Kuri Gohan or Boiled Rice With Chestnuts

I bought three packs of peeled chestnuts, vegetables, mushrooms and soybeans’ taste source.

Cutting the vegetables and mushrooms into pieces, washing four cups of rice, putting them into a rice cooker with water and off course chestnuts, turn the cooker's switch ON.
Waiting for forty-five minutes, perfect autumn food will be ready.

Here comes Kuri Gohan or boiled rice with chestnuts. Deeeeeeeelicious!

A Japanese Pop Star

I spent this three days weekend rather lazily, watching TV, sleeping until noon and eating.
When I was a high school student, I liked to listen to the music especially Japanese pops, folk music and rock music.

One of my favorite artists is Yohsui INOUE. I think he is now in his late fifties. I watched his concert on TV this weekend, which was held this summer in Setagaya, Tokyo.

He still keeps a clear vocal sound and an energetic singing style. His unchanging way of singing for over thirty years impressed me very much.

Image Stabilizer technology

I was working for Nikon, in the development center of camera department.
I changed companies almost ten years ago from Nikon to Canon. I was engaged in developing Image Stabilizer technology. At the final day as a Nikon employee, I gave a speech to everyone working my department. I remember the speech, something like this,
“I’ve been happy to be working as a member of Nikon to develop new cameras.”
“I chose this company because I liked cameras and liked to take pictures a lot.”
“I’ll never, ever forget the days working with you and days at this department.”
Oh, good old memory! I was in Tokyo not in Utsunomiya.
At that time, digital cameras and Image Stabilizer technology are not common. Recently, most of people take digital photos using a camera or a cellular phone. It’s becoming hard to find a person who uses a film camera. Now, I’m happy to know some of my friends using a digital camera with Image Stabilizer technology.
Recently, I checked US patents database and found twelve US patents I invented have been registered, ironically, after I left the company.
Those remind me of my hard working days and are still connecting me to camera industry.
You can find my patents on the US patent search site. Just copy the following seven digits numbers and paste it in.
6445882
5809353
5771405
5740472
5940631
5930530
5881325
5761547
5748995
5724617
5678069
5678068

Summer Heat Continues.

It’s been still very hot in Utsunomiya. I played tennis with my colleagues for a whole day yesterday.
One of our company’s optical equipment development centers is located in Kiyohara Industrial Park in Utsunomiya.

Luckily, KIP association arranges tennis tournament several times every year for all employees working for companies in KIP. Comparing to other tennis tournaments, it’s a bit different. It’s free of charge and even KIP association gives a winner, finalists, and semi-finalists a prize. Why it’s possible? Because, I guess, companies subsidize KIP association.
Our tennis team couldn’t win though, we got a prize. (^o^)Y