend, but I could not see her. Instead I happened to see another friend.

At night there was a zoom session.

I submitted the 160th ebook.

2025.3.20

It was fine and warm.

Today is a national holiday called Shunbun no hi (春分の日), Vernal Equiox Day.

I got up early to get on the 7:03 train and headed for the Shimbashi to go to the Hama-Rikyu Gardens to take a seven hour seminar.

We had a good time even if the contents were changed.

After that some friends and I had tea and sweets at the tea room.

After saying Good bye I headed for Shinjuku to see the live performance.

There were two parts.

I had supper and came home.

It was a nice day.

2025.3.16

It was raining heavily. 

I walked to the station via the park.

I went to the National Film Archive of Japan to see two movies from "Yokohama and Cinema."

After that I went to Shinjuku to have dinner with friend.

I attended a zoom meeting at night from the train.

2025.3.8

It was cloudy and slightly snowed and cold.

I went to Sendagi to see my friend's strings art exhibition. 

After that I walked to JR Nippori station via Yanaka Ginza.

I went to Tokyo to have lunch with my friend after several years.

After that I went to the National Film Archive of Japan for the first time to see two movies of ''Yokohama and Cinema." 

They are made in 1972 and 1983.  

After that I had dinner with a new friend.

It was a good day.

2025.3.3

It was a cold rainy day.

March 3 is known as Doll's Festival, and a day for Ear.

I was rather busy at work.

To my glad my 159th ebook has been No.1 in Japan.

On my way home I visited my kimono teacher of more than 30 years ago at the care facility near my house to celebrate her 90 years' birthday. 90 years celebration is known as sotsuju(卆寿).

At night I attended the five days Program of practicing the lessons of Brain summit. It was very informative.

2025.3.2

It was fine and warm like spring.

To my glad my 158th ebook became No. 1 in the USA.

I prepared the 159th ebook in the morning and published it in the afternoon.

I walked to Miura kaigan station through Komatsu pond where is one of the main festival venues of cherry blossoms festival.There were so many people today.

I went to Zushi to see my high school tennis friend's Art Exhibition.

After that I climbed up mountain to see the Nagae Sakurayawa Ancient Tumuli where I read by newspaper recently.

I saw the beautiful sunset there.

After grocery shopping I came home around 7:30PM.

There was a webinar tonight.

2025.2.23

It was fine in the daytime, and slightly rained at night.

It is the Emperor's 65th birthday today. Happy Birthday!

I walked to Miura kaigan station to see Cherry blossoms and Rape blossoms. Blooming differs within 2 kilometers.

I took trains to Taura to see plum blossoms with high school friends. The view from the mountain top was nice and I could see the Tokyo Sky Tree and Yokohama Landmark Tower.

After that we went to Yokosuka to have lunch.

We went to High School Alumni Office and saw albums. There is a book of 100 Prestigious High School, and ours is one of them. What an honor!

After that I went to beauty shop to have my hair cut and perm.

At night I attended a zoom event for travel lovers.It was fun.

2025.2.16

It was cloudy but became fine.

I published the 157th ebook.

I got up early to wear kimono and went to Ushitenjin Kitano Jinja shrine to attend the 43rd Plum Festival with friends. We enjoyed having tea, sweet sake, pork soup, and getting special red stamp with plum wind and sweets.

Two of them left there, and four of us visited four more shrines and had tea and headed for Shinjuku.

I had Afternoon Tea with seven friends. 90 minutes passed quickly and we enjoyed talking and eating.

After that I had dinner with a friend.

After saying goodbye, unexpected thing happened to her, and we met again.

I attended two zoom events on my way back.

It was a nice day.