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Morning in Tokyo

Bruce, Zee Zee and the Sun Japan K.K. team.

One of the Amazing dishes at Ninja restaurant. This is Monkfish liver Pate. Like a jewel.

Sunset, Tokyo.

I'll post more as they become available.

Wow!

It's unbelievable that two days have already passed and I'm already done with the business part of the trip. But so be it. 

Here are some highlights:

1. totally gracious hosts! The Sun K.K. team is absolutely fantastic. We were taken care of every step of the way. It really makes me wonder about us in the US. We don't treat our guests very well, I think.

2. really productive work. The way Japanese business is conducted really suits my natural inclination to get buy-in and agreement from everyone. So the meetings seemed in some ways more natural than business meetings in the states where everyone shouts each other down, advocating for an idea. In those shouting matches, sometimes the loudest persons idea gets implemented, instead of the best idea. So we accomplished a lot.

3. amazing food. We had a wide variety of food, including chirashi, my favorite Sashimi and rice dish on yesterday, and the pork filet lunch with hand ground sesame sauce that we had today. But what really stands out is the Ninja restaurant, half theatre, magic and intrigue of the ninja, and half traditional japanese food with truly amazing presentation. Haute Cuisine at it's finest.