Journeys in Japan
Travel notes, photographs, and small discoveries along the way.
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The Day After the Exam
After the dawn Japanese exam: a functional lab, a critique of higher education back home, science, KFC and Gongcha — and my first unhinged Japanese ad.
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The First Workday
My first real day at work at NITech — comparing Japanese and Hungarian organisation, a button-lock misadventure, the lab's setup, and a long day closing with cheap spaghetti.
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The Jetlag Day
Slept through the morning, a touch of sunburn, and a slow return to work — the deposit, the umbrella riddle, and preparing for the HyMeKo seminar.
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First Day at NITech
The NITech international office, Tsuruma Park, and Shohei Kato's lab — 20 GPUs, a Moflin, and an Aibo that brought me to tears.
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Arrival — From Vienna to Nagoya
Day one: from Vienna via Helsinki to Tokyo, then by shinkansen to Nagoya — rain, an izakaya, and the first truly Japanese moments.