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PICTURES TAKEN DURING
THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON OXYGENASES
"OXYGEN AND LIFE"
-OXYGENASES, OXIDASES AND LIPID MEDIATORS-
HELD IN KYOTO, JAPAN
NOVEMBER 26-29, 2000

THE MEETING HONORED
OSAMU HAYAISHI
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
FORTHCOMING 80th BIRTHDAY
ON JANUARY 8, 2001
AND THE 45th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE DISCOVERY OF OXYGENASES

I HAVE DIVIDED THESE PICTURES INTO
NINE SECTIONS:
 (NOTE - CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA
TO GO DIRECTLY TO THAT SELECTION)

            SET 1:.ARRIVAL TO JAPAN AND VISITING NARA. (THIS PAGE)

            SET 2: REGISTRATION AND THE OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE CONFERENCE

            SET 3: THE PROGRAM AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCIENCE

            SET 4: THE GROUP PHOTO AND THE SECOND DAY OF SCIENCE.

            SET 5: THE EVENING BANQUET.

            SET 6: CELEBRATING VINCE MASSEY'S BIRTHDAY.

            SET 7: THE LAST DAY OF SCIENCE.

            SET 8: DINNER WITH THE HAYAISHI'S.

            SET 9: SHRINES AND SHOPPING IN KYOTO.

 

WE ARRIVED IN JAPAN A FEW DAYS EARLY
TO TIME-ADAPT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF NARA.
THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW PICTURES
TAKEN DURING OUR WANDERINGS
THROUGH THE PARKS OF NARA
AND OUR VISIT WITH FUMIKO AND YUKI SAEKI

The Kintetsu Nara train station
with our hotel (the Mitsui Garden Hotel Nara)
in the background.

June Estabrook poses with Japanese children mannequins.

Making candy early in the morning

Want a rickshaw ride?

The trees were colorful and beautiful

The Kikusuiro restaurant where the retirement party
for Ryo Sato was held in 1988.

The entrance to Nara Deer Park.

The Five-Storied Pagoda.

A view of the Five-Storied Pagoda
with its reflection in Ara-iki pond.

Reflection of trees on Ara-iki Pond.

Another beautiful scene looking across Ara-iki pond.

The beautiful trees by Ara-iki pond.

Deer in Nara Park.

Fish at the Garden of Kasuga, Nara Park.

A young Japanese girl.

Ready for the rickshaw race.

Another beautiful scene near Nandaimon Gate.

Entrance to the Todaiji Temple
through the Nandaimon Gate.

Hot sweet potatoes.

A Japanese home.

The Five-Storied Pagoda

Yuki Saeki

Fumiko Saeki

Another good picture of Fumiko Saeki.

Fumiko and Yuki Saeki.

Another good picture of Fumiko and Yuki Saeki.

The hostesses at the restaurant say "Good night".

Lunch with Bill Peterson and Fumiko and
Yuki Saeki on our arrival at Kyoto.

Fumiko Saeki

A group picture.

NARA IS A WONDERFUL CITY.

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FOR THE "OXYGEN AND LIFE" CONFERENCE
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SET 2. THE OPENING RECEPTION