{"id":4067,"date":"2023-12-31T12:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T18:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/npblog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2023-12-31T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T18:55:40","slug":"a-short-trip-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichollsphoto.com\/npblog\/a-short-trip-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Trip to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March of 1991 I took a business trip to the KEK<\/a> High Energy Research Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan, close to Tokyo. We, the participants, were taken on an excursion to the Asakusa district in Tokyo to enjoy the temples there, which is where these photos were taken. Click on any photo for a larger view. <\/p>\n\n\n

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According to Wikipedia: Senso-ji, also known as Asakusa Kannon is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo’s oldest temple, and one of its most significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Shachihoko or simply Shachi is a sea monster in Japanese folklore with the head of a dragon and the body of a carp covered entirely in black or grey scales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Komainu or Lion-dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It was cherry blossom season and they were everywhere. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Omikuji or oracles, believed to be a message from the deities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Garden of Unborn Children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nisonbutsu Pair of Buddha. The figure on the right is said to bring mercy to worshippers, the one on the left, wisdom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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At left, Buddhist temple at the base of Tokyo Tower, and two monkey statues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I worked for most of my working life at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. At that time the high energy physics laboratories were converting from mainframes and supercomputers to “farms” of rather small computers to do the necessary computations and also switching the type of computers used for data collection. I was heading the support group in the Computing Division and we organized the training for the new computers at Fermilab. I gave two talks at this conference and another member of my group gave one entitled “The Fermilab experience: Integration of UNIX systems in a HEP computing environment”. One of mine was entitled “Fermi Unix Environment”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos were of course taken on film and, alas, badly stored in an attic for way too many years before being scanned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

References:
Sens?-ji at <\/a>Wikipedia<\/a>
Sensoji Temple<\/a>
Garden of Unborn Children<\/a>
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