Ok.. where am i ? What day is it.. I’m in Sugnami-ono, I think.. and it feels a little like Thursday.. Last night I went to the reception of the Sea Belt Summit in Fukuoka. It was good talking to folks.. many people were eager to discuss my talk, which was fun.. here are my dear sweet translators.. They told me to breath more often while talking .. I hope I did.. they did a wonderful job…
Here’s the Governor of the prefecture kicking off the party..
Here are my very nice hosts..
I go to the airport around 8:00.. so I had a few minutes to kill in the shop near the gate.. note sure what this was advirtising.. but I didn’t get one..
Maybe it was one of these….
What are htese , Anyway ?
Self describing gum,
I hadnen’t eaten much all day.. so I bought something at random.. turned out to be salted plumbs
tasty ?
I’d love to wash it down with some ice cold pcari sweat
My flight landed in Haneda Airport in central Tokyo about 10L30.. I found a bus that got me to ugnami Ono in about 90 min.. whre I found my hotel.. Here’s the view from my window
I was jonesing for sushi.. so i wondered out to the local convenience store 
I boaught soem stuff.. and wandered back to my hotel
I chose soem natto rolls.. challenging at best.. bu convienice store natto ? Was I man enough ?
Yum ?
This part required some assembly…
I got a great nights sleep.. woke lateish.. then went for a run…
it was raining.. i niticed a ‘take an umbrella’ stand ..
more grocery store sushi for breakfast
then off to a very productive day at work..
here are my hosts trying to explain the coffee/tea machine
after work.. we all went out to dinner… a short cab ride away
Dinner was glorious.. and generally unidentifiable..
what a meal !!!!!!
Great food, even better conversation !
Now back and must join a work call.. so more tomorrow.
nite folks. nite sam !
-me
good