2018.6.15

It was a rainy day and rather cold.

I visited two shrines before going to work. In the morning there was a meeting at the office.

In the afternoon we visited two places; Bank of Japan and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

There was a guided tour to see the outside of the building of the Bank of Japan. I attended the guided tour of inside the Currency Museum too. It was very interesting. Furthermore it is free of charge.

On our way to TSE, we ate Chanpon for lunch which reminded us of the Nagasaki, Kyushu tour of two years ago.

It's been 14 years since I visited TSE.  There was not so much change since then.

In the night I joined another meeting in Shinagawa which was very attractive.

2017.5.30

It was fine and hot.

I was rather busy today.

There was a lecture in the morning.

After that we went out for lunch at a nearby shabu shabu restaurant.

In the afternoon we went to Koshigaya Lake Town for the site visit by bus.
It took about one hour and 20 minutes.
They say there are 50 million visitors per year that is more people than Tokyo Disneyland which has about 30 million.
There are 700 shops and 500 out of them are always changing according to the achivement.
The spacious parking lot is their advantage because 80% people come there by car.
The speed of the escalator to up and down is different. The one going down is slower because even in case of emergency elder people can bear by themselves.

We learned many things.

On our way back it took another one hour and 20 minutes.

That is I was in the train or bus more than 8 hours today which is one third of the day.