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20 August, Friday

• 10:30 Lecture on "Japanese Education" by Mr. Motohisa Kaneko, Professor of Tokyo University, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 12:15 Lunch Buffet at Multinational Food Restaurant "Seabonia Men's Club"
• 14:30 Visit Toyota Mega Web
• Later, I went to Harajuku
• Before going to bed, some of us met at the Irish Pub in Oosaki New City, a very beautiful place, with its fountains and nice buildings all around.

Photo	Tokyo Time	File Bytes	Where	What
	11:28	67K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	The lecture of japanese education is boring... fortunately I am in the last row.
	11:31	61K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Josef and Denis are sleeping too.
	11:32	70K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Fabio, Jorge and the japanese guy with yellow glasses are falling asleep...
	11:33	65K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Mr. Kaneko Motohisa. Hey ! Everyone is careful...
	12:07	98K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Outside the ministry, there is a training of the japanese firemen
	12:08	88K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Fabio want to help them but he hasn't enough water to give...
	12:10	78K	Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	Nice symbol of the firemen of Tokyo
	12:29	78K	restaurant 'Seabonia Men's Club' Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	A false aquarium: it's a TV !
	13:31	81K	restaurant 'Seabonia Men's Club' Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	The buffet, with international food
	14:35	80K	Toyota Mega Web Palette Town, Aomi, Kootoo-ku, Tokyo	The briefing, as usual: we are going to see the attractions of Toyota Mega Web
	16:12	183K	Toyota Mega Web Palette Town, Aomi, Kootoo-ku, Tokyo	Paolo and Monica on the balcony of the History Garage. You can see in the background the copy of a famous painting, but the japanese have added a car in the middle !
	16:21	74K	Pet shop Palette Town, Aomi, Kootoo-ku, Tokyo	Nooo... another shop that sells dogs under-glass... give me a gun, I want to shoot at the owner !
	18:21	130K	Perbacco! Italian Caffè Jinguu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo	Paolo and Fabio drinking a true Espresso Coffee. Very expensive, 5 times more than in Italy. But the taste is very good! Here is near the JR station of Harajuku.
	19:14	101K	The street in front of the east exit of the Harajuku station, Jinguu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo	Harajuku is the district where they sell suits and dresses for young people
	23:00	100K	Irish Pub, Oosaki New City, Oosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo	Paolo and Patrick are chatting with a japanese family; they work for a company that produce heat-resistent glass.  [Photo: Courtesy of Fabio Gentile]

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