2020.1.3

It was fine. 

I watched another special drama until morning and went to bed after that. It was the night for the first dream, hatsuyume (初夢). To dream Mt. Fuji, hawk, eggplant are the auspicious but I do not remember what I dreamt.

Today is the second day of Hakone ekiden. It is the 100 years anniversary event from the first race held in 1920. This is the 96th event. Yesterday Aoyama gakuin daigaku (青山学院大学) ran 107.5km by 5 hours 21 minutes 16 seconds with 5 runners which was the new record.

Today Aoyama gakuin daigaku started first and they won the return route too. It took 5 hours 24 minutes 07 seconds. Total time was 10 hours 45 minutes 23 seconds. This is the fifth victory for Aoyama gakuin daigaku after two years. Congratulations!

There were 20 new records this year. One of the reasons seems the shoes. New era for running seems started.

The sunset was very beautiful today again.

I watched the movie "Masquerade Hotel" on TV  which was showing last year at the theaters tonight.

2020.1.2

It was fine.

I stayed at home.

The annual event of January 2 is the first day of Hakone ekiden (箱根駅伝), the Relay Road Race to Hakone by university students.  

Aoyama gakuin daigaku won. There were many new records today.

Congratulations!

I watched many TV prorams today.

2020 1 1

Happy New Year!

Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu (明けましておめでとうございます。)

How are you spending the New Year?

After becoming the new year, I went to the nearby shrine for the first visit of the year. This is called hatsumode (初詣). They offered the red and white good luck rice cakes (kaiun kohaku mochi: 開運紅白餅) and sake called omiki (お神酒).

In the early morning I went to see the first sun rise which is called hatsu hinode (初日の出). It was cloudy and I could not see the rising sun from the sea but I saw the sunshine between clouds which was very beautiful.

After coming home I ate ozoni (お雑煮), rice cake soup which I made with the ones I got at the shrine and osechi ryori (お節料理) which are special dishes for the new years.

The pleasure of the New Year's Day is New Year's cards which is called nengajo (年賀状). They are posted before Christmas. I sent & received some messages from SNS. It is good to communicate with those who have formed my life.

I watched the DVDs of the Kimono Fashion Festival in Nijo castle on September 14  and 15 last year finally.

It was a relaxing nice start of the new year.