Today was our much awaited first free day during the program. After a quick meeting, with a diminishing few of our conspirators from last night we decided to head to the so-called romantic train that goes between Kameoka and Saga Arashiyama that we have seen so many times from the main train line that goes [...]
Toji flea market located in the courtyard of a Buddhist temple was today’s destination. It has been held the 21st day of every month for over 600 years. They have over a thousand stalls there selling everything from food to clothes to antiques to just plain junk. At first, I didn’t buy a lot of [...]
Our destination today is Nara, the old capital of Japan. We are going to visit Sharp Corporation and take in the sights. I have ensured that our weather will be good because I’ve brought my jacket and other unnecessary crap. The train drive from Kyoto to Nara is about 45 minutes, so I decided to [...]
We’re finally in Japan now. It seems very late for me, but it is still relatively early locally. It is about 8 PM Japan time and 6 AM Arkansas time and my internal clock is desperately struggling to catch up. Today started very early, around 4 AM. I didn’t get to bed until 11 PM [...]
I’m trying to finish up the last bit of packing. I’ve got everything that I want to take with me, now its just a matter of jumping up and down on top of the suitcases to get everything to fit. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to do a little blogging on the road and maybe [...]
Its been very busy in these few days leading up to the flight out. There doesn’t seem to be enough time to do everything. I have to do the following before Monday: Pack Graduate Finish research for the paper Find a job Come up with 3 questions for the various companies we’re going to visit [...]
Here are a few of the cities in Japan we’ll be visiting: Kameoka (west of Kyoto) Nara Toyota City (near Nagoya) Hiroshima Tamano City Tokyo They are circled in the map above (click it for a larger map). I am looking for a better map of Japan, so please leave a comment if you know [...]