Nagano is another prefecture where there has been a lot of automated driving experimentation announced recently. Especially of note is the Minami Alps Mura Hase roadside station, where tests are due to begin in Autumn 2017 along a 6.9km course up to the Senryusou resort hotel and back, using GPS and sensors (and hopefully some […]
My first connection with Gifu was in the autumn of 2015, having finished some meetings early and waiting for my pre-booked shinkansen train out of Nagoya and back to Tokyo. At the station shop, some interestingly-shaped traditional Japanese sweets called Kurikinton were in season and I duly snapped up a pack of 6 to try […]
Wishing all readers out there a very happy new year 2018! With the end of the year comes reflection on the year past, hopefully providing insights to the year ahead. Looking back at 2017, I realized it’s been 9 months since I started this blog and am reaching the limit of what is available out […]
