later that night

This is the Japanese General Counsel Makoto Yamanaka.
He had a cold. Poor gentleman had to address 250 people in his own home when I am sure he would have rather been slurping miso soup in his pajamas.
He is an exceedingly gracious man.


This is going to be quite a trip. In the welcoming speech, we were told, "in these 3 weeks, you will be treated the way teachers SHOULD be treated in this country." There was a resounding cheer from everyone.
We already feel like rock stars - people snapping photos, piles and piles of sushi....
It has been frenetically busy though, I am up a few hours early to get this in. I will do my best to show you what I am seeing, but make no guarantees - check in now and then and I'll try to have new posts.

I would love it if you ask me questions that I can ask, or let me know if there are specific things you'd like me to find. I already have some assignments from you guys and I'll get cracking on it as soon as I can.

Sayonara for now. Tomorrow AM - TOKYO!