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

Road Travel in Nepal

Roads in Nepal

Nepal is mountainous country and 73 % of territory is either mountain or hilly region. Constructing good road is one of big challenges in Nepal. There are many road accidents all over the year but most occurs especially in summer.

Kathmandu-Jalbire Road. Balephi, Sindupalchowk.

Balephi, Sindupalchok

Surkhet-Dailekh road is one of the most dangerous roads in Nepal. Buses are too old and feel like missing suspension on it.  

Way to Okhaldunga. Is it really a road?

Bus to Okhaldhunga. Tyre punctured after moving for half an hour. Started at 4 PM from Ghhurmi, reached Okhaldunga 11 am next day. It was just around 40 km. At least I heard there is no accident till the date I used. Very old buses. Too many passengers. But the bus drivers are very good and well experienced.

A part of Pokhara-Butwal road. At Syanja

A cross section at New Baneshwor, Central Kathmandu

A passenger micro-bus at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu

五月祭り＠東大 May festival@ University of Tokyo

This year's Tokyo University May festival was held in May 19 and 20.

Annular solar eclipse

A rare annular solar eclipse will be visible from Japan at 7:30am monday morning (Tokyo area). It is visible for 5 minutes... be ready with special glasses....
or you can see live webcast at http://panasonic.net/eclipselive/

Argentine Wine

Argentine wine, its hard but tasty