I'm busy these days writing a blog in Japanese. It is a kind of house-building log. When I was planning and designing our house, I was really grateful to diaries and web logs for a lot of useful information. So this is my turn to pay it ba…

Up at six. 6-hour-sleep may not be bad. It feels even a bit chilly this morning. Sometimes I wake up with a distant roar of an airplane, flying over my house perhaps from Haneda airport to somewhere. I wonder if it used to be like this. Fr…

Feel a lot better this morning. Getting up on the bed took less time than yesterday. Now at last I'm on the right track of healing. I certainly feel! I haven't been to my office for two weeks. Though I gave them instructions about their wo…

Woke with a slight headache. Not bad but it feels heavy and deep. Hope it will not get worse. I already have enough problem in the back. I have only two ways to live now; lying or sitting. Yesterday, I taught English sitting on a reclining…

Feel better today. My back is still dull but not like yesterday. I need some exercise. I'd been spending too much time on the bed. But I must be careful. I'd underestimated my back pain when I first felt it, which aggravated the problem. I…

Ninety trillion yen? That's ridiculous. Why is our national budget always so big? Did DPJ say it would make the budget from scratch? I think I know how hard it is to reduce the budget from my own experience when I managed the research budg…

Feel slightly better this morning. Or should I say "better for a morning"? It's always the worst in the morning. We can put up with pain if we know it will be cured some time in the future, no matter how unbearable it may be or how long it…

Up at 5. Still dark. Dull pain in the back. Hope it got better today. Reading books on the bed with intermittent TV watching all day yesterday, I feel weak. Today I wish to go out and take some walk to see, smell and feel something autumna…

My back was so painful when I tried to get up. Last night, when I was teaching English to students and just seated still, I felt an acute pain in my back. Since then it has got worse. A back problem is not easy to understand logically or c…

I feel even cold this morning. Becoming my favorite season. "One word from him. Another from me. The autumn is deepening." The haiku I like. "彼一語、我一語、秋深みかも".

Another beautiful morning. On such a good autumn day, we need to do something suitable for the value of the day. Going on a hike? Not bad seeing autumn leaves tinged bloody red or shining yellow. No, no. Everyone must think the same. Every…

Persistent back pain. Especially right after I get up. Perhaps my body got used to the lying position too long while I was asleep. It was even worse yesterday when I, with my wife and mother, went to the house builder's office and discusse…

What a clear sky! Refreshing breeze, singing of birds, typical ideal autumn morning, like a day in a juvenile novel. From the window I see a part of the mountain range that should form a sharp panoramic skyline. Due to the roof of the next…

Another rainy day. With a stormy wind. Is the typhoon coming? or has it passed already? I like typhoons. I feel thrilled when I see all the rage of nature. When I was young, I used sometimes to drive to see ocean right before a big typhoon…

What is this? Is it a typhoon? Still raining. Yesterday, I okayed the contract terms with the house builder. Now the three-quarter-year house-building project has finally started. It's going to be a long and tough job for everyone of us. I…

Woke at six. Could not fall back to sleep. Still dark. Switched on the bedside lamp. Began reading a book for a sleeping pill. No good. Chilly morning. The sound of cars splashing water. Raining... Without my notice, the autumn is deepenin…