human relationships are complicated,,,,

I want to be the wind Typhoons hurricanes cyclones.. are kind of "it"... hoshi * akane

art appreciation

Eight shining eyes Four little islanders In the exhibition room hoshi * akane 瞳キラキラ 島の子たちは 展示室 星茜 Upper：bronze, Naoki TOMINAGA Lower: Japane...

smelling sweet

Fallen flowers on a plate I don't want to say goodbye yet hoshi * akane 茉莉花の落花を 蛍の小皿に 母は見てるか お空から 星茜

A Happy Saturday

  How sweet! Easter gifts was given  in the morning Amacha was served    in the afternoon hoshi * akane 朝はイースターのプレゼント 3時は甘茶のティーブレイク なんて幸せな土曜...

"Megacopta punctatissimum"

Three little bugs know How soft and sweet  The golden young leaves are hoshi * akane 黄金に輝く若葉 マルカメムシの お気に入り 星茜

my favorite sound

Catholic nuns and trainee Zen monks Both walk like  Gentle ripples hoshi * akane 修道女 修行僧 歩む音 （ね） は さざなみめいて清々し 星茜 upper :Redemptoristine Mona...

starting over

  Next morning after the fog Every ordinary thing  Seems fresh hoshi * akane

natural remedy

When you  feel exhausted    Hide yourself in the fog Untl it lifts   hoshi * akane ヒトに疲れたら 隠れていよう 霧が晴れるまで 星茜  

nature loves peace

People gather  Under the cherry blossoms  In full bloom         hoshi * akane  

everyone on this planet

Everyone is someone's best friend We don't want to lose our friends Don't let them die！ hoshi * akane 一人一人が誰かの友達 友達は元気でいてほしい 決して死んでほしくない 星茜 ...

Greetings

May this year be a happy and fruitful year! On the first day of Year of the Horse  hoshi * akane

too difficult for me?

Ordered the scores today Will be my hope for the coming year At least for several months until their arrival... hoshi * akane 楽譜を注文 来たる年への希望...

last walking in 2025

On the last day of my horrible year  The world looks peaceful maybe I am a part of it hoshi * akane 最悪の年の最終日 世の中平和に見える 私も多分その一部 星茜

a Zazen friend

Rare and variable ... I have few friends  hoshi * akane 友達ほとんどいないけど レアで大事な坐禅トモ 星茜

Tsundoku; TBR pile?

No plans nor special meals  During the New Year’s holiday  I borrowed eight books  hoshi * akane おせちなし 予定なし 本を8冊 借りてくる 星茜

survival strategy

Horsehair worm, Strepsiptera... What terrufying parasitism insects do! We would be lucky to be born as a human  Even if we are deceived hois...

Tomorrow is a garbage day

For autumn leaves Donate an extra bag For their peaceful ending hoshi * akane 秋の葉に1枚 ゴミ袋取ってくる 星茜

とまります：Tomarimasu：I Will Stop!

necessary to stop  and express it  when feeling  exhausted hoshi * akane とりあえず止まろう 生きるのに疲れたら 星茜

once or twice a year

necessary to trim even for humans? I'll sit zazen... hoshi * akane 人間関係 煩悩 ヒトも刈り込みが必要か 星茜

mement of my mother

joyful breadfast using every other day mom's favorite rice bowls hoshi * akane 一日おきのお楽しみ 母の形見のご飯茶碗 星茜

bright future for them

Around my birthday in spring  Time to say goodbye  To my young friends  Best wishes on their new journey  hoshi * akane 旅立つ若き友たち 幸せ祈って送り出そう ...

worst year ever

I’ve  got a new appointment book  While hoping  To turn over a new leaf soon hoshi * akane  スケジュール帳買う 早く終われよ 最悪の今年 星茜

We are on the top of the ecological pyramid?

  Why they are beautiful unconsciously? How humanbeings and artifacts look from space? hoshi * akane 人間は生物界の頂点？ 彼らより 美しいとは思えない 星茜

peaceful moments

Swinging in the park While listening to the sound of rustling leaves Wintry weather tomorrow  hoshi * akane ブランコに揺られ 葉擦れを聴く 明日は寒くなる 星茜

There's no time like the present

  Walking to the art museum Enjoying night out by myself  hoshi * akane ひとり遊び楽し 歩いて行こう美術館 星茜

Janet Cardiff 40 Part Motet

  The last day of the exhibition We want to be far from ordinary life hoshi * akane 本日最終日 非日常に浸りたい 星茜

a fun day today

young friends came over  walking back downtown  around sunset hoshi * akane 非日常は楽しからずや 若き友来て歩いて帰る 星茜

appreciate daily routine

enjoy every little thing a piece of chocolate in the morning taking a walk in the evening hoshi * akane 朝のチョコ一かけ 夕方の散歩 丁寧に生きよう 星茜

delightful Saturday morning

Impressive red: colour of the scapular  and the prayer book  although I don't know hymn hoshi * akane 大好きなシスターのスカプラリオの色 お祈りの本の色 わたしは讃美歌歌えないけ...

Once in a while

Dear friends and family in Heaven  Would you please visit my dreams? hoshi * akane お空の上の方々へ たまに出てきて夢の中 星茜

happy encounter

  Nice meeting you today on my daily walking route hoshi * akane 今日の出会い いつもの散歩道 星茜

寂静 tranquility

The wind is blowing A bird is singing Enjoy myself alone hoshi * akane 風が吹いてる 鳥が鳴いてる ひとりを愛でる 星茜

Life is tough

  山にも傷痕 今日気づいた 星茜 Even mountains have scars  I noticed today  hoshi * akane

be one of small joys

いい人でいよう 時々誰かが思い出してくれるように 星茜 Trying to be a good person Would be nice Someone remenbers me sometimes hoshi * akane

Smile!

  Practice  Each moment For a peaceful life hoshi * akane 日々是修行 いつも平穏で いられるように 星茜

one of the reasons for living

Friday evening Sunday evening Nice meeting you! I'm looking forward to seeing you for two days hoshi * akane 会えて嬉しや 待つこと2日 星茜

Life has its ups and downs

人生山あり谷あり 谷底からは視界不良 俯瞰で見よう 星茜 Trying to see things from a bird-eye view Poor visibility In the bottom of a ravine hoshi * akane

absurdity

  人はなぜ押し込むのか？ 押し込まれるのは嫌いなのに 星茜 Why people stuff  trash into the gap? Nevertheless They hate to be stuffed into a train hoshi * akane

healing

久しぶりの修道院   祭壇には秋の花 星茜 It's been a while since I went to a convent Autumn flowers in the chapel hoshi * akane

my life

朝のご飯おいしい 夕日がきれい 多分そこそこイイ人生 星茜 tasty rice in the morning beautiful sunset in the evening may-be fairly good... hoshi * akane

autumn selection

季節が変わる 絵を替える 気分を変えよう 星茜 Season has changed Change of exhibit at home I need a change of pace hoshi * akane

on the hillside in Nagagasaki

  Building a tomb with great view A horse used to carry them  Three decades ago  hoshi * akane 眺めの良い墓造り 馬が運んでた 20世紀末 星茜

in the late autumn of life

Thanks for the aweful gifts I did decide to live my own life with honest Until the end hoshi * akane 非運も運 死ぬまで生きよ〜 いさぎよく 星茜

not special

毒はなく 目立たず 元気な草がいい 星茜 an inconspicuous  p oisonless wildflower... I want to live like hoshi * akane

time limited: 時間限定

解読不能 太陽からの 暗号文 星茜 Imposible  To dicipher  the code Sent   by the Sun hoshi * akan e

Janet CARDIFF "The forty Part Motet"

彼は誰時の展示室 哲学してるふりをする 星茜 Until late in the evining   Staying i n the exhibit room   Pretending to philosophize hoshi * akane until 16th Novem...

add Shikuwasa, Okinawan citrus juice

化学反応楽しもう 科学苦手やけど キレイやし 星茜 Enjoy chemical reaction I'm not good at science but Beautiful, no? hoshi * akane I make tea with some fresh   butt...

idk tho 知らんけど

0 is close to ♾️ ? Zero has possibility to become anything? something like.. Form is Emptiness and Emptiness is Form? hoshi * akane 0は♾️に似てる...

long time no matcha

川原さんの貴船菊咲いた いただいたご恩忘れてた 久々にお茶点てようか 星茜 Autuminal flowers come out Given by Kawahara san, an old tea ceremony friend of mine Will I make a bo...

Thanks!

今この時この星で このブログ見てくれてる人が7人 ありがとう！ 星茜 In this moment  Seven people are connected in the blog  I feel I'm not lonely  hoshi * akane

Zazen: sitting Zen meditation

こんなはずじゃなかった... それが人生? さぁ坐禅しよう 星茜 That wasn't supposed to happen! That's life Well, let's do Zazen hoshi * akane 坐禅の作法： https://www.sotozen-n...

favorite tableware

冷えてきた 一人チャイタイム やってみる 星茜 getting cold tonight havig chai tea break alone hoshi * akane

natural order

  闇はある 光もある...はず 生きていよう 星茜 there's darkness then brightness comes hopefully hoshi * akane photo: Yuko Shimamura 08.09.2025

for now

とりあえず 生き方探し 来年桜が咲くまでは 星茜 thinking how to live until  the cherry blossom blooms                                                             ...

offering on the alter

明日は 母のご命日 元気色の花 買ってきた 星茜 Tomorrow is  anniversary of my mother's passing Vividly coloured flowers   for her hoshi * akane

Sora: Sky in Japanese

  空くんの車椅子 スポークカバーは空の柄 今日は美術館で笑ってる 会えてウレシイ 星茜 Sora, a boy in a wheelchair Sky patterned wheel covers Smiling cheerfully in the museum  happy ...

Matsurika: Arabian jasmine

茉莉花さん ベッドサイドに来てもらう 今夜はいい夢見たいなあ 星茜 Dear Matsurika flowers Will your scent bring me  A sweet dream tonight? hoshi * akane

self-suggestion

私のまわりの小さな幸せ数えよう ゴーヤの花が咲いている 今日も生きている とか 星茜 Count a little happiness around me... A tiny fruit of Goya  I am alive today  hoshi * akane 

release

道元曰く「放てば手に満てり」 はて、怒りも放てば 何かイイもので満ちるのか？ 星茜 Dogen said : Let go and your hands will be full I wonder… If I let my anger go, will be filled wit...

cure-all

暑すぎて 人間らしくしてらんない 坐るっきゃない 星茜 Too hot 🥵🔥🔥 Difficult to behave like a human being  Necessary to do Zazen  hoshi * akane

while walking meditation

I feel… Looking down the earth  from the stratosphere Humans are ruining this planet…  hoshi * akane 成層圏から見下ろせば 人類は地球を壊しながら喘いでる ~経行中に見えたもの~ ...

regardful

Dear Chestnuts  You look “All set！”  Although summer was just begging  hoshi * akane 準備完了?! せっかちな栗さん まだ7月なんだけど 星茜

expert

A specialist of outdoor dining  Finding seasonal foods anywhere Under the big blue sky  hoshi * akane アウトドアの達人 旬のグルメの事情通 星茜 旬のグルメ 広い空の下

emergence of a cicada

待機3年 明日は 風の子 飛んでいく 星茜 Waiting for three years under the ground  Tomorrow morning he will fly away  As a child of the wind  hoshi * akane

baby boom

  Summer has come this morning  Three cicadas emerged  In my place  hoshi * akane 夏が来た 蝉3匹が 羽化した日 星茜

Sweltering

  In a tiring and oppressive afternoon  Alittle flower is blooming cheerfully Gift from the sweet nuns hoshi * akane けだるい午後 元気に咲いてる花ひとつ シスター...

summer refuge

あつ〜い夏 こわ〜いお化けに 会いにいく 星茜 On a scorching day  Going to see scary ghosts  hoshi * akane at Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture 

super hot

Sudden downpour Sparrows are taking shelter at the museum  Seems to be in the tropics  hoshi * akane 突如豪雨 スズメも避難 日本は熱帯になっちゃった 星茜

Saturday Zazen refrigerator

台所は37.1°C さあ坐禅で クールダウン 星茜 37.1°C(98.8°F) in my kitchen this afternoon  Well cool me down  While doing Zazen hoshi * akane

school trip

Children from Wakamatsu island  Happy to guide you at our museum  Your heart is beautiful  The same as your home town  hoshi * akane Map of ...

吹禅 Shakuhachi：a bamboo flute

Can you hear the sound of waves? Through Shakuhachi performance Blowing Zen  hoshi * akane 竹が奏でる 波の音 これも禅 星茜 Performance：Shido OTSUBO, Nagas...

At the art museum

Supporting for handicap children  To make kaleidoscopes I’m happy if I can add some colors in their future 🌈 hoshi * akane 特別支援学校の生徒さんたちの 万...

fortune

If I were born as a sparrow  I would’ve killed and eaten by a crow  I’m happy to do Zazen tonight too hoshi * akane 私がスズメに産まれてたら とうにカラスに食われち...

impossible

  Even if you are nibbled, you never get angry  Even if you are broken, you never cry  I do Zazen so as to be like you? hoshi * akane 齧られても怒...

as always

Where is it? Labyrinth or Hide  and seek? I can’t find what I want to buy in a 100-yen shop hoshi * akane ] どこにある？ 迷路？かくれんぼ？ 毎度見つけられない私の購入...

long time no see

Dear my father Thank you for appearing in my dream last night Although You didn’t talk much as usual  hoshi * akane お父さん 久々に夢にご出演ありがとう 相変わらず...

creative?

素敵でもない知らない家に住んでいた、 昨日 の夢でも。 なんで脳はそんなの創り出す？ 星茜 I was living in a unfamilar house in my dream also last night Not attractive, nor special one ...

sweet scent

散った茉莉花 ヘッドボードに置いてみる いい夢見れるかな 星茜 I put fallen jasmine flowers on the headboard  They will bring me good dreams tonight?! hoshi * akane

after Zazen

明日は雨 今夜のうちにゴミ拾う 星茜 It's going to rain tomorrow  I picked up a trush on the way home  A tiny good deed I can do now hoshi * akane  

Sakura-ran: Hoya carnosa

母が咲かせたかったサクララン シスターたちが咲かせてる 星茜 Sakura-ran:  Cherry-blossom orchid  Is in bloom in a convent  My mother wanted to make blooming.. hoshi * aka...

Sumomo: Japanese plums

Gifts from the nuns Thank them and rainy season hoshi * akane 梅雨もまたよし 修道院からスモモのお裾分け 星茜

in a chapel

夏近し 礼拝堂に扇風機 星茜 Electric fans have appeared on the wall  Summer is just around the corner hoshi * akane

Tsubame:swallow

One of the swallows is flying on the paper Others flew away  From the battlefield? hoshi * akane 燕が一羽飛んでいる ほかのも戦場から飛び立ったか？ 星茜 calligraphy by...

Francis Ford Coppola appeals

"Leap into the Future Unafraid ! For the sake of our Children" We can live peacefull while respecting each other! but not at present nothing...

volunteer work

  Next month  I'll work more at the museum Registering the art books Supporting special needs children, art club students.. They make me hap...

already summer days?

雨なき梅雨 友去った家に 露草ひとつ咲いている 星茜 little rain in the rainy season a " dew flower"  i s in bloom in a garden my friend used to live hoshi * akane

the earth rotates

We can’t see the future  But tomorrow will come definitely... hoshi * akane 未来は見えない でも明日は来るんだね 星茜

good role models?!

小さな花たち 気付かれなくても咲いている 星茜 Tiny flowers are in bloom  Even if we don't notice them hoshi * akane  

simple joy

霧の夜に 帰れば 小さな花ひとつ 星茜 Arriving home through the fog A tiny flower is in bloom  hoshi * akane Furan:  Vanda falcata     “orchid of the wind”  l...

miracle or illusion

今この時に この星で これ見てくれてる人がいる... 友達がいる？ 星茜 Right now at this moment On this planet Someone is watching  my blog.... I might have friends?? hoshi *...

especiall this time of year

スペイン人とドイツ人トモが言ったっけ  日本の山の色はスペシャル~キレイ❣️ 確かにそう 他所の山は知らないけれど 星茜 A spanish and a german friends of mine told me: How beautiful Japanese mountain...

high humidity

今日も雨降り 修道院の廊下に除湿機  星茜 Dehumidifiers in the corridor in a convent It keeps raining for three days hoshi * akane  

frog weather forcast

クヮクヮクヮ カエルの声を聞いて坐す 明日も雨か 星茜 Frogs are croaking While sitting Zazen It will be rainy rainy tomorrow also hoshi * akane  

heroins in rainy season

Hygrangea flowers are blooming proudly  They give  colours  While the nuns praying for the world peace hoshi * akane   アジサイは誇らしげ シスターの平和の祈りを...

Saturday evening

カラスはネグラへ 私は坐禅へ急ぐ 雨上がり 星茜 In a hurry  Crows are flying back home I'm going to Zazem just after rain stopped hoshi * akane  

Friday 13th

Dark clouds are looming over this planet? It looks peaceful here for now... hoshi * akane 暗雲立ち込めるこの世界 今のとこ ここはのどかなのだけど 星茜

my volunteer job today

Supporting kids adventure at the art museum You had a good time here?! It will become seeds of peace, I believe hoshi * akane 今日のボランティア 美術館探...

monthly Zazen on 11th

今日の坐禅は急遽中止 それじゃ散策 梅雨晴れ間 星茜 It was cancelled suddenly Instead let's go for a stroll on the riverside! Will tbe a good memory for me.. hoshi *...

memento

母の書架から持ってきたテキスト開く 発行2011年？とうに字は読めなくなってた 読みたかったんだね 読んであげればよかった 星茜   A book I have broght from my mother's book shelf;  the last sutra of Bhud...

follow your example 🙏🏼

君らはいいな 自然に可愛くて 私の心 そうはなれない 星茜 I envy you  You are sweet naturally  Impossible for my heart for the moment... hoshi * akane