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Basically at the age of 25, 42, 61 for men, and 19, 33, 37 for wemen (both counting how many new years one has passed, and usually it’s just your age + 1) are regarded as high possibilities of evil things happening in one’s life, according to our wisdom in history. Besides that, at 1 year before and 1 year after Yakuyoke age, we are recommened to get something like pre-Yakuyoke and post-Yakuyoke. I wonder if this could be a good way to make shrines profitable, though… :p Yakuyoke is not a cheap event. It’s about at least 5000 yen (about US$50) per person. Anyway that was the Yakuyoke for specific ages. People also do Yakuyoke when they move to a new house, and I think this is similar to Feng Shui thoughts. (Our culture is influenced by China and Korea so much in its history.)

So the other day my hubby and I decided to go to Samukawa shrine (<= caution! It makes sounds!!) to wade off evil. This was not always because of the age but because I was highly recommended by my fortune-teller who I see once in 3 years or so. You may say it’s ridiculous to pay for such, as fortune-telling is just a sort of superstition, but I do because what she predicted 3.5 years ago are now happening to me! Do you know what’s that? It was TO WRITE IN A WEB AND IN ENGLISH!!

At that time I was engaged in house renovation job by myself (free launce) and I enjoyed it. At the same time, I was also a spot writer (in Japanese) to some interior or real estate periodicals and websites. I was quite satisfied with my job but I was told I would write, not on the paper or the book, but on the web, and not in Japanese but in English! You might think I acted as she said. But no. I was rather shocked to hear that and had a strong question WHY I SHOULD WRITE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND TO THE WEB!? as I am totally so bad at technical things. (still now, so I owe much to my friend for this site…hehe ^^;) I was kind of person who want to keep away from computer as much as possible. House renovation job needed CAD work by VectorWorks software, but I could also spend much time at construction sites, showroom, client’s house, and somewhere being away from computer. :p So I never thought I would do what I’m doing now at that time. I didn’t care about what she said to me since then, but as it turned out, I am in fact doing what she predicted! Well it’s getting out of the topic itself, so please refer to my old blog for what I got from Samukawa shrine.