Two weeks ago I went to Nagoya (and failed to post, sorry) to meet with a Professor from a program I'm interested in. He does research through the Institute of Religion and Culture at Nanzan University in Nagoya, so I went there and stayed in the Institute's residence. I didn't know too much about it before I went, but it turns out to be an amazing program that puts out a lot of the important research on Japanese philosophy. I talked with the professor I went to see and also with Jim Heisig, who wrote the book 'Remembering the Kanji' (which I'm now using) and is currently working on a sourcebook for Japanese philosophy. Basically, I was in academic heaven. On Sunday I walked around on my own and visited some temples and Nagoya castle, and felt like a proper tourist. Despite the absolutely horrible night train I took Friday night, I had a very good trip, and the bus back was amazingly comfortable. Here are some pictures of the beautiful day that greeted me on Sunday as I made my way around the city.
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