Regular check-up of my diabetes.

  I went to the hospital for my regular check-up for my diabetes in the morning. But my doctor, Dr.Iga, was absent today because of illness. Instead of Dr.Iga, Dr.Kikuchi saw me and told me first about the result of the barium enema X-ray of the large instine. Then, about my diabetes, he thought it was getting worse and told to add one more tablet of one kind after dinner. Today's sugar level of mine was 178 three hours after breakfast and HbA1 was 68.

Prince Tomohito Mikasanomiya , cousin of Emperor Aihito, passed away.

  I went to Furusato Noen to sow the seeds of sugar peas in the morning. I worked all morning, and on the way back I dropped in a nearby convenience store to buy rice balls for breakfast.
  The weather was wet in the afternoon, and I am afraid the temperature is not warm enough for the crops to grow.

  Today it was observed all across Japan thatVinus was traveling across the sun. It was a very rare phenomenon which occurs when the sun, Venus, and Earth are aligned. Next time when this phenomeno will occur will be more than 100 years later.

Ayako still has a cold.

  It was a fine day today. I walked westward as far as the Kawazoe riverside park. Ayako still has a cold, so she went to the hospital in the morning.
  BBC news reports the spectacular scenes of Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee. The gorgeous celebration has continued for four days.

Cloudy in the morning, but clear in the afternoon. Naoko Kikuchi arrested.

  In the morning, I walked along the Tomakomai River. The puffballs of dandilions and tiny flowers on the banks of the river were so beautiful.

 Today, Naoko ikuchi, who were wanted for 17 years as one of the suspects of the Aum shinrikyo cult members' sarin attacks in 1995, was arrested in Sagamihara city in Kanagawa prefecture. I had seen her picture in the arrest instructions in the police boards or many other places. In 1995, in three subway cars deadly poison "sarin" was scattered by the cult members and 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 were seriously injured.  

I walked as far as Kawazoe for the first time in more than10 days.

  Ayako has a cold, and she wasn't feeling well - no fever but she often coughs.
 In the morning, I walked as far as Kawazoe Riverside park. The flowers of azaleas were very beautiful.
 In the afternoon, I watched two sports games on TV - one was a baseball game between the Fighters and the Tigers, which was won by the Fighters by 7-4, and the other was the World Cup soccer elimination game between Japan and Oman, in which Japan won by 3-0.

"Undo kai" - a field day of our grandsons.

  Ayako and I went to Sapporo to see our grandsons' "undo-kai" or a field day. The weather was good so, the condition was very good. Chiaki and her divorced former husband Kazu Yokoyama, and Chiai's big sister Haruna came. In the running races, Tokio, a sixth grader, was in the 3rd place, and Arashi in the 4th. Tokio in the cavalry fights, and Arashi in the group dance "Yosakoi", did good jobs. 

It was fine and warm. I walked along the Tomakomai river.

  It is June 1st today. The weather was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon, it was cloudy. I walked through the Komorebi no mich woods and along the Tomakomai river. The puffballs of dandelions were beautiful. On the way back, I collected the tiny flowers of various kinds of wild plants . Some of them were red, others were yellow, blue, pink, purple, and so on, and they were so pretty.
  Tomorrow, Ayako and I are going to Sapporo to see Tokio and Arashi's "Undo kai" or field day of their primary school. But Ayako seems to have a cold and has a little fever. I am afraid we won't be able to go. It is still before 9:00 p.m. and Ayako is in bed now.