After a nine-hour flight from Seoul, Korea, I safely arrived back in Seattle around 11 AM. The typical Seattle rain greeted me, but as I flew over downtown, the clouds seemed to break. I managed to capture some stunning pictures from the window during the descent. It feels good to be back in Seattle, and I'm looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow, Monday.

 

ソウルからの9時間のフライトの後、午前11時頃にシアトルに無事に到着しました。典型的なシアトルの雨が私を迎えましたが、ダウンタウンを飛び越える間に雲が切れているようでした。降下中に窓から素晴らしい写真を撮ることができました。シアトルに戻ってきて嬉しいですし、明日の月曜日に仕事に戻ることを楽しみにしています。

 

 

 

 

 

I purchased WiFi on board on this flight. 

I am so used to be online all the time, it is difficult yto be totally off line when I fly.

When I fly Delta, I get free WiFi thanks to T-Mobile.

However on Asiana, I had to buy the WiFi option.

The WiFi is quite slow but it is usable.

$21.95 is not too much for 9 hours.

 

 

 

Today is the last day in Tokyo. I'll be getting on the bus to Narita airport in about two hours. It's another beautiful day in Tokyo and the picture is taken this morning but looks exactly like the one I posted yesterday. I packed my baggage, but I have so many gifts, that almost all my baggage are full of goodies. I'm glad I'm not the one who is carrying them.

 

I will be frying from Narita airport to Korea first then I'll be flying from courier to Seattle. I will have couple of hours in Korea or Incheon airport. I think all the people I met in Tokyo and Osaka on this trip. I hope to come back in a few months again.

 

 

 

550 Yen Ramen ... 

They have 380 Yen Ramen ... I ordered Chashu Ramen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entering the building with a wet umbrella, this device spastic over umbrella. 

It's funny when grocery stores charges to you few yens for the plastic bag but this prostate covering for the umbrella is totally free.

 

 

 

Recently, I’ve heard a lot on TV about a party income kickback of the Japanese Liberal Democratic party that was considered a slush fund. I’m not sure what this kickback money is, but is this a tax evasion issue? I believe if a corporation has undeclared income, it results in additional surcharges and fines for tax evasion, and sometimes, there’s even criminal liability, but is the same true for political factions? Is a faction generally a registered entity like a corporation?

Does a faction have a managerial representative? If a company evades taxes, do they punish the accounting person in charge instead of the business owner? I don’t know much about politics, but I’ve noticed that those responsible seem to get away with saying they didn’t know anything.

A business owner’s responsibility is not to say that he or she didn’t know. Instead, a business owner is ultimately responsible for everything that happens in the company, even if they don’t actually know anything about it. Conversely, management can become what Japanese people call “the lizard’s tail”, where they get sacrificed to save the larger group. In particular, they may treat hired business owners as such.

This series of news reports makes me feel that the political world and the business world look similar but are never the same. Politicians collect votes in elections. In business, on the other hand, the votes are product sales. In business, there are many laws to prevent fraud, but in politics, it seems they haven’t established rules to the same extent.

 

 

There is a renowned restaurant called Rib Room located on the basement floor of the New Otani Hotel, known for serving high-quality Wagyu beef, a prized Japanese delicacy. While I haven't had the opportunity to dine there myself, it appears to be a popular destination among affluent foreigners. Personally, I have a preference for Angus beef over the fattier Japanese variety, although I must admit I haven't consumed enough beef to discern a significant difference. For those seeking an authentic Wagyu experience, Rib Room at New Otani Hotels comes highly recommended.