Daily Archives: June 2, 2011

Business trip to Tokyo

I was asked by a scientific society to give an introductory lecture to students and company researchers in Tokyo tomorrow.  I took a train at 8:02 PM at Kofu station. I had no time for dinner, so I bought a lunch box at the station. 1,100JPY was too expensive, but there was no choice. When I started eating, the train suddenly stopped with a big noise and a vibration.  I first thought it was an earthquake. It turned out that it was because of an “accident with a person”.  It was a bad feeling, but we had to stay inside. The train restarted after 90 min. I got to Shinjuku … Continue reading

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