by Collin | May 27, 2004 | Travel
I think I now have some sort of inkling of what a rock star feels like. Our destination for today was Hibi Elementary, an 80 year old school located in Tamano City and they absolutely loved us there. The kids at this school spent weeks preparing for our visit. We were...
by Collin | May 26, 2004 | Travel
The first part of our morning was taken up by the trip to Tamano City near Okayama. We were seen off my E-Chan and made several train and bus exchanges to get to our destination. I discovered many wireless hotspots during our trip there but again, the bullet train...
by Collin | May 25, 2004 | Travel
Today’s tour was at Sanyo in one of their cell phone plants. They start with a circuit board and all the tiny components. A machine then adds 95% of the circuits to the board, a precision task that requires the same movement at the same place every time. It does...
by Collin | May 24, 2004 | Travel
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...
by Collin | May 21, 2004 | Travel
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...
by Collin | May 14, 2004 | Travel
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...
