Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
It’s now just a week before we head off to our 18-day-long holiday in Japan. We’ve continued to check, re-check, and improve our long itinerary, and at this point, we’re about ready to go. Since our last post where we
Finally; our 18-day planned itinerary as it is, but there are still a couple of things we’re rechecking and reviewing. It’s an 18-day-wide stretch, so the plan is in two screenshots: Days 1 to 4: From all counts, trying to
Our flights into and out of Narita in December, for a span of 18 days of travel, were booked several months ago. So, since July, we’d been researching and putting together the exact day-by-day plan – and it’s been pretty
We moved from a relatively laid back Fukuoka city to a lifeless one in Matsue, and finally to the crowded and noisy Osaka. The hotels I stayed in each city pretty much reflected that general character too. For Osaka, I
The obligatory post about dining in Japan this trip! Well, what I had for grub varied widely, since it ran the range of hosted multi-course dinners at restaurants, conference banquet, committee buffet dinners, lunch bentos over working meetings, and finding
I really didn’t explore much of Osaka during the free time I had for this trip, and this again was for a variety of reasons: that this is my third time in Osaka now, that I’ve never found Osaka that
The conference completed on Day 09/15 Sep, and we left Matsue the following day on 16 Sep to make our way to Osaka for the last segment of this work trip. Mindful that the inbound journey to Matsue from Fukuoka
Matsue, being the sedate city it is, didn’t offer many options in terms of accommodation around the train station. Since the conference venue was located beside the train station, my workplace arranged for my institution’s attendees to stay in the
Our third stop on our day long excursion of the local places of interest in Shimane prefecture. This is a small museum that was built in 2007 and showcases artefacts related to the history of the prefecture. Of particular interest
Izumo Taisha Shrine in Matsue is regarded as Japan’s oldest shrine and also the country’s second most important. Like some of the other small towns I’ve visited in this country, there is a main street that leads up to the
As is tradition for this conference series, the fourth day of the conference routinely features an optional day tour of the local sights of the host city. Interestingly, even though the conference saw several hundred attendees, the number of participants
The conference I attended in Matsue city comprises three full days of presentations and talks, followed by an optional fourth day that takes attendees around selected sights of the prefecture. More on that in the next post! In the meantime,
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