Laat ik dit leisure report beginnen met de zorg waar mijn dag ook mee begon: zou er vandaag wel genoeg beleefd worden om een leisure report te vullen? Om mijn zorg wat te verlichten besloot ik door de dag heen wat aantekeningen te maken van mijn belevenissen. Daarnaast besloot ik om aan het eind van … Continue reading "Day 15: Vroeg op, laat naar bed"
Read MoreDay: October 16, 2018
Osaka University
After the nice tour at the research facilities of the Toyo Company, the Civil Engineering department of the Osaka University did some nice presentations. The Osaka University is known for her innovation and is one of the top universities of Japan. During the first presentation by the professor of the Civil Engineering department it became … Continue reading "Osaka University"
Read MoreToyo Construction
Today the Naruo Technical Research Institute of Toyo Construction was visited. The facility focuses on civil engineering using state of the art technology to perform research on hydraulic engineering, soil mechanics and construction material for the development of construction technologies. The schedule was to first give an introduction of all the employees in the … Continue reading "Toyo Construction"
Read MoreDag 17: Arriving in Hiroshima
So, today we finally left Osaka behind and headed to the train station for our trip to Hiroshima. The last destination of our study tour. We finally arrived at our hotel around early afternoon, where we discovered that we could not check-in yet. Because of this, we left our luggage at the reception and headed … Continue reading "Dag 17: Arriving in Hiroshima"
Read MoreDag 14: High tea & high beer
De eerste dag van het weekend begint rustig met een traditionele Japanse theeceremonie. We worden meegenomen naar een kamertje waar we op kussentjes op de grond mogen zitten. Meer dan 5 minuten op je knieën zitten blijkt toch echt moeilijker te zijn dan het lijkt. Onze gastvrouw reinigt eerst het theeservies met een rustgevend ritueel, … Continue reading "Dag 14: High tea & high beer"
Read MoreAsia Air Survey
On the 15th of October we visited Asia Air Survey in Osaka, a geospatial information consulting company specializing in aerial surveying. The company was established after world war two to support the reconstruction of post-war Japan. And has since then developed multiple new earth observation techniques. Their scope of business consists mainly of the following … Continue reading "Asia Air Survey"
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