Next Friday I’m flying to Japan. I’m going to spend a couple of weeks visiting the Kansai region (Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Nara), Tokyo and Hiroshima. I’m really excited about this trip because this time I can articulate a few phrases and even read in hiragana (wow!) and I’ll give a talk at Mizuguchi Laboratory. If I get the grant I’ve applied for, next year I’ll spend three months at Kenji’s lab, living in Osaka 🙂

Some pictures I took during my first trip to Japan in 2010: Japan-Flickr set.