Memento Nozomi 1995
1995 I was on a business trip to Tokyo to assess a vendor for a company I was working for. I left the New Otani hotel in a taxi, was taken to an airport where I was booked on a Japanese 747 to fly west from Tokyo - the seats in Japanese 747's are VERY close together for a guy my size. I was met at the airport by the vendor's team and taken to a bus which took me to a small village where I was put on an ox pulled wagon to travel to the main company offices in the middle of nowhere. After reviewing their product I was taken back by limo, to the Nozomi Shinkansen 300 series Super Bullet Train station. Great food / drink, seats, and traveling at +300 km/hr it is my fastest train ride yet. Far better than the trip there. Met by a limo at the Tokyo station and taken back to the Otani where a bunch of goodies awaited my return.
I guess they wanted our business and made sure I had a first class trip back. It was a long day.
No idea what the little paper (about 3/4" square) says that was in the envelope with the small lapel pin MEMENTO of the train formally presented to me upon arrival.
Perhaps one of our Japanese flickr members can enlighten us?
Nikon N1J4 w 70's 55mm Nikkor Macro lens @ f8
Memento Nozomi 1995
1995 I was on a business trip to Tokyo to assess a vendor for a company I was working for. I left the New Otani hotel in a taxi, was taken to an airport where I was booked on a Japanese 747 to fly west from Tokyo - the seats in Japanese 747's are VERY close together for a guy my size. I was met at the airport by the vendor's team and taken to a bus which took me to a small village where I was put on an ox pulled wagon to travel to the main company offices in the middle of nowhere. After reviewing their product I was taken back by limo, to the Nozomi Shinkansen 300 series Super Bullet Train station. Great food / drink, seats, and traveling at +300 km/hr it is my fastest train ride yet. Far better than the trip there. Met by a limo at the Tokyo station and taken back to the Otani where a bunch of goodies awaited my return.
I guess they wanted our business and made sure I had a first class trip back. It was a long day.
No idea what the little paper (about 3/4" square) says that was in the envelope with the small lapel pin MEMENTO of the train formally presented to me upon arrival.
Perhaps one of our Japanese flickr members can enlighten us?
Nikon N1J4 w 70's 55mm Nikkor Macro lens @ f8