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So the rest of Monday ended up being quite full. Around noon we headed to the Shonin center via a short bus ride and set up the booths for the Summit.
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| View of Hadano from the Shonin Center |
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| Picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of the network settings needed for our booth. (note, it worked great on setup day and not at all during the actual session.) |
Back at the room in the evening, I had a few minutes to snap some pics of things one is not likely to see in a U.S. hotel.
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| Bidet built into the toilet. And a seat warmer! |
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| My favorites are the Air conditioner entry and the massage entry. |
I had a couple of hours to explore around Hadano on foot. It is a city about an hour and a half from Tokyo by train. My route:
And a few pictures from the walk...
I found Aeon, a Japanese department store/mall. It had a grocery, clothing, household, toy section, but my favorite was the arcade. Talk about sensory overload.
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| Not just for kids...the mom's were playing right along with the kids |
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| Pokemon video game |
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| How about a "guitar hero" version with Koto drums instead? |
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| Seven weeks until the new movie comes out. You NEED your star wars chopsticks. |
Dinner Time
I beat the dinner rush and grabbed a quick bite before meeting up with some colleagues for rehearsal.
Band Rehearsal
As an extension of the "Scope Creep and the Rev Rollers" band we did in Denver, several of us have been coordinating a Japanese version of the band. Having never played with any of the other musicians we established the setlist and one of the Japanese colleagues, Nori-san, arranged for a rehearsal at a nearby studio in Atsugi, which we traveled to by train. It was a really cool set up. Rehearsal started out rough, but quickly came together after a few run throughs. It was a basic strummy set-list with a couple of classic rockers.
- Rocky Mountain High
- Take me Home, Country Roads
- I Just Saw a Face (Beatles)
- I Saw Her Standing There
- All My Loving
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Secret Agent Man
- Smoke on the Water
On the way to rehearsal, I snapped a couple of pics of the Christmas themed lighting already out in Atsugi.
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| Entering the Cloud City Studio. Note the ubiquitous surgical mask. |
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| Junki-san and Nori-san getting ready to rock! |
And a few pictures from the walk...
I found Aeon, a Japanese department store/mall. It had a grocery, clothing, household, toy section, but my favorite was the arcade. Talk about sensory overload.
On the way to rehearsal, I snapped a couple of pics of the Christmas themed lighting already out in Atsugi.
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