Musings

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 to 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 the 16 Sep to make our way to Osaka for the last segment of this work trip. Mindful that the inbound journey to Matsue from

Matsue, being the sedate city it is, didn’t offer much 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 at our day long excursion of the local places of interest in Shimane prefecture. This is a small museum that was built in 2007 and showcasing 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 mean

I just realized that I haven’t actually said much about what this work trip is about and where we’ve been. For posterity sake, as always, here’s what the 14 day trip entails: Day 01 to Day 04: Arriving via red-eye

My first place of stay this 14 day work trip to the cities of Fukuoka, Matsue and Osaka. This is a four star establishment in Fukuoka, and – coincidentally – roughly opposite Royal Park Fukuoka Hotel that I stayed in