2013.2.6

It was a very cold day.  In many places it snowed in Japan but it sleeted where I was.
We have visited many places and met many people and known the condition after the Great East Japan Earthquake in Katori, Chiba (千葉県香取市) and Itako, Ibaraki (茨城県潮来市).
 

2013.2.5

I came to Itako, Ibaraki (茨城県潮来市) by bus on a business trip in the afternoon with a colleague. It took about an hour and 20 minutes. They say the route between Tokyo and Itako is one of the most popular bus routes in Japan. There used to be 84 times in a day, and now 79 or so.
We visited four places to have meetings.

１１月５日（jyuichigatsu itsuka）： November 5

I had a chance to listen to the lectures in English by Japanese. Knowing new things is interesting.
At lunch time we went to noodle restaurant. There we ate tempura (てんぷら) first. It was hot and good.
We came to Iwate (岩手) by Shinkansen (新幹線). It stopped more stations than the last one I came here a month ago.
It was rather warm today.

７月５日（shichigatsu itsuka）： July 5

I came back to Kansai (関西) area from the Fukuoka (福岡) Airport. There is an airport in Saga (佐賀), but there are only 4 flights each between Saga and Tokyo (東京). And there is no flight between Saga and Osaka (大阪).

There was a farewell dinner at the Kyoto (京都) University. I had a chance to see Indonesian dances which was really nice.

５月２６日（gogatsu nijyuroku nichi）： May 26

I flew from the Haneda (羽田) Airport. It's been so long that I used the domestic flight. The check in rule was totally different from what I used to do.
There were some interesting findings today. For example I saw a kind of monitor inside the toilet. I have never seen this.
I came to Saga (佐賀) by train. There were only two or four cars. In the local line only one door was open. And there was numbering ticket machine in the car which looked like a bus.
It rained here but the landscape was so beautiful.