It's been raining all day long today.  Mother's first mid-August memorial service day, called Bon in Japan.On her funeral day, on her 4...

August 6th.Todayprayers from all over the world reach Hiroshima, hoping for peace. 

I've just decided to take an online English conversation lesson.  The very first lesson today.  Quite nervous.....but it was so ea...

Today the Tokyo Olympic Games start.  Coincidentally I've read this book, which was already published in 2014.The story teller is a hom...

One day,the familiar peaceful mountains and rivers in our neighborhoodsuddenly change and cause terrible disasters,just leaving tragedies.Ou...

Happened to find a lovely sparrow when shopping around the mall!  This has been hand-drawn by a British artist.  The brush wo...

Enjoyed a mindfulness lunch with a pancake I made from rice-flour."Mindfulness eating" makes us find things we have not even noticed before....

I'm going on a forty-hour journey of prayer.  Still I stay home and my prayer is only about one hour long every day, which means it las...

Watched a Korean drama for the first time in a long time. As the title "Dokkaebi", which means a legendary creature from Korean mytholo...

No matter how old you are, no matter where you are,your birthday is a special day.I just feel like celebrating everybody's birthday tod...

I love his songs.  I love this song. "Let everything flow away and go home...."

I planted flowers myself for the first time in a very long time.  When I took this plant from my Mom's garden, I was not sure they woul...