Flying South

Today there was nothing much to do (except actually accomplish some work), and I didn't need someone holding my hand to get from the guest house to the office. Not that I really did before, but yesterday I had to switch rooms, and things have to be done properly with the appropriate paperwork, so someone had to come help me. Last night I managed to get some sleep, to boot.

Here are some photos I've taken of the campus:

http://space.mit.edu/~milleric/personal/photos/osaka_university_2005_09

The campus is not very large, it takes about 10 minutes to walk from one side to the other. It's quite nice, with lots of trees and a few ponds and a nice garden near Mt. Machikaneyama. Here is a map which is also sort of a picture:

http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/campus/toyonaka.html

The Earth and Space Sciences building, where I work, is part of complex 8. I'm staying in building 31 right now, but will move to building 23 in early October.

Tomorrow morning I'm flying to Kagoshima on the southern island of Kyushu. From there I will go to the Uchinoura Space Center:

http://www.jaxa.jp/about/centers/usc/index_e.html

and stay there until next Thursday. I don't know what I'll be doing, or how good the internet connection is, so this might be my last post for a while.