The Spring Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan was held in Tsukuba Science City. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet once again, many of the people who have worked in the PT Group in Cambridge University. A lot of fun and many emotions.

Met Han Soo Kim and Nack Joon Kim at the Gimhe Airport in Pusan |

Arrived at Narita Airport, ready to catch a train to Ueno |

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Skyliner is a fast train between Narita and Ueno (a station in Tokyo) |

At the Tokyo Dome Hotel. The mobile phone is borrowed from Gimhe Airport in Korea, so that I could communicate in Japan |

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This is the view from the lift in the Tokyo Dome Hotel |

The "Tokyo Dome" is a large arena where baseball is played under cover. It is surrounded by an amusement park. |

A picture of me in the lift. |

Professor Toshihiko Koseiki of Tokyo University and Kazutoshi Ichikawa (PT Group member) from Nippon Steel, meet Harry in the hotel. |

We head to Ginza for the Indian Restaurant. |

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Harry is a Gujarati and amazingly, this restuarant had a Gujart Thali. |

Manaubu Takahashi, Harry, Ichikawa, Professor Koseki and Nobuhiro Fujita at the end of the meal. |

Professor Toshiko Koseki, Nobuhiro Fujita, Manabu Takahashi, Harry and Kazutoshi Ichikawa |

On the next day (Sunday), Professor Koseki and Harry travel to Tsukuba Science City |

We arrive early and have a doughnut and coffee before going on to the meeting. |

At the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ) meeting |

This is the President of ISIJ, Hiroshi Tomono |

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The awards ceremony begins |

Ready for the presentations |

The President, Hiroshi Tomono |

This was the one minute speech, appreciation of the Honorary Membership |

The twenty minute lecture on problems with the calculation of crystallographic texture |

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This is Professor Fujita, originally from Tokyo University. |

He is famous for the design of the best ever creep resistant ferritic-steel, NF616 (N for Nippon Steel and F for Professor Fujita) |

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Harry with Professor Fujita |

Professor Yasushi Sasaki, of GIFT POSTECH, Korea |

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Dr Susumo Tsukamoto of NIMS (PT group member) |

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Professor He Jicheng, the President of Northeastern University, who became an Honorary Member of ISIJ |

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Professor K. Sugimoto, famous for his work on TRIP steels |

Near the Tokyo Dome |

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Harry's certificate |

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The schedule |

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Dr Shinichi Terashima (PT Group) of Nippon Steel arrives on Monday morning to take Harry to Nippon Steel |

My badge |

With Professor Tadashi Maki, Nippon Steel Fellow. I have known him since 1978 |

The audience for the "Bainite made simple" lecture |

Ichikawa introduces Harry in Japanese |

Group photograph, Manabu Takahashi, Harry, Professor Maki and Ichikawa |

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Nippon Steel also manufactures titatnium. The roof of this building is made of titanium |

Old friends |

A big party in the Tokyo Dome Hotel to celebrate the Cambridge Connections. Professor Hidetoshi Fujii (left, Osaka University), Professor Nagumo (Waseda University), Tomo Yokota (JFE) and Shinichi Terashima (Nippon Steel). All have been in Cambridge in the PT Group |

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Kazu Hase (JFE), Yuko Nomura (now disseminating Thermocalc, Dictra and Micress in Japan), Professor Toshihiro Tsuchiyama (Kyushu University), all PT Group members |

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Professor Koseki, Professor Saito (Waseda University) and Shinichi Suzuki (JFE). Professor Koseki is an Honorary PT Group member - the others again have been members of the Group |

Susumo Tsukamoto (who recently declined to review a paper for Harry), Professor Osamu Umezawa (Yokohama National University) and Akihiro Matsuzaki (JFE), all PT Group members |

Professor Nobutaka Yurioka, who has had a huge influence on our research on welding. |

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Yuko makes a presentation to Harry |

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All the food was vegetarian, beginning with the sweets |

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Professor Yurioka talking about Harry |

Professor Nagumo, talking about Harry |

The complete gang, but Yuko had to leave early and hence is missing |

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The sign outside the party, explaining that this is a party for Harry Sensei |