Kasai Rinkai Park
Kasai Rinkai Park feels like two worlds stitched together. On one side: lawns, families, cyclists, a sea aquarium, and a giant Ferris wheel. On the other: reed beds, tidal flats, and a seaside park, where migratory birds conduct their seasonal business. For birdwatchers like us, the highlight is the...
Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park
Tokyo is a city that hums, buzzes, glows. But just beyond its electric pulse lies a quieter rhythm. Situated at the edge of Tokyo Bay is Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside Park, where a vast stretch of tidal flats seems to stretch into infinity. At low tide, the sea retreats dramatically,...
Quiet people vacation mealtimes are for people watching.
The hotel dining room is a social place, but not in the way a dinner party is social. Groups generally do not co-mingle, their boundaries are maintained throughout the meal. However, groups are aware of other groups, and adjust themselves according to the space implicitly required for the group....
Quiet people like quiet meals, even on vacation.
I’m currently listening to the audiobook “Never Eat Alone” by Keith Ferrazzi, but this is not about that. It’s a treatise on the power and importance of networking, useful in the work I am doing (coaching software teams and building positive team culture), but a lot of the book...