{"id":1572,"date":"2021-02-02T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myendof.life\/?p=913"},"modified":"2021-02-02T23:41:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:41:21","slug":"20210202-today-is-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?p=1572","title":{"rendered":"20210202 Today is the &#8220;end of the year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Japan, we have the old calendar (something like the lunar calendar) and we go by &#8220;koyomi&#8221; whichi is the &#8220;season&#8221;. There is the 24 divisions of the year and of course, there are the equinox and summer and winter solstice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was the last day of the year and usually, it&#8217;s February 3rd where we wish the following year to be a happy and fruitful one. But today, after 124 years, is on February 2nd.<br>This is because of solar minute adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?attachment_id=916\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Title-20211005.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Title 20211005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Title-20211005.png?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoflife.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_20210202_102143.jpg?w=768&#038;resize=384%2C512\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow is like the Chinese new year day which they go by lunar calendar but Japanese don&#8217;t.<br>We call it &#8220;Risshun&#8221; = &#8220;\u7acb\u6625&#8221; literal meaning &#8220;Standing Spring&#8221; means &#8220;Spring has come&#8221;, which means a new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had to go to the foreign press club today for a meeting.<br>I thought that the bar room was open before 11AM (meaning, we can enter but no service).<br>This was what I was told last week by the staff but everyone was wrong.<br>Luckily, I only had to wait for 30 minutes for the gates to open.<br>I just sat on the chair at the hall and read some of the magazines that I had about PR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mychigasaki.com\/?attachment_id=920\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Title-20211002.png?fit=1524%2C855&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1524,855\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Title 20211002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mychigasaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Title-20211002.png?fit=640%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoflife.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_20210202_102441.jpg?w=768&#038;resize=300%2C400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption>Bronze statue of  Michael Leitch (Captain of Japanese Rugby Team)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t worry, I wasn&#8217;t sitting cold outside.<br>But still I had to wait&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, according to 4 pillars of destinty, which go by the Japanese old calendar, for me it was a &#8220;wasteful day&#8221;.<br>Yes, it was and luck was down from the beginning but it&#8217;s telling me to save my energy and don&#8217;t be irritated.<br>The worst is yet to come (laugh) but that day will be in 2 days (&#8220;Frustration Day&#8221;).<br>The day changes at 11PM in the 4 pillars of destiny.<br>I can explain more but I won&#8217;t since I don&#8217;t have the time right now. (It&#8217;s already 23:40).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I&#8217;m going to post this before the day (midnight) changes!<br>Adios Amigos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Japan, we have the old calendar (something like the lunar calendar) and we go by &#8220;koyomi&#8221; which 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