Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The DJI Osmo Pocket came on its first major outing during my 11 day trip to Japan, and I recorded approximately 100GB of 4K 60fps video – 112 videos in all – using it. The Pocket performed perfectly. Well, almost,
Continued from my last post, and more random non-connected thoughts and casual observations I had this trip. There were two serious accidents involving Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) back home in Singapore while I was away, both resulting in fatalities. In
I’ve got quite a few notes to jot down here, so my post-trip Reflections will span two posts. I did two trips to Japan previously in 2009 and 2010, blogged here and here. The first visit was also work-related where
Unlike our upcoming 15 day family trip to Japan at year’s end, planning for the non-work segment of this 11 day trip was straight-forward. I was free of the usual constraints when traveling with young children, e.g. their meals, places
Excepting the conference banquet, the extent of my dining this 11 day trip was all casual, and centred on just a few cuisine types: tonkatsu, beef bowls, and ramen. Ramen across the restaurants I tried were all minimally at least
My itinerary – both the work and leisure segments – were centered over three cities: Fukuoka, Tokuyama, and Hiroshima. I was interested to try staying in different hotels as much as possible, so intentionally chose a different hotel even though
Yanagawa and Dazaifu really felt like two places from completely different eras: the former is truly laid back and with the quiet, everyone knows each other, small town feel. Dazaifu on the other hand felt like the typical scenic tourist
Unlike Dazaifu, the other interesting bits of Yanagawa town aside from the river boat punting tour are spread out. The small town didn’t feel crowded at all, compared to the crowd masses in Dazaifu later in the afternoon. It’s an
Yanagawa is a small town 46 minutes from Tenjin Station in Fukuoka city, and was originally constructed in the 16th century, and is today particularly famous for its hundreds of kilometers of canals that run around the city. Punt boats,
Almost exactly a year ago, I was heading to Hong Kong for the 2018 iteration of the conference. On that occasion, Super Typhoon Mangkhut had just hit the city, and I witnessed its aftermath as the city’s services were in
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was established in 1955 to document the atomic bombing of the city on 6 August 1945. In truth and for decades now, I’ve had conflicted feelings about the allied bombing campaign over occupied Nazi territory
Unlike some of the other castles in Japan which are built on hills, the Hiroshima Castle is built fairly close to ground level. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, got destroyed by the atomic bomb blast on 6
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