2018.2.3

It was fine.

I had a rather busy day going to Shinjuku, Akasakamitsuke, Shibuya, and Daikanyama.

First I went to attend the monthly meeting of Morinda. I was very glad to hear the message of Mr. Kelly Olsen. I measured AGE after that.

Today is setsubun (節分), which literally means dividing the seasons.That is today is the end of winter and spring starts tomorrow in luner calendar.
On this day we do mamemaki (豆まき), scattering the roasted soy beans saying "Oni wa soto fuku wa uchi (鬼は外福は内)" meaning "Devils out fortunes in."
This year I went to Toyokawa inari Tokyo branch to see the special event. There were many celebrities there. I met Ikko san and took a picture together. They gave the visitors some roasted soy beans and red & white rice cakes.

After that I went to Shibuya and visited some places in Hikarie including a pappet gallery of Kawamoto Kihachiro. This reminds me of Iida city in Nagano.

Then I walked to Daikanyama to attend the bit late New Year's Party of Happy Traveling Club. I met some friends and had a good time. There were some people who have traveled around the world by business class flights.

It was a fruitful day.

2018.2.2

It was sleeting in my area in the morning. When I got to Ropongi, it was snowing. It snowed a lot in the morning, but it became rain in the afternoon and did not pile.

There happened the law of attraction today. I heard somebody whom I needed to talk but have never talked yet would come to my institution today. I went to the bathroom before going to the venue to say hello to her. Before that I had just checked her by website and seen her picture and known how she looked like.
When I entered the bathroom I happened to see her and started talking and was able to say what I needed to.
It was interesting.

2018.2.1

A new month has started. February is nigatsu (２月), the second month or kisaragi (如月).

I visited two shirines as usual before going to work, one near house, the other near office as a routine of the first day of the month which is called otsuitachimairi (お朔日参り).

It was fine & cloudy in the morning but started raining around noon. It is very cold, and it is said to be snow again tonight.

I am glad it was not raining last night to see the beautiful super blue blood moon.

At lunch time I went out with my colleague. We went to the pasta restaurant which is very close from the office. It is very popular and I tried to book before but they said they would not accept booking at lunch time. Therefore I have wanted to go there since that time. They have a unique system. They offer yen 300 discount to those who work around the restaurant if you show the company ID.  After checking out they offer either soft ice cream or cup of drinks. You could choose different kind of pasta, ingredients, toppings or dressing, ingredients, toppings of salad.
I wanted to order the sea urchin taste pasta which looked the most expensive, but there was no discount.
After all I chose the seafood tomato sause pasta set. Set menu includes a drink and bread. There were many different kinds of drinks both hot and cold and it is rather difficult to choose just one.
When the waiter brought my friend's dish first, he brought the big pepper grinder. It was about 1 meter long. So I asked him to take a picture.
When he brought my dish, he offered us apron which was very nice of him.
After checking out, I wanted to get soft ice cream, but the cup was too small and it looked very difficult to put soft ice cream there, moreover it was cold rain outside, I decided to get a cup of peach tea today.
It was a nice experience.

They say today is one of the best days of this year to start something. Are there anything you started today?