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Eight Crates, Bound for a New Home — A Shop Tour on August 24
August 24, 2026. A shop tour from the Oubaitori showroom in Koga, Ibaraki. Over the weekend there was a large earthquake. Then heavy rain. The water came as far as the green outside our door. It frightened me. Even so, the shop is unharm... -
In the End, It Is Me Against Me — The Morning After the Grandchildren Went Home (Morning Daimoku #1,139) SEO（EN）：In the End, It Is Me Against Me | Morning Daimoku #1,139
Good morning. How are you today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima of Oubaitori.com. This is the 1,139th morning of chanting 10,000 Daimoku. Yesterday the grandchildren all went home. Our entrance had been ove... -
Four Generations in One Room — The Question That Opened My Father’s Memory (Morning Daimoku #1,138)
Good morning. Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima of Oubaitori.com. This is the 1,138th morning of chanting 10,000 Daimoku. Yesterday was the final day of our 2026 summer camp with the grandchildren. On that las... -
The Last Day of Their Summer Stay — What My Eldest Grandchild Said to Me (Morning Daimoku #1,137)
Good morning. How are you today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, Oubaitori.com. Morning Daimoku, ten thousand chants. Today is number 1,137. Our grandchildren's summer stay ends today. They came on Sunday, ... -
Eight of Us in the World of Hunger — What We Chose at the End (Morning Daimoku #1,136)
Good morning. How are you today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, Oubaitori.com. Morning Daimoku, ten thousand chants. Today is number 1,136. Yesterday, after working from early morning, eight of us went out... -
With My Wife at the Planetarium, After Decades — A Vow for a Thousand Years Ahead (Morning Daimoku #1,135)
Good morning. Are you well today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com — chanting 10,000 Daimoku each morning. Yesterday, the shop was closed. Nine of us — our family, together with the four g... -
The First Morning My Grandchild Woke Me — Day Four of the Joint Summer Visit (Morning Daimoku #1,134)
Good morning. Are you well today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com — chanting 10,000 Daimoku each morning. Today — for the first time — my grandchild woke up before me. My grandchild woke ... -
“Was It Just Us?” — Our Consultation Log for Soka Gakkai Buddhist Altars Is Now Public
"Was it just us?" — Have you ever had a moment like that with your Buddhist altar? Since the Gohonzon is enshrined there, you cannot treat the altar carelessly. But at the same time, a small question can feel too small to bring to a shop... -
Grandchildren Come Down One by One — This Is My Reason to Live (Morning Daimoku #1,133)
Good morning. Are you well today? Bloom your own way, at your very best. This is Yukihiro Shima, from Oubaitori.com — chanting 10,000 Daimoku each morning. This morning, as always, I was chanting Daimoku when my grandchildren woke up — o... -
“If Only I Could Play the Piano” — Grandpa’s Challenge for Summer Camp (Morning Daimoku #1,132)
おはようございます。今日もお元気でしょうか。あなたらしく、最高に輝く！ 桜梅桃李の島でございます。朝の題目1万遍、体験記です。 昨日から、孫たちの夏合宿が始まりました。総勢9名。夕方には、近くの日帰り温泉へ向かうことにしました。合宿初日とい...
