Macau [June, 2009 Macau] June in 2009, I was suddenly offered to go Ghana and Guinea as an interpreter instead of Mr. OS, who is a famous man from Guinea also in TV. I had been to the African continent to South Africa, but had not been to …

Boats passing on Yangtze River [October, 2007 Nanjing, China] After I bought a ticket I headed for the ticket gate. So many people here and there. There was a long line before the ticket gate to have obliged me proceed so slowly step by st…

Shanghai railway station, China [October, 2007 Shanghai, China] In the late of October, 2007, I landed at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. I wrote the nearest foreign country I visited was Taipei, Taiwan, but Shanghai is cl…

Allianz Arena, the home of the football club Bayrern Munich(Munich, Germany) [July, 2006 Munich, Germany] The reason why I visited Munich this time was to observe the big exhibition, where our distributor and many competitors exhibited. I …

Beer hall "Hofbräuhaus", Munich, Germany [July, 2006 Munich, Germany] The train arrived at Munich central station smoothly. The capital of Bavaria (Bayern) state, being proud of the 3rd biggest population in Germany, 1.4 million, is vibran…

Memingen station (top 2 photos) and Bregenz station (bottom) [July, 2006 Memmingen, Germanay] Moved to Munich, Germany from Bregenz, Austria by a train. The train left Bregenz station on the Bodensee and got into Germany in some miles afte…

A view from Austria;Bodensee in front, Germany on the right of the lake and Switzerland on the far left [July, 2006 Kennelbach, Austria] In July, 2006, I was in Kennelbach, Austria, where is located in south of Bregenz on the Bodensee the …

Los Angels, California, U.S.A. [October, 2005 Los Angels, California, U.S.A.] The last place to stay in the U.S. mainland was Los Angels, California. We could arrive there in about 4 hours from New York and there is 3 hours time difference…

Empire State Building, New York [October, 2005 Manhattan, New York] New York was the next visit after Chicago. I luckily got some time to walk around Manhattan. I chose Pennsylvania Station to get off the underground, where was just the en…

Bordentown, New Jersey (I think...) [October, 2005 Chicago, U.S.A.] The U.S. is one of the countries that advocate strictly for smoking cessation from early time. In-door like restaurants, airports, offices … etc. was no smoking and the ac…

Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey [October, 2005 Chicago, U.S.A.] I definitely transferred at the airports in the mainland of the U.S. on the way to Canada and/or the Latin America, and even if I stayed there it was only one…

Morning in Taipei, Taiwan [August, 2005 Taipei -> Taichung, Taiwan] My first visit of Taiwan in 2005. It was the nearest foreign country where I’d ever visited. I thought this trip might have been postponed because a typhoon was approachin…

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport [September, 1999 Dallas, Texas] Arrived at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport without any troubles. Some troubles happened at some places in the Latin America. I’d returned to the U.S., where I …

A view of Port of Spain similar to that of San Juan (from the hotel) [September, 1999 San Juan, Puerto Rico] Forgetting the flood of my room at the hotel, I would fly to Dallas, Texas via San Juan, Puerto Rico, American territory this day.…

The national flag of Trinidad and Tobago, and $20 bank note with the steel pan [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] Our job went mostly well as scheduled and the travelling day came. My colleague went back to the U.S. by an…

Maracas bay beach, Trinidad [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] We ordered lunch at the restaurant next day. I don’t remember the details well, but Peter asked me of about the dressing or topping and I answered xxx. I don’…

At the burger shop, Port of Spain [September, 1999 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago] Once I went to the hotel to check in first, and was taken to Maracas bay beach located in the north of the island to kill time. It was a scenic coast wi…

Steel pan is their pride, also designed in a bank note [September, 1999 Trinidad and Tobago] I boarded an aircraft with a bad feeling from morning. First time to be on a prop plane. It would take about 2 hours to Port of Spain in spite of …

Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela [September, 1999 Caracas, Vezuela] In the early morning I was at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas. It’s the airport with a story to have mentioned before. Let me depar…

The Caribbean Ocean in cobalt blue [September, 1999 Caracas, Venezuela] Caracas International Airport in Venezuela. I had a big quarrel with a waiter at a restaurant before. I had no good impression. Just a transit was the purpose this tim…

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá [September, 1999 Zipaquirá, Colombia] In a Saturday afternoon the son of the president, a university student, took me a drive for going an interesting place. The road condition in the city centre was not so diff…

Night town in Colombia [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] The president of the distributor took me for dinner with his family, Sushi again… Do they have the awareness that Japanese remind them of Sushi and Sushi is a luxury food? The sushi…

Bogota, located at the north end of the Andes Mountains(Borrowed from a certain web) [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] I arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, from Lima, Peru. The president of our distributor him…

Bogota, the capital of Colombia [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] Next place to visit was Bogota, the capital of Colombia. When I presented my business trip plan to the company, the president called and said to me “Are you going to Colomb…

Quena [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] When I hear the word Peru, I associate it with the Inca Empire, the Andes, Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines. But I’ve not been there, seen them and experienced. I went to close to them, but can’t help it …

Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima, Peru [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] The work of the day was over and we were to go for dinner. I had unexpected meeting at the end of this day. Approx. 15 sales persons of our distributor were in the …

City of Lima on the cliffs [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] Lima is located on the west coast of the South American continent. The ocean is close but a little far to the water face. The town is located on the high place. Some places may be sli…

Cusco (just an image, haven’t been there - -;) [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] At 9:00 a.m. on the next morning, I was at the lobby of the hotel as he would pick me up. He didn’t come yet even 10 minutes passed as I estimated. Approx. 20 minu…

Next day’s paper of the accident in Lima, “Mundo” [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] It was around 0:00 midnight when I arrived, but Fernando, the president of our distributor, picked me up. He is one year younger than me but looks my father. He…

Nazca Lines, Peru(Just an image, haven't been to) [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] I arrived at Jorge Chávez Airport, Lima, the capital of Peru from Buenos Aires, Argentina. As ever I passed through the baggage inspection and the customs. And …