Upon waking up in Japan, you are hungry. To your stomach, it feels like 3:00 in the afternoon and you haven’t eaten all day actually it is beacuse their time is 13 hrs ahead. It worked out well for working in Japan beause I could do a day’s work here and then  at the end of the day, I would send a report of that day to my office by fax ( seems such old technology now, at the time, it was almost a miracle for international business). But in the 2000s my daily report from Japan was by email.  It’s  waiting at my office in San Antonio when everyone arrived.

Today we plan to sight see and visit the hospital that is sponsoring the conference that I am speaking

We went to Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases. We had a tour and did some video filming. It’s always of interest to see the differences between US and Japan. The last time I gave a speech at that hospital, I walked in thinking, I supposed to lecture on hospital infection control? I think they need some soap, water, and a coat of paint. The hospital had been remodeled.

Patients are in 4-6 bed rooms and no private bath. There is one make and one female bath on the floor/ward.

The person that invited me to speak, Tei a pharmacist.After saying our goodbyes at the hospital, one of the doctors, Dr Itoh, walked with us to the Osaka Castle.

Osaka Castle “Osaka Jo” is the most beautiful ancient castles in all of Japan. I have seen most of them.

It was late in the afternoon, so the sun was just above the castle, not a good time for pictures. We walked and walked all around the grounds. There’s not much to see inside the castle.