Sun 19 Jun 2005
We continued around the expo, but never did get to the Japanese pavilion. We did see the Prince, and I caught this picture of him moving between pavilions in Europe. He seemed very comfortable in his role. For our own taste of VIP treatment, a friend working a the expo set us up with passes to skip the lines at the German and French pavilions.
The Germans built a mini ride inside their pavilion. The French had a completely incomprehensible pavilion... [More]
Fri 17 Jun 2005
Thu 16 Jun 2005
Continuing our tour of Aichi Expo, we considered a stop at the Japanese pavilion. From the gourd shaped road looping the expo, you could look down on the Japanese pavilion. In fact, many people were doing just that. Maybe there were three or four hundred of them leaning up against the railing, watching the pavilion’s back entrance... [More]
Mon 13 Jun 2005
Walking from the Australia pavilion to explore its neighbors at the Aichi expo, we spotted three men in tight pink suits with hair that looked like it was trying to phone home. They broke into song, a cappella, and approached one of the women in our group. Of all of the expo visitors in sight, she was the only non-Asian woman, and she probably stood out as most likely to survive their attentions... [More]
Fri 10 Jun 2005
Once inside we headed directly to the Hitachi and Toyota Pavilions, rumored to be the most interesting at the expo. The more popular pavilions had a time reservation system where you could go there to pick up a reservation ticket, and then return at the time of your reservation and stand in a shorter line. Hitachi and Toyota were next to each other, and not far from the entrance... [More]
Tue 7 Jun 2005
Aichi Expo is a world’s fair with an environmental theme. It is being held this summer, just outside Nagoya.
I had been debating whether or not to go, which seems a crime being already in Japan. But it was reported crowded, and Nagoya’s hotels were booked solid... [More]