I suppose I was quite tired having attended the conference for almost a week. I went back home. I dropped in Kyoto on my way back home to buy some souvenirs for friends who live abroad. Yeah, I am going oversea next week, to the Netherlands and England. Kyoto is nice place to buy souvenirs for such people. I am sorry for Yamaguchi in this respect.

I like the view from train passing along the lake. It got green. The summer is reaching its peak soon.

The ring indicates the coming peak of summer

I love the water

Rice gardens are becoming greener

There was a banquet on the third day. The venue was a beautiful garden with a historic tower. The party started with a performance of Kyogen. So beautiful. We visited a tea house to take a cup of tea. An old house was open for viewing. I liked its tranquilness.

The banquet was held in an old Japanese garden with a historic tower

In front of it performed was a Kyogen

An old cottage for welcoming guests

I gave a talk at our session concerning embodied knowledge. I was glad to see some of the talks given for the session share the same interest, or point of view, into the nature of our skillful movements. (The photo is provided by Mr. Tsujino. Thank you!)

I talked about two meanings of the centre

I have been to Yamaguchi this week to take part in JSAI2012, Annual Conference of The Japanese Society for Artificial-Intelligence. It was very far from home, say, it took almost seven hours to get to the hotel. I had no idea where the city was before I had been there. It was a small town with few cultural interests. I wanted to go back home the next day, but have gradually attuned myself to the environment. Its look and feel are after all very familiar with me, just a bit rustic than our prefecture. Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media was interesting.

The place is flat, surrounded by hills

Its edges are formed with forests

I spotted a similar one to ours in the canal

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media provides kids with a place to exploit the space