ネパールで飛行機墜落

Sep 28, 2012 


ネパールでまた飛行機事故がありました。今日朝6時15分カトマンズからルクラへ出発した シタ エア (Sita Air) のドルニエの旅客機が飛び立ったわずか３分でカトマンズの トリブバン 空港の近くマノハラ川に墜落し、乗っていたクルー3人含めて乗客19人すべてが死亡したとネパールのメディアが伝えています。 

                                                                    Source: Nagarik News

gcc not found in mac terminal

After upgrading to OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion, gcc compiler package was lost and gcc command seems missing. 
When entering 'gcc -v' command in terminal, it displayed gcc command not found. 

To install gcc back, Command line tools in Xcode should be installed.

Open Xcode, go to preferences... Command Line Tools is in Downloads section. 

If Command Line Tools is not installed, just install it or update it.

gcc compiler installed or not can be checked by entering 'gcc -v' or simply 'gcc' command.

Gnuplot stop plotting in Mountain Lion

After upgrading Lion to Mountain Lion, GNUPLOT stop plotting the stuffs. I already downloaded XQuartz as Mountain Lion doesn't include X11 and Aquaterm isn't supported in Mountain Lion. XQuartz can be downloaded from here.

To get plot using Gnuplot, I just added

                               export GNUTERM='x11'

to my .bash_profile
Now Gnuplot start plotting. That's great...助かりました。

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

Panoramic view from the top of Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji (富士山, 3776 m) is the Japan's highest peak formed by volcanic origin. It is one of the most beautiful mountains in the world. Climbing Mt Fuji can make a life long experience. The official climbing season start from July to end of August. Climbing Mt Fuji in these two month is very popular in Japan so that trail in July and August is very crowded even in weekdays. We climbed Mt Fuji at night. The most most cheapest and convenient way of reaching 5th station from central Tokyo is by Highway Bus from Shinjuku. Number of highway buses are operated in morning and evening during the climbing season and it cost 2600 Yen. 

Spending some hours in 5th station (2300 m) is good to reduce possibility of altitude sickness. We took Fujikyu bus from Shinjuku at 4:55 pm and reached 5th station around 7 pm. 

Mt Fuji from 5th station (2300 m), 8 pm, July 26, 2012 

We start climbing Mt  Fuji at around 8 pm from 5th station. 6th and 7th station is easy to reach. From the 8th station, crowd of hikers appeared and we lost our pace due to traffic jam in the trail. The trail is slightly difficult and single lane and slow hikers may cause long crowd behind. There is some mountain huts which serve some foods overnight. Here is some information on huts in Mt Fuji hiking route (in Japanese). 

Viewing sunrise from the top of Mt Fuji is popular and many  hikers stayed in 7th or 8th station and start climbing at around 1am to 3 am. So Huts operators are very busy around that time and they may not serve food for those who don't stay in their huts. We took udon ( Japanese noodles) at mountain hut of 8th station at around 2 am. It costs 750 yen, which is nearly 3 times of the price in Tokyo but still acceptable in that altitude.  Using toilet in 6th to 9th station is 200 Yen per use and there is no water flushing. At the summit, one time toilet use costs 300 Yen. Because of the crowded trail up to the top, it takes longer to reach at summit. We reached summit at around 4 am in the morning. The view from the summit is really unexplainable in the word. It was amazing. The crowd of people in the summit are waiting for the spectacular view of sunrise.

The day was very clear. We waited for sunrise with lots of other hikers. At around 4: 45 am, yolk like sun appeared in the horizon. Sunrise (御来光) from the top of Mt Fuji, was really amazing and one of unforgettable moments of life. After seeing sunrise we made a round around Fuji crater which took about a hour. Mt Fuji is snow-free on July and August, but there is some snow in crater and in west mountain slope. 

Descending is easy and takes about three and half hours. Descending trail is wide but due to presence in peebles and rock fragments, knee pain is most likely to happen. Using hiking stick is best for the Mt Fuji. The central Tokyo can be reached from the  5th station by Fujikyuko (富士急行） bus. It takes about 2 hrs and 5 minutes to reach Shinjuku station. Sacrificing a night sleep worth well for the Mt Fuji hiking.

Crowded trail in the night

Before Sunrise

Sunrise (Goraiko, ご来光) from the top of Mt Fuji

After viewing sunrise, most of the hikers walk around Mt Fuji crater. 

Extreme wind and cold in the top was really dangerous

Mt Fuji crater. There is some snow in July

Great Sky from the top of Mt Fuji. It is really amazing experience

'Fuji-kyu' (Fuji Express) from Shinjuku to Mt Fuji 5th station: 

Ready to depart from 5th station to Shinjuku.

夏の熊谷 Kumagaya: The hottest place in Japan

一昨日の三連休に日本で最暑と言われる場所熊谷の　八木橋デパートに行きました。熊谷では最高の暑さだったがデパート中は低温で涼しかった。中から外出た時びっくりした。

Searching Job In Japan

Searching job in Japan is really hard if you don't know Japanese and some little tricks. Generally new graduate hiring for April starts from October or December (in case of 2013) of previous year. I  got a job confirmation last month for April 2013 entry. Here I am explaining the steps I took during the job hunting process. First one should register in internet based job navigation websites such as RIKUNABI, MYNAVI, NIKKEI, GAIJINPOT etc.

The general process is

1. Make account of job navigation websites by filling designated form
2. Search for the company you prefer
3. Bookmark and make a entry
4. Take part in company recruit seminar (会社説明会)
5. Fill up the entry sheet
6. Take SPI test, hikki test and aptitude test
7. If you pass stage 6, you will be informed for the interview (2 or 3 times)
8. If you pass stage 7, you will get 'NAI NAI TEI (内々定)' a formal offer from the company.
9. Company entry as a new graduate (入社)

There are other process of entering company too, but for this you should have meet the criteria set by the company.  Before starting job hunting in Japan, learning Japanese may be very useful...

No more zero atomic energy in Japan

First reactor, after Fukushima accident, is started today…Seems like nuclear energy is inevitable for Japan.


福島原発事故後初めて大飯原発起動