{"id":11781,"date":"2014-07-14T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=11781"},"modified":"2014-07-14T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:49:43","slug":"monday-night-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2014\/07\/14\/monday-night-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My day began at 3:3am..the phone rang in my strange little hotel room. we&#8217;d been exiled there when ur fight to tokyo was canceled last night with no explaination. I clawed my way to conciousness ot understand from the message that our bus to the airport would be leaving at 4:30 AM.. at 4:30. the whole sleepy mass of us shuffled on to a bus for the 30 minute trek back to PDG<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2701.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2703.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>miraculously, the\u00a0 special flight they&#8217;d arranged for us went off without a hutch,, we were airp\\borne by 6:30. landed by 10:00 and I was on a bus to the Tokyo City Airt Terminal by 10:20 .. I got there around 11 in time to met Jay and my friend Jana from the Czech republic.. I took them to my favorite bus station sushi place for a quick meal..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\\<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2708.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then it was off to the IBM Japan lab..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2710.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2711.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2713.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>i gave a talk there. which went OK. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2715.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2718.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then had an absolutely wonderful roundtable with 16 women from the lab.. their questions and insights were very good..\u00a0 it occurred to me how balanced the all were..\u00a0\u00a0 when asked about their hobbies.. most of them included their kids as one o their passions.. not sure how many guys would answer that way. interesting lesson to me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2721.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2722.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2737.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2723.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2747.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2733.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>enjoyed speakign wiht all of these talented folks. i particularly enjoyed the 4 undergraduate visitors we had there. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2752.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2754.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2758.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2756.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2760.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2762.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then it was off to dinner with firends Sanuki0sanKuse0san and Takasaka0san<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2772.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2771.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2773.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was a memorable meal.. with memorable conversations. such reat guys.. such great food.. such great sake and beer !.. i had to really pace myself on 3 hours of sleep.. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2774.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2778.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2779.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2781.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2782.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2784.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2789.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2791.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2792.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now back at the hotel and really needing to sleep. My next meeting is at 7am !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m enjoying my trip and missing home, and my family<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>nite all nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My day began at 3:3am..the phone rang in my strange little hotel room. we&#8217;d been exiled there when ur fight to tokyo was canceled last night with no explaination. I clawed my way to conciousness ot understand from the message that our bus to the airport would be leaving at 4:30 AM.. at 4:30. the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2014\/07\/14\/monday-night-tokyo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday night &#8211; Tokyo<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[908],"class_list":["post-11781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-tokyo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11814,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781\/revisions\/11814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}