People think when the classes finish and the marks are done we just all sit back take in the scenery. No, not quite. Today I joined colleagues at Wakayama University for a seminar on working in the academy. Wakayama Uni (where I have a visiting research fellowship) has a strong and growing tourism research centre. That was the focus of today's seminar.
I contributed a little bit from the perspective of political science.
Of course, after all the talk, one is obliged to participate in the special dinner organised for the special overseas guests...things one must do.
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| Seminar program |
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| Wrap-up panel |
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| Evening approaches |
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| Favourite campus building (the Tourism faculty) |
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| Noted |
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| Sunset cloud |
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| Branching out |
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| Tsubaki/camellia |
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| Against the sky |
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| Another angle |
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| Cook yourself skewers ready-to-go |
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| Like this... |
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| A touch of sukiyaki |
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| The soup |
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| And a final sorbet |
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| To the back alleys of Wakayama |
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| ...where an entrepreneurial fellow has transformed an old area... |
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| ...into a trendy 'old-is-the-new-new' drinking and eating precinct |
This restaurant had that special knack of managing to trick you into believing cooking your own food there in front of you was a special honour...well no-one starved at least.
Back to work tomorrow.
[Camera : Canon EOS M5, 5.28pm-5.37pm, iPhone 6s, 4.09pm, 4.33pm, 7.12pm-8.58pm, 11.18pm; 14 February 2018]
