Short Journey On The Train

Tuesday, January 13
This was the major event for my whole trip - leading an executive leader training session. We started at 8:00 and drove solid all the way through to 4:00pm. We then stayed late for a couple more hours wrapping up and prepping for Wednesday.

After that, Fred and I went back in to town to catch the train to another Tokyo suburb for dinner at a Shabu Shabu restaurant. The restaurant was small and very cozy. The food was phenomenal and the service was wonderful.

We didn't speak Japanese so our server took pity on us and did a lot of the choosing and serving for us. There was about 6 courses finishing up with a ginger sherbet. After that, we took the train back and walked to the base hotel.

It was another great experience in Japanese culture and cuisine. We will go to dinner with our local sponsor tomorrow. Until then, the Jet Lag has finally hit hard and bed time sounds good (again).

I am really enjoying Japan. There are little things that endear this place to me. Things like dimming your headlights when you are waiting for a stop light so you don't shine them in someone else's eyes.

I look forward to tomorrow!

On the road, writing with my Blackberry.