Fresh Shoji Screens, New Clients

My father-in-law and my wife replaced the paper on the shoji screens in the two adjoining tatami rooms I use for KaradaNaoru Shisui.

Though my father-in-law did most of the work.

There is something very pleasing about freshly papered shoji.The rooms are the same, yet they feel quite different.

Recently, a few local people from Shisui have started coming for sessions too.

Not necessarily because of that, but I decided to make a short promotional video for the Shisui retreat.

I do not expect one video to change everything.I simply hope more people will gradually get to know this place.

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Meanwhile, in Meguro, I have been trying various ways to reach international clients.

Yesterday, a Dutch client was due to visit.

But his appointment time came, and there was no sign of him.

When I contacted him, it turned out he was near Shibuya Station.

There was little point in simply waiting, so I explained that Meguro was two stops away on the Yamanote Line and arranged to meet him at the station.

We found each other and walked to the salon together.

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He told me he had pain in his shoulder, back, and lower back.

As I worked, checking how his body responded, he told me the pain had gone and was delighted.

He asked how I had taken the pain away.

“You were lucky to find your way here,” I replied with a smile.

I have been to the Netherlands several times myself.I have plenty of good memories of those visits.

We talked, and those memories came back to me.

Perhaps the people who come to my Meguro salon are gradually changing too.

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What will I be doing this time next year?

I sometimes wonder.

How much of my work will be in Shisui?Who will I be meeting in Meguro?

I do not know.

Still, I have a sense of certainty that what I am doing now is taking me in the right direction.

As long as I have that feeling, I think I will be all right, whatever happens.