Travel to Japan

Selection of pictures from my travel to Japan

This was a business travel to Japan. The objective was to know the strategy used by the Japanese companies to produce and sell stainless steel.When we were in Tokyo we stayed at hotel Royal Park Hotel. When we were in Fukuyama we stayed at hotel. New Castle Hotel.

Photographs list
Miniature Description

Picture during sunset in front of a restaurant where we had dinner in Jul/12/97. The restaurant is near to the subway station Asakusa.

Picture from the lobby of the hotel that we stayed in Tokyo.

In Jul/13/1997, we were guided by our translator Hashimoto to a Japanese typical temple.

We visited a commerce where we found almost everything, from food to electronics. At the afternoon we flew from the Haneda airport to Hiroshima airport. We used a 777-200 airplane from All Nippon Airlines. We then follow to the hotel in Fukuyama.

Photo from the entrance of NKK Steel, where we visited the cold rolling stainless steel plant.

In the afternoon of Jul/14/97 we catch the Shinkansen train from Hitaqui to Hiroshima. This train runs at 186 mph. This picture is in front of the memorial of the victims of the nuclear attack to the Japan.

Picture in front of the only structure that remained standing soon after nuclear blast. The explosion occurred several meters exactly above the structure. This is a very sad place. Right after it we catched the train Nazomi back for Fukuyama. In Jul/16/97, after we came back to Tokyo using an A300B4 airplane of JAL Japan Air Lines, we visited the NK-EXA company.

This picture is from Guiza avenue, that is one of the busiest and famous avenue of Tokyo. Unfortunately the picture appeared with this white stain. The next day we visit Tokio Stainless. Finally, in Jul/17/97, we follow our journey to Korea using a B747 airplane.