Words of a bulletin board was updated.
It is ' O-KA-GE-SA-MA '
This word shows the gratitude.
We thank to something that we can't see.
Thanks to you and something that we can't see, I could spend safely and vigorously this year.
New years is around the corner.
I wish everyone could have a happy new year !
Headquarters of Soji-ji Large ancestor hall.
I participated in a memorial service for Gazan shouseki and for our ancestors.
It was held by many priests in Soji-ji and the priests who participated this trip.
Daiyu-zan Saijouji
Daiyu-zan Saijouji is far in the mountains where a long-nosed goblin seems to go out.
It is also a temple of Soto Zen Buddhism and has a tradition of long history and a high formality.
Shuzenji
Shuzenji is the temple which was opened by Kobodaishi.
It changed it's sect from Shingon Sect to Rinzai Zen Sect and next to Soto Zen Buddhism.
waterfall named Jouren-no- taki
It's said that it's one of the 100 selections of Japanese waterfalls.
Kamakura Daibutsu
It is designated as "national treasure" and it holds nearly first form of the building.
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu
it is a symbols of Kamakura and a military family.
And it's said that it received cordial belief from Toyotomi and Tokugawa person.
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Gazan shouseki ; second ancestor of this temple is memorized for 650 years from his death in 2015.
Soto Zen Buddhism Okayama religious affairs held this event.
So I joined it and had a trip to Sojiji and so on from November 24 to November 26.
Tuesday, November 24 Okayama Airport-> Haneda Airport-> Soji-ji-> Aida Mitsuo art museum-> sunshine Prince Hotel->
-> Suehiro bower-> sunshine Prince Hotel
Wednesday, November 25 Hotel-> Daiyu-zan Saijouji-> Hakone Jikkoku-toge-> Shuzenji-> Shuzen-ji hot spring
Thursday, November 26 Hotel-> Waterfall of Jouren-> Amagi-toge-> Odawara-> Kamakura Daibutsu-> Tsurugaoka-hachimangu-> Haneda Airport->
->Okayama Airport
@ I was also satisfied with a rakugo and magic for 4 hours at Suehiro bower in Shinjuku at first night, and I enjoyed myself greatly.
It was a first experience, and I thought this was also one of the wonderful "Japanese cultures".
@ It was rainy at Hakone Jikkoku-toge and was cloudy, so I couldn't see Mt. Fuji but I could see Suruga Bay somehow.
I was tired a little, but it was very full 3 days.
By the way, we need to be healthy, time and some money to take a trip like this.
This time I could participated in this chance, but it was dangerous a little.
I was attacked by the dizziness which I haven't experienced so far two days before the trip.
I was in bed for about one hour but I didn't recover from dizziness and hands and feet were very cold, a heart was a tapir tapir.
At last I went to a hospital.
As a result of the medical examination, a doctor said it was "a stand, low blood
pressure by standing up suddenly "and said "Please move more slowly."
And I was allowed to go to the trip.
As I become older and older, I wonder what will happen to me.
Updated words of a bulletin board at a zen temple is 'More than enough is too much'.
It seems that moderateness is good for everything.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was updated.
It means 'comfortably'.
We should remember this words because people these days look so busy.
Really important things may be less than we think it is important.
January 4
I went to Ta-ka-ma-stu Sa-i-jyo I-na-ri.
The path to the shrine was very crowded and my car couldn't run smoothly.
There were lots of people in front of the main shrine. 
It is said smoke of stick of incense makes us healthy.
Votive picture tablet praying for passing school or university.
Many lots are left here.
The lot I chose was excellent luck, so I kept it in my purse.
Ni-o-mo-n
I hope everyone's wish may come true !
January 1
gate of a temple
I went to our family temple to celebrate a new year with my husband.
First, our priest raised a sutra with us.
After that, we enjoyed spiced sake and sweet bean paste soup with rice cakes.
We had a pleasant time chatting and doing lot and so on.
We prayed for having peaceful and a happy lives.
January 2
I prefer pushing a stroller than getting on it !
It's fun to climb the stairs.
I'm very interested in children I don't know.
I want to play with them !
It was a very cold and windy day, but I made a first visit to a shrine near my house with my daughter and my grandson .
I requested the God so that we lead a peaceful and happy life this year.
Updated language of a bulletin board at a zen temple is a simple word "thank you".
This is the origin of this word.
By the way, beautiful chrysanthemum is decorated in front of the building every year.
A parishioner of this temple presents these flowers.
We can enjoy them for a while.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
This poem is one of the works by a famous Haiku poet, Issa Kobayashi.
It means " There are lots of people who are enjoying cherry blossoms.
They are not connected by blood or friends each other, but they are connected in somewhere."
I learned this poem for the first time.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
It means " to wait, to be patient "
We are too busy to wait something and our life is too convenient to be patient.
But our heart has lost room.
It may be important to think about the meaning of these words.
A group of Lion dance called 'I-se Da-i-ka-gu-ra' came to my house before noon and danced a Lion dance wishing for our health and good luck.
We can drive out devils from our house and purify our home.
They visit from house to house.
First, we pay some money to this group so everyone doesn't request to dance.
The number of the people who request to dance seems to become less and less every year.
'I-se Da-i-ka-gu-ra' is specified to the important intangible folk cultural property of the country, so we should value it for long !
talisman
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
It means " Don't be panicked. Don't hurry."
We should gaze at ourselves firmly without caring only about the surroundings.
And we should live our lives carefully and carry out things one by one.
Japanese kerria ； Japanese rose
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
It means " Whether they look at me or not, I will bloom." by Sa-ne-a-tsu : a famous Japanese novelist, poet, dramatist, and painter. "
Flowers bloom innocently.
We should lead our lives like this.
Flowers of Ume began to bloom.
Words of a bulletin board at a zen temple was renewed.
It means " Things will become as it will be.
Don't worry. " by Ikkyu zenji : a famous Zen priest called Ikkyu san.
In a song ’Que sera sera’', they sing it as 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be'
If we can think of everything like this, we will be able to send a life more freely and more easily because our mind will not be caught by anything.
Yesterday afternoon, I went to a hall that is at Mabi-town to attend a meeting held by the Soto sect in Okayama.
First we had a chair meditation of Zen Buddhism for about twenty minutes to settle down our heart.
The hall was very very quiet and silent during the event.
After that, we had a very good time listening to a lecture by a priest of Ko-yo-ji in Kumamoto.
He is a very good guitarist and a singer as well.
He belonged to a light music club during college days.
He is a preacher of the zen sect and the style of talk was like Ki-mi-ma-ro who is popular now.
He talked about the importance of life and said we should thank to everyone.
We all laughed and laughed.
Last we sang a song by him together.
It was a pleasant meeting and we enjoyed very much.
Ke-ko-u-ji
Yesterday afternoon, I attended a meeting at a zen temple named Ke-ko-u-ji that stands in the hill in Sojya city.
After reciting Heart Sutra, I copied sutra named Ha-n-nya Shi-n-gyo for less than one hour.
We offered Sutra-copying to a principal image and had a little rest with a cup of green tea and some Japanese sweets.
We also had a meeting of human-right study which was a main event at the meeting.
What was projected by a slide was a catastrophe in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the people or the lives of Fukushima.
Mr Minoru Kamata who is a honorary directer of Suwa medical center was also projected on the screen.
He has been greatly concerned about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster so he was very shocked at that catastrophe.
So he visited Fukushima many times and is encouraging the people there.
It seems that many people there are experiencing human-right discrimination from various reasons.
After the slide, we exchanged opinions.
The slide made us think much.
There are many problems to solve.
