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Tokyo 2010

Tokyo 2010

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Tokyo 2010

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The SNPWG 12 meeting led us all to Tokyo. It was the first trip to an Asian country for many of the team, including me. Thus it was clear that most of us would be surprised on various occasions. The surprises started with heated (and with infinitely variable temperature) toilet seats, continued with the indescribable kindness of the Japanese and did not end with the puzzling characters, letters and numbers. Each food order was a surprise because ... one couldn't read it anyway.

  • After our arrival on Saturday we had only two days time to recover us from the long-haul flight. I've decided to do that with a longish walk and a bicycle tour. Just the guided bicycle tour will be memorable. I have seen areas of Tokyo I would never ever explore as a tourist. Among a lot of other "must see" spots, we discovered idyllic places in the big city. We have seen areas where absolutely nothing reminds us that we were in a big city.

     

    The evenings after the daily sessions were characterised by further technical discussions combined with the discovery of local attractions. I have collected a small selection of impressions.

     

    The Tokyo Sky Tree is under construction and has reached a height close to 400 m, as the mark indicates. The planned height exceeds 600 m. Well, in any case, my camera was not even able to manage the 400 m tower on one picture. I employed Photoshop to merge several pictures into one.

     

    The pictures of the menu were made when our hosts invited us to supper. For Central European taste buds every single piece of that supper was an exotic treat. Everything on the table, was mouth-watering.

     

     

     

    It remains only to say: Aligatoh Tokyo.

  • Impressions

    A small old house

    constrained by two skyscrapers

    Parking problems?

    a solution which works fine and pretty much better

    Flower arrangement

    Mitsui Garden Hotel

    Visit on board

    Idyllic pur

    The little man at the corner

    he dodges here

    The little man at the corner

    he is looking for ...

    A lake full of lotus flower

    Make a reservation

    with newspaper and stone - the Japanese way

    The art exhibition hall

    an impressive roof construction

    At the traffic light

    all roads lead to somewhere :)

    Mitsui Garden Hotel

    view from the hotel room (19.th floor)

    Whatever it means

    I have had not the slightest idea

  • A first class Japanese Supper

    The menu

    to be read from right to left and from top to bottom

    1st starter

    2nd starter

    snack between starter and main course

    Main course

    Main course

    Main course

    Noodles

    traditionally been served close before dessert

    Dessert

    Tokyo, the smoke-free town

    Smoking area

    decorated with several warnings

    Smoking prohibited

    on the pedestrian way

    Smoking prohibited

    in the waiting area at traffic lights

    Tradition vs modernity

    Shimbashi station

    the ticket counters

    The famous Shinkansen

    ...

    On the platform

    all well organised

    Shinkansen time table

    all stated in Japanese

    Shrine on Tsukiji fish market

    A shrine

    on top of Tokyo's highest natural elevation

    Bits of paper everywhere

    everybody is hunting for luck

    The Rickshaw operator

    hardest work

    A toilet

    don't press the wrong button

    Recycling

    with a handcart against plastic garbage

  • Tokyo Sky Tree

    Tokyo Sky Tree
    Tokyo Sky Tree currently at 398 m

Tom's photographs from the bicyle tour

Tom has made some exceptional photographs during our cycling tour through Tokyo. I should not forget to point to them too. The photographs are stored on Tom's Flickr site.

last update September 12, 2010