A Quick Trip to Nagoya, Tokyo, and Chiba

Nagoya: I wanted to attend a workshop a friend of mine was doing, so I made a stop there. The station I arrived at, was waaay out in the middle of nowhere almost. To my surprise, instead of the usual automated ticket gates, there were two station staff handcollecting the ticket stubs! It was nice for a change. Didn't have to feel like I was going to have a heart-attack while going through the automated gates. I have a tendency to go through the wrong gates and they often slam shut on me. Argh.

Tokyo: Stayed at my brother's place and got to spend a little bit of time with one of my nephews.













Chiba: After the conference I had come for ended, I made a stop at a different part of Chiba, where my other nephew and a friend of mine also was.













My friend, her husband, and their daughter.













Scratch, scratch.













My friend made yaki-imo (baked sweet potatoes) for us. It was really good!