2021.2.3

It was fine.

Today is risshun (立春), one of nijushisekki(二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. The last one was daikan (大寒) on January 20, and the next one is usui (雨水) on February 18.

Risshun literally means stand spring. It is the first day of spring.

Today is ichiryu manbaibi (一粒万倍日), the day when one grain becomes 10,000 times. It is a good day to start something.

I made a photobook for January.

2021.2.2

It was heavily raining in the morning, but rather warm.

Today is setsubun(節分), the day before spring.Setsubun literally means to divide seasons. There are four seasons in Japan, therefore there are four setsubun in a year. However when we say setsubun, we mean the day before spring.

Usually it falls on February 3, but this year it is February 2 which happens after 124 years.

There are special foods and custom on this day. We scatter the roasted beans saying "Oni wa soto fuku wa uchi (鬼は外福は内)" meaning evils out fortunes in.

And we eat roasted beans as much as our age.

We eat rolled sushi with seven ingredients called ehomaki (恵方巻き) facing the good direction of the year without saying anything.

I did all.

2021.2 1

A new month has started. February is nigatsu (２月 or 二月) or kisaragi (如月).

It was fine in the morning.

This morning I used the prime salt (morijio: 盛り塩) maker for the first time to offer at the shinto shrine alter.

I went to the nearby shrine before going to work. I saw the beautiful sunrise.

When I got to Tokyo, it seemed rained there.

After work I dropped at Shinagawa to visit a travel agency. Unfortunately it was closed due to COVID-19.

Free promotion of my 18th book will be over soon. I am glad to communicate with friends around the world by announcing about free promotion.

Thank you  thank you, thank you