July 12, 2006

Walking around Seto

Today Atsuo asked one of his students and his assistant to show me around the Seto area, which is famous for its ceramics. We started with a tour of the Setogura-Ra museum and then had lunch, followed by a walking tour of downtown Seto which included several temples, the first of which, Hosenji, is a Soto Zen temple. We then saw the Fukagawa-jinja and Suehiko-jinja Shrines followed by Houngi Temple which has a large ceramic bell on its grounds.

After some afternoon meetings I had an informal dinner with several professors and students at an izakaya, a Japanese pub. It was relaxed and informal and a lot of fun. We stayed out late, and I drank too much sake. Possible?

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