Street Pictures
Though I decided to bring along the Sigma 18-250mm lens at the last minute while packing for the trip 9 days ago, funnily I never got round to using the lens. It sat in my luggage bag during my entire
Kyu-Hosokawa Gyobutei
The last place I took a quick look at was Hosokawa Mansion, which was a short 10 minute walk from the hotel. This is a 300 year old samurai mansion that was the former residence of the Lord of the
Suizenji Gardens
Suizenji Gardens (水前寺公園) was one of the two sites in Kumamoto I really wanted to take a look, and I was fortunate to manage some free time today to pay a visit. The park is considered one of the four
Oishi!! – Part 4
Friday evening was the last day in which dinner was complimentary from my hotel. Dinner last night was exquisite as always though the restaurant wait staff were terrifically busy as there was a small wedding reception hosted in the restaurant
End of Term
It was my last day guest lecturing at the college today. The lectures and workshops I did with my Japanese students covered a lot of material. And when there’s such high content density, so much memories have been created during
Meals with a View
I’ve remarked on this blog here that Restaurant Matsuri at my hotel enjoys a magnificent view of the castle both by day and night. I haven’t been able to show pictures of this from within the restaurant itself so far,
Kumamoto in HDR – Part 1
Wrote this post last Sunday, but posting it now.:) One thing I haven’t done much of when traveling is to take high dynamic range photographs. So, I was determined this time to take as much as I could. The Kumamoto
Oishi… and snow…?!
There were ten of us at the dinner event hosted by the staff of the college; five Japanese, and five Singaporeans, four of us who are guest lecturing in various subjects and disciplines at the college this week, with several
Oishi!! – Part 3
Boy – am both I exhausted but glad too that my toughest day of lecturing completed this evening. There’re still two more days of lectures to deliver, but the two topics today were the hardest to teach in compressed mode.
Oishi!! – Part 2
I conducted the second day of the intensive program today comprising lecturing and workshop activities, with the day starting at 0830 and ending at 1800. Since the season is winter here, at 6 PM the entire place is pretty much
Oishi!! – Part 1
Before one gets the wrong idea: despite all the pictures of glorious and very delicious food that I try every day here, I’m really in the city for work. Professional protocol and courtesy discourages me to comment too much about
Kumamoto Castle
I had a couple of free hours on yesterday Sunday morning to check out the first of two sights I’m interested in before meeting the college staff. Unfortunately, while Saturday – my day of arrival to Kumamoto City – was
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