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Somehow it feels refreshing at the end of the year in Japan. Ever office, shop and people take a holiday and spend time with families. All houses are get ready to welcome a new year god to the houses by cleaning them up. And people buy groceries at the super markets like  hibernating throughout winter. I bought a lot of books on Kindle. They have gotten more collections these days than they used to be. I read Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens on Christmas, admired Fred that he is always cheerful and never been untruth to Scrooge. Tree lights at Roppongi BB-8 is our new hero I watched Star wars episode VII on the Christmas too.  Just baked cake in the oven  And baked tube cakes a few times.  A packages of rice cake stuffed with bean jam One thing good about getting age is to appreciate how beautiful nature of  a spirit of service is. Moreover we can turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Christmas is coming soon. It is as a closing day of the year. What you have been working, What you have been taking care the most, they would become materialized on the day. Mr. Fuji from Gotenba Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (1962) Gold and silver Earings

You see, man made the car to take us over the road Man made the train to carry the heavy load Man made the electric light to take us out of the dark Man made the boat for the water like Noah made The Ark This is a man's, man's, man's world But it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl James Brown-It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World 'Mata-hara' sounds like Sanskrit but it is short term for Maternity harassment in Japanese. It is often said that high educated women give up their careers to look after kids at home. People work long hours in the office and we have a considerable shortage of day care centers. Even If you could leave kids at day care, the parents have to pick up kids when they become feverish, and it is usually mother's role. Many mothers choose working with a reduced schedule, at home or leaving the company. Street lights in the night @ Nakameguro On the other hand, there are women who work ha...

Something easy to stick is mind. Since we have been looking for a counterpart who got separated before we born, tend to have illusion that there is something brilliant outside not thinking it might be inner self. And even it is not what you are looking for, you might stay there for a while to rest wings. Guinevere and King Arthur Then one day,  you come up with insufficient, go crazy and start to break a thing. Red umbrella in the city Vegetarian Lunch box Fortune telling with tarot cards

It's a thanksgiving day, which is a holiday in Japan. Beaujolais nouveau of the year is released on third Thursday of November Cheese is a good friend of wine, first time to cook macaroni and cheese 100g of macaroni and variety kind of cheese including cheddar, sliced onion, nutmeg,  fresh herbs, milk and bread crumbs on top Taste of home cooking? We call it 'Ofukuro no aji' (Mums food taste) Walking in Kappa-bashi to find kitchenware And found a beautiful Miso-soup bowl While I was drinking  Beaujolais nouveau on the Thursday night, I remembered the voice recode that was from a Japanese  counselor  lady who was living in the UK. She does the business on the internet and I purchased it in 2012. She read my email and did remote reading and replied in the voice message. It was easy to find the file in my PC so I  listened to it after a long time. I found it that there are not much changed since then. Sh...

Dance dance dance.. In the last weekend of the Summer, I participated the parade of Asakusa Samba Carnival. Our team theme is Buddhism. Someone posted on youtube already so I'm sharing it. I'm in the group of the middle who have fan veils(around 4:10). Compare to samba costumed ladies we didn't get much attention from audience though, it was a memorable moment.

I'd like to use some four-character idiomatic compounds Japanese as a title sometimes. Their English meanings are following. Today, I picked 因果応報 (In Ga Ou Hou) impulsively,  Because it comes Buddhism spirit,  I am desperate for inner contentment. My ideal of the daily life is to start with a cup of plain hot water in the morning, do Yoga and meditation, work then socialize or read and write in the afternoon then cook vegetarian meal for a supper and take a hot bath with pinch of salt and read in the bath tub and go to bed before 10 o'clock in the night. So far, I get only 50%, so compensation is required.  Inga Ouhou means all facts are results of what you have done. It is a different from Karma, it is called 『業(Gou)』in Japanese. Karma is an action, what you do, say and think. Be careful, thinking is a part of them. Karma leads result, these happenings are called Inga Ouhou. And Karma is also carried over from past life or created f...

I am on a summer vacation in Okayama for 10 days. One thing missing is a mobile, I had left it in my apartment room in Tokyo. Event though I noticed I didn't carry my iPhone 6 just after a few minutes later I    took a taxi, I didn't want to tell to a taxi driver immediatly because I didn't have much time for a flight  and there were basically one ways around my apartment and I had no idea how it would have taken to go back. So I tried to quickly scan the damages of not having a mobile. I had Kindle, MacBook, Wifi, schedule and notebook...well maybe it's ok without a phone. I have spent so much time on the mobile in the regular days. Not only me, but all friends all people, they are not standing alone but with their mobiles as if they are best friends.    So I thought it would have been a rare opportunity the chance of a lifetime to spend time without it. Am I making excuse my mistake? Maybe ye...

If you have improved your spirituality enough and are following the intuition with positive energy, your supporters can help you easily and you will clearly realize the effect. That is a universal cooperation. Supporters can be angels, ascended masters and may be your loved ones. They always want to help you. However their vibrations are very high so you won't connect with them and will miss their intentions if you are living in low energy. It is very important to lift up and maintain your energy level. Keep your words positive, have a lot of good quality of waters since a human body contains 60% of it and sleep well as we all can communicate with another world while we are sleeping. Believe in yourself that'll be believing the existences who look after you . Art work by Mr Ikuo Hirayama  at a corridor in Ginza             Sunday lunch at Nakameguro

I tend to forget to put 'I' when I talk Because it makes sense  without a subject in Japanese. i.e. English: 'I make you happy.' Japanese: 'Make you happy.' It covers meaning 'I make you happy.' In the universe system, it is important to mention 'who' to do so, because it reflects as it is. If the subject is missing, someone else would make it truth on behalf of you. But, but, isn't convenient? It is unearned income. Well,,, we have too much of freedoms. To do or not to do is all by choice. However the hearts should know individual roles. I easily forget that too, though. Vegetarian Lunch Plate

A Strong man, is not who beats others. Who to find the best solution in the chaotic situation. We care of the countries that have a war. Our dream is to visit there and see people smiling. A Pleasant man, is not who fools others. Who sees people with compassion.  We care of the animals that are killed unnecessarily. Our duty is to speak for them. We care of invisibles that are taken a second place. Our challenge it to open mind eyes. A doll by Momo

Of course all mother and daughter relationship is not good one. My mother and her mother who is my grand mother is tough one. They are reincarnation of rivals. Their lesson for this life time is to make up with each other. It seems difficult this time though.... Breakfast at Temple at Koya-san

A Black cat, Yasmin, had been missing, and she was on the poster. When she was found, the cat owner announced by the same way and picture as searching and thanked to people.  Yasmin was found! I should have taken a picture of searching version as well.

The happiest couple on earth,  is mother and daughter. My mother had me when she was 21 year old. Now we are living separetly,  she is in Osaka, I'm in Tokyo, but we see often in our hometown or travel not far away city together.  When I see mom & daughter couple on the street, I speak to myself 'What a peaceful scene.' They release a good vibration around them. Legend art cappuccino at Izumo Taisha in Shimane Here is a story. We used to be Soldiers at Roman times. Not a high class but lower ones who must go to the front at fighting. Eulalius and I, Boniface were orphans. He was 8 years older than me.  We were lonely existence but loved each other and were happy. Eventually people were getting to notice about us and making fun of it. We were hesitate to even talk in front of people. Because they went over react on it. Not such freedom was forgiven. I just loved to talk with h...

I know it was too abstracted. Because I had to leave the coffee shop, Starbucks, they close at 8 pm on Sunday. Now I'm coming back, it is a Sunday night again. Tea at Kyoto I was a child with  few words. Because I believed adults understood me without telling. And now, still the same belief, the God knows everything and the truth is proven. I try to be objective and that has been more important to me. So, I look for a similar opinion by googling, and if I found one, I convince myself I was right. So I became more speechless. But this dream, a female ghost. She was crying. She had regrets. I was telling her what more important is to express with your word. Don't care about consideration . Express in own words.

I was talking in my sleep the other day. In the dream, there was a female ghost, she had a regret in her previous life. I didn't want to have conversation with her but had no choice. So I gave her advice that it is important to speak out in my words. I was repeatedly saying ' my words'.