Japan 2004 – Day 2 (Conferences, Hakozaki, and The Gala)
There are 123 million people in Japan and ten percent of them live in one city — Tokyo. It is a magnificent place. Tokyo has many sections like all major cities of the world. My stay for the first two days of the trip was in Shinjuku. Homebase was at the Century Hyatt, nestled among […]
Konishiki (600 pound Sumo wrestler)
This is Konishiki-zeki (large one on the left) the famous Sumo wrestler I was honored to meet on a recent trip to Japan. If you would like to learn more about him you can read “The World According to Konishiki“. You might also want to visit his home page. I have another picture which shows […]
Sumo Training
A morning training session I was privileged to watch. The large one is Konishiki. If you want to know what he can eat in a day you may be interested to read “The World According to Konishiki“.
Japan Update
This has been an extraordinary week for me. I have made many new friends and learned a great deal — I feel very fortunate. There is much to write about. Also, I have taken many pictures. Now I need to organize and caption them! For an interim view of some ot them, click here. I […]
Japan 2004 – Day 1 (Traveling to Japan and traditional dinner)
The Japan Airlines Flight #005 departed JFK exactly on time and landed at the Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan exactly on time. During each moment of the 13 hour and 25 minute flight you could sense the feeling emanating from the JAL crew that they truly enjoyed serving you. They could not do enough […]
