Drink for cold

Probably because the temperature has suddenly turned very low, I was almost catching a cold.

When I asked a person at a drugstore, she recommended a Kakkonto drink.



And it worked very well.


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Ironing

Today we changed our cloths in the closet from summer to winter and I have a lot to iron.




In the summer season I didn't have to iron because I mostly wore T-shirts or iron free Y-shirts.

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Back home

We started to back home.
Goodby, Fuji-san.



We took a train for the return rout.


A very retro ticket.


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Japanese garden

In the hotel they have a very good Japanese garden.



I walked around in the next morning.




You can also see Mt. Fuji over the garden.


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Drum show

There also was a special drum show at the hotel.



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Banquet

The sun set and the lights turned on.






It's a time to...banquet!






Wow, a very Japanese traditional style!







Foods were beautiful.


And many enjoyable events and games!



We ate, drunk, sang and chatted until midnight...

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Tea ceremony

In the hotel there was a tea room.




In the room they served a welcome tea ceremony.



Oh, it's really Japanese style!



It also matched a Japanese snack(wagashi) very much.

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Mt. Fuji

I went to Fuji-yoshida as a recreation trip with my ex-coworkers.



I went by highway bus by me alone.

In the bus, next on my seat, a guy from UK was sitting.

He is a professional photographer and we talked a lot, more than one hour, in the bus.

It was much fun but got tired to talk in English so long.


The hotel was 10 minutes drive from the Fujiyoshida station.


A beautiful silhouette of the Mt. Fuji welcomed me.

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Friends

In the morning on a weekend, Lily met friends in a park.



And waiting for a snack!

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Photo exhibition

I exhibited my photos at an open space in the office.

This time I printed a local fall scenes.

An old lady talked to me when we watched them.
She said she draws picture and she loved my photos.

I was very happy to hear that.

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Fast food restaurant closed

A fast food restaurant was closed.



It served only chickens.



I don't think the taste was bad but I always could see only few customers in the restaurant.

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Book order at Amazon

I ordered books at Amazon in the very midnight.

Only after two days they were delivered in the morning.

The books I bought were good.
Especially, one includes lots of illustration and is very easy to understand.

Only one thing I feel difficult is that the book tells it needs 8 weeks to prepare.

I have only 2 weeks.

Meanwhile, I have TOO many works to do other than the conference preparation!

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How to make a poster presentation

I'm going to make a poster presentation (an interactive presentation) at Texas USA next month.

Actually I have done a lot with oral but none with poster.

What I first doing is to buy books telling "how to make a poster presentation"!

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Ended weekend event

At least cheers with a wine!




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Stayed up late watching TV

We stayed up late watching TV.

It's a 24(Twenty-four) and we started to watch a recorded video.

After finished one story, we (of course) continuously watched the next story.

And then, next story.

Next and next...

Finally for hours we kept watching.

After only a few hours' sleep, the time to go for work was coming!

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Work on weekend

It was Saturday but we all had to work this weekend.

No rest, no holiday.

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Too much busy day 2

It was also a busy day.

I designed a circuit using a CAD (computer aided design) software that I used to use long time ago.

I needed a lot of time to remind how to use it.

Finally I worked till late again.

But it was lucky that a grocery store was still open.

In front of the store, there was a cute dog.






Every body stopped and talked to the dog.

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Too much busy day

I worked until late in the night.

I didn't have a dinner, but only the store which was still open in that time was a convenient store.









I bought a bento, a packed supper... :-(

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Aperitif

At the park we brought a wine and soda, mixed them, and drunk as an aperitif.

It was good, sometimes too good to drink too much...


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Perfect holiday

It was a national holiday, a Health and sports day.

The sky was perfectly blue.




We went to Kinuta park for a walk.



There is Setagaya museum.
It is popular and so many people were coming on the day.



Can you see what a good contrast between blue sky and white chair!

Lily also enjoyed our lunch with beer and wine.



What a perfect Holiday.

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Festival drum

There was a festival music again.



A big drum was playing a big sound.



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Soba lunch

I like soba, a buckwheat noodles.



I made it for lunch.

It was "Nihachi-soba" that the 80 percent of the noodle was made from buckwheat flour, and tasted very good!

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Spicy sesame oil

In Japan it is getting popular to eat with spicy sesame oil.





Spicy sesame oil itself was originally coming from Chinese food, but this oil is less spicy and is able to "eat".

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CEATEC

CEATEC, an IT and electronics exhibition, is now being held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba.





What I was interested in was a micro projector using MEMS mirror by Hitachi.








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Busy day

On the next morning I got up early and left the ryokan before 6:30 am.

At Tokyo station I had a breakfast.



Then took a Shinkansen to Hamamatsu.




After finishing the meeting, I returned Tokyo and then went to CEATEC in Kaihin-makuhari, Chiba.



I could attend only one hour before closed.

I was very tired until I couldn't walk any more, but I had to take 2 more hour to back to home!

It was a very busy day...

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Old ryokan

I stayed at a very old ryokan, Japanese-style inn.



It looked like just an used apartment house.


It was old but I think most Japanese including me used to live in such apartment.


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Funeral service

My aunt by marriage was died by cancer.

My wife had been grown up by her from childhood.

We attended the family funeral service.

Good bye aunt.

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Autumn festival

This is a Japanese traditional Autumn festival.



People celebrates for a good harvest by caring a portable shrine.

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Farewell party

He is my extra boss when I first joined in the current work.









He is retiring his job and will start new carrier as a professor.

I really have been respecting him for all my life.
He have taught me a lot and he almost decided the way I go in my job.

Thank you very much.
I believe in his far more success in the second life.

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Dinner at Hotel Nikko Tokyo

After watching the statue of liberty,



We went for dinner.



Wow, it's the Hotel Nokko Tokyo!




A good night view at the restaurant Sakura.



Oh, is it the Matsutake mushroom !?


What a good birthday dinner it was!

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