The Sawais

The Sawai family is such a nice family...dari anak sulong dia Makoto right up to the youngest Tomoko...semua baik-baik.Tsutomu who is doing his PhD in Japanese religion and culture speaks perfect English ( he had spent a year at the Uni of Oxford and will be going again for his post-doc). Dia ni mudah sangat gelaknya and moving with a group of 4 crazy people like us was crazy.By close to 9 pm, not only were we so melepek but Tsutomu pun mcm jelly dah letihnya.

Some pics:

I gave Tsutomu the name of a wrong hotel.Sejam dia tunggu I turun from my 

room to lobby.Nasib the hotel was just seberang jalan

One of the oldest shrine (golden shrine)

My travelling companions: Dr Saodah and son (taking the pic), me and 

my PhD supervisee ( I make it a point to expose my supervisees

to international conferences without riding on their research)

Tsutomu jalan laju

memang rasa damai di sini.Everything is so terletak

Oji is about the same age as Tsutomu

a look-out

Harvard-trained Prof Sawai, an expert on Hinduism with his wife Keiko 

and daughter Tomoko

Mana ada Prof dan keluarganya naik keretapi dekat 2 jam nak raikan tetamu

yang tidak berjawatan mcm kami? Hanya di Jepun

Full marks for presentation

kalau kita, bekas ni boleh letak budu

mobile barbecue set

yang akan di-barbecue-kan

sup tofu lembik.Sedap

sangatlah humble orangnya.Speaks and reads many languages 

termasuk Sanskrit

tak ingat sebab apa saya ambik gambar ni

tempura

alfafa and stg

the singing fountain depan hotel kami

my fav: green tea ice cream

nasi pulut

Kyoto Tower depan hotel kami

a fantastic architecture..looking up to sky garden

looking down from sky garden where Isetan is 9 floors on my left

we missed the cherry blossoms.Ni je yang tinggal of Spring