JAPAN 1991

This visit was to attend The 2nd International Symposium on PQQ and Quinoproteins. Yamaguchi
Organised by Profs Ameyama, Adachi and Matsushita. I was invited to give the introductory Plenary Lecture.   (The 1st Symposium was in Delft in 1988, Where I was also the Plenary Lecturer.)

I was generously made a Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. This paid for everything including a total of 18 days in Japan giving seminars but often being a grateful tourist. I went from Tokyo to Kyoto where I stayed a couple of days before going to Yamaguchi for the Symposium. From there I went to give seminars at Tottori, visitin Hiroshima from there. After this I returned to Yamaguchi and from there for a trip with research students to the southern island of Kyushu to visit a volcano (Mount Aso I think). My slides were not labelled so there may be errors here. I checked that the photos of buildings are named correctly (I hope).

My photos are all slides scanned in 35 years later - sadly all rather damaged.

This was a wonderful visit where I made many great friends who feature much more in my later visits.

To read my diary of this visit Click Here

TOKYO     KYOTO    YAMAGUCHI  SYMPOSIUM      TOTTORI and HIROSHIMA     KYUSHU    

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Kyoto skyline from Nara

Kiyomizudera Temple  (Pure Water Temple) Kyoto overlooking city
Temple famous for its large wooden terrace 

Yasaka Pagoda, also known as Hokan-ji Temple, is a historic five-story pagoda,  Kyoto, 

Heian Jingu (Heian Shrine) is an iconic Shinto shrine in Kyoto, built in 1895 to commemorate the   1,100th anniversary of the city's foundation as the national capital.