August 16, 2010 – 9:42 pm
Anyone interested in art is bound to guess where this is. I took this picture while having a rest, more like a nap, actually, at the most recent major exhibition: The Focus of Viennese Art in 1900.
This is the waiting and reflection area at the mid-point and the atmosphere is very relaxing here. Given an opportunity to reflect on what [...]
This is the second installment on the JAXA Kaguya Lunar Orbiter mission and I offer a detailed summary of its important mission accomplishments.
Have a look back at my July 5th posting on both the JAXA Kaguya and Hayabusa missions for the background on this.
A critical fact carried over from the NASA Apollo missions of 1967 to 1971 [...]
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OK! Hello again everyone! Here is the August Festival Calendar I promised you July 12th.
August is a block-buster for events. There are more scheduled festivals than ever before, and more of them are on weekends. Crowds will be that much bigger, too as a result! Naturally!
Sunday August 1st – PL in Tondabayashi 100,000 rockets, the second [...]
Many of you know that my wife Yoko and I are hardcore summer festival revelers and this summer already has us feverish with so many festivals scheduled on our days off!
Never before have we been able to plan for so many festivals (22 to be exact !), and as a result this year I have [...]
Last month, you must have heard news about the Hayabusa space probe which was sent by the Japan Space Agency (JAXA) to drill into the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa and bring back samples. This successful and important mission will tell us a lot about how the Solar System was formed and the likelihood that we may someday find [...]
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Also tagged Hayabusa, Japan Space Agency, Japan Space Program, JAXA, Kaguya, かぐや, はやぶさ, 仁川, 月謝制のスミス英会話, 甲東園校, 門戸厄神
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Who likes this guy?
Sento-kun has become quite a figure of controversy in Kansai, and this debate is sparking an interest in Nara tourism. Getting people to be mildly put off by Sento-kun was intentional; the controversy is in itself the primary goal that will in turn generate interest in Nara. Pretty soon we will see additional characters [...]
All right, I’ll give you a hint: This is not salt water. Yoko and I often come here, usually during the summer season when it’s nice and HOT and nothing beats a cool dip in fresh water or the romping of spirited water sports. The autumn can also be very pretty, especially with fewer people [...]
April 24, 2010 – 11:40 pm
All right, all right so now I’m gonna toot my horn and brag about the stunning view we have had right off our balcony in Koshien. The cherry blossom season has just come to a close, but for a very interesting reason the trees outside our place on our street have continued to be in a decent [...]
There are only two short periods in the year when the famous Kyoto Imperial Palace, known to Japanese as ‘Kyoto Gosho’, is open to public. ( 京都御所 )
Kyoto Gosho was open from last Wednesday until Sunday afternoon and congregations of visitors were strictly ushered through the main inner royal courtyard of National Treasure significance. It [...]
Hello everyone! While so many of you Smith’s School of English Franchisees were having a wonderful hanami party, Yoko and I were in Yoshino with family celebrating our twelveth Anniversary. This has been a regular custom for us since April 5th, 1998 when I proposed to my wife by hiding the diamond engagement ring in her udon soup. [...]