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Category Archives: Japan - Tokyo Trip

  1. Tadaima

    Just got back from JFK – taking the E is a lot faster than the A. Tsukareta! Will update with my travel diary once I sort through the mountain of e-mails that have accumulated. I guess the honeymoon’s over…

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    By qui tacet – January 12, 2008

  2. Mata ne!

    My suitcase is packed and I finally managed to figure out my itinerary. Books I’ve packed: Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals (what is enlightenment is required) and Andre-senpai’s Japan tourist phrasebook. Not much else in my suitcase, I guess I’m traveling light, which will be great since I’m taking the subway to JFK. I’m a little scared of the Tokyo subway and JR train system – how I’m going to get from Narita airport to the hostel – but I’m pretty adaptable so I guess I’ll figure it out when I get there.

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    By qui tacet – January 3, 2008

  3. Tokyo hostel decision tree

    After my classmate who lives in Tokyo dropped the ball on me for accommodations, the cost of my holiday has shot up a few hundred dollars more, and now I have to figure out where to stay. It’s really hard to get reservations this late in the game, but I’ve narrowed it down to a few options in descending cost order. This is a classic case of optimizing various utility functions under imperfect information: I have competing interests but know absolutely nothing about how they work in Tokyo. Without narrowing it down my brain would explode.

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    By qui tacet – December 24, 2007

  4. Yenmillionaire, not

    So it’s confirmed, I’m going to Tokyo, and they have posted the full text of the essay online if you care to read it. Although they liked my essay, they didn’t like it enough:

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    Posted in Anime, Economics, Essays & Writing, Japan, Japan - Tokyo Trip.

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    By qui tacet – December 14, 2007

  5. Gundam and Economics

    My love of anime, combined with my interest in Japanese business, has finally paid off, and I might have the opportunity to visit Tokyo in January.

    We would like to express our gratitude to you for submitting your essay to the JFTC Essay Competition 2007. After a strict screening of all the essays, we have selected your essay, “Gundamnomics: Transforming Corporate Japan for the Challenges of Global Capitalism” as a candidate for an award. The final result is scheduled to be announced on Friday, December 14, and the winners will be notified directly. The Awarding Ceremony and our New Year’s Reception will be held from 16:30 to 19:00 on January 9, 2008 at Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan.

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    By qui tacet – December 2, 2007