Today, I traveled three and a half hours from the zen monastery where I slept last night, to Tsukuba, to give a lecture at Tsukuba University. I was hosted by Prof. Shigeo Yamada, who first met me at the train station, gave me a short tour of the city.
Later in the afternoon, I gave a lecture on Tell es-Safi/Gath and the Philistines, which was attended by a nice group of faculty and students.
We then went for supper with some of the faculty and students at the university faculty club.
Tomorrow, Shigeo and his wife Keiko will take me on a tour of Mount Tsukuba, the iconic double-peaked holy mountain near the city.
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