Namaste🍁

Restoration work at Kathmandu Durbar Square

2020-08-13T22:45:00.001+09:00

AquaWorld dolphin & sea lion live show

2020-05-10T12:13:00.001+09:00

ネパール国カトマンズー成田直行便

2020-02-11T01:34:00.000+09:00

2020年3月2日からネパール航空が（NEPAL AIRLINES)がカトマンズ⇄成田直行便の運行を始めるようです。これで東京からネパール国・カトマンズまで、トランジットなしで飛行時間約７時間ほどで、ヒマラヤまでの距離が短くになります。料金の今と比べて十分安くなるようです。
フライトは週３便ー月・水・金曜日
カトマンズ発：1:25 AM (RA433・Airbus 330)
成田発：13:00PM (RA434)

https://www.nepalairlines.com.np/home

Taudaha: Remnant of Kathmandu Lake

2019-10-24T16:06:00.001+09:00

Taudaha:

One of the coolest places to visit. Peace area near to Kathmandu.

Superb greenery and clean walking course around Taudaha pond is fantastic.

Nagarkot, Nepal

2019-07-15T13:23:00.001+09:00

Fantastic view of mountain range from the Nagarkot, Nepal in November (2018)

ナガルコートから11月に見えた山岳の絶景　2018年

#Nagarkot

David Falls at Pokhara, Nepal from Gupteshowr cave. Patale Chango

2018-05-24T22:54:00.000+09:00

David Falls from Gupteshowr Cave. Patale Chango, Pokhara, Nepal

Nepali set at Yokohama ネパール定番の料理セット

2018-05-24T22:49:00.002+09:00

Nepali set at Yokohama

ネパール定番の料理セット:ダル・バト・タルカリ（豆スープ・ご飯・野菜カレー）

ネパールで食べられると同じ味でした。

Jure Landslide along the Araniko Highway, Sindupalchok, Nepal

2016-01-07T22:59:00.001+09:00

Road To Ghandruk, NEPAL

2016-01-07T00:24:00.005+09:00

Kathmandu sediment

2016-01-07T00:18:00.004+09:00

Best Exposure of Kathmandu valley sediment at Thimi Bhaktapur

Nepal Earthquake 2015

2015-12-06T12:24:00.002+09:00

On 2015 April 25, Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal. The epicentre is the Barpark of Gorkha District and about 80 km from capital Kathmandu. The depth of epicentre is less than 20km, which is shallow and caused huge destruction in the ground. Major aftershock of magnitude 7.3 hit on May 12. Epicentre is Dolakha district, east of Kathmandu.

First floor collapse at Gongabu, Kathmandu

RCC building collapse at Chautara, Sindupalchok

Installing SeismicUnix in MacOS X Mavericks

2013-12-07T00:05:00.001+09:00

How to install Seismic Unix on mac OS X Mavericks

Seismic Unix is a open source seismic processing package supported by Central for Wave Phenomena (CWP) at the Colorado School of Mines. Seismic Unix (SU) package (latest 43R4) can be downloaded from Seismic Unix Home page

Install XQuartz if not installed previously.

Here is step-by-step installation process in mac OS environment.

1. Download tar file in the path-----Users/You/cwpsu. It is better not to download in root

2. Uncompress or Untar the file using

tar -xvf cwp_su_all_43R4.tar

3. In home folder, check for .bash_profile and set CWPROOT environment after editing it as

Create .bash_profile

In Terminal, Go to home folder.

Type touch .bash_profile to create new .bash_profile file.

Open and edit with TextEdit, by typing open -e .bash_profile

An example of .bash_profile

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then

. ~/.bashrc

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:.

BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc

USERNAME="root"

export CWPROOT=Users/You/cwpsu

PATH=$PATH:/Users/You/cwpsu/bin: .

export PATH

4. Insert command - source .bash_profile

You can check environment by
echo $CWPROOT

5. In cwpsu/src, rename Makefile.config (or delete) --> Makefile.configXX.

Copy Makefile.config_MacOSX_Lion from the folder cwpsu/src/configs to the folder cwpsu/src. Rename as Makefile.config.

(>< Make file for OSX Lion works fine for OSX Mavericks)

Rename Makefile.config_MacOSX_Lion----->Makefile.config (In folder cwpsu/src)

$CWPROOT/src/Makefile.config

6. Install by entering command - make install

7. Type command - make xtinstall

8. Check by typing command - suplane | suximage &

For help and tutorials see SU Wiki Guide

Enjoy Seismic Unix !!

GHANDRUK by Road travel, NEPAL

2013-01-17T13:37:00.001+09:00

Road Travel To Ghandruk, NEPAL

Ghandruk is a famous tourist destination in Nepal. Trekking starts from NAYAPUL, Myagdi, nearly 40 Km from the POKHARA. There is many buses and taxis that run from Pokhara to Nayapul. A gravel road extends from Nayapul to Kimchi of Myagdi district. Length of the gravel road is nearly 16 km. There is some buses and Jeep running between Nayapul and Kimchi. The fare is reasonable. It costs just NRs. 300 (~ US$ 4) to reach Kimchi. But road is bumping and widespread dust. Ghandruk can be reached after an hour walk from the Kimchi. Newly opened track is closed during the rainy season.

東京で今年の初雪　(This year's first snowfall in Tokyo)

2013-01-14T14:22:00.001+09:00

Japan Airlines inflight meals in Tokyo to San Francisco Route

2012-12-22T00:53:00.003+09:00

Japan Airlines inflight meals in Tokyo to San Francisco Route

Inflight service in the Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo to San Francisco is very good. CA are sincere and helpful. The flight is punctual. Flight JL 001 from San Francisco to Tokyo arrived nearly a hour faster than the estimated landing time. This is very good because of the late night arrival at Haneda international airport. I could catch train to home. The only thing is the inflight meals. Inflight meals in the Japan Air flight was good but too cold.

Sandwich, Red wine and Snacks in flight JL 002, Tokyo to San Francisco

Yamanobori bentou (山登り弁当) in JL 002. Story was interesting but chilled rice with chilled chicken

Inside to Yamanobori bentou

Yamanobori bentou. Only good thing is MISO soup

First dinner; Chicken rice in flight JL 001, San Francisco to Tokyo, slightly OK

Second dinner; at JL 001 flight

Ghandruk, Nepal: The best destination for MINI TREKKERS

2012-11-05T20:36:00.001+09:00

Ghandruk Mini Trek

Trekking around Nepal himalaya is really amazing and full of breathtaking experience. Nepal himalaya is a part of Himalaya range. Nepal himalaya housed 8 out of 14 mountains with height greater than 8000 m. I cannot imaging to reach near base camp but I wanted to see those mountain as close as possible. So I chose Ghandruk, which is easily accessible. Ghandruk, a famous tourist spot in Nepal, lies in mid western part of Nepal. Nayapul to Ghandruk route is one of the comfortable trekking routes in Nepal. It is also lies in the trekking route to Annapurna base camp (ABC) or PunHill. Pokhara, a beautiful city, is a gateway to Ghandruk. We could see Annapurna South (7,219 m) and Fishtail mountain (6,993 m) very closely. Morning light strike turned both mountain into golden colour, It was splendid view. This is one of the best moments of my life.

Fishtail Mountain (Machhapuchhre)

Mt. Annapurna South and terrace farming on the way to Ghandruk

Morning sunlight at Annapurna south from the Peaceful Lodge, Ghandruk

Annapurna South from Peaceful Lodge, Ghandruk

Most Beautiful Village in Nepal,

Gurung Village at Ghandruk. Mt. Annapurna South in background

Typhoon 17号

2012-09-30T17:13:00.000+09:00

Very strong typhoon 17号 'Jalawat' is heading toward Tokyo..& Kanto area

Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal

2012-09-28T15:14:00.000+09:00

The length of runway in Tribhuvan Int airport is 3.05 km. What will happen if an airplane overshoot TIA, Kathmandu, Nepal

ネパールで飛行機墜落

2012-09-28T11:16:00.002+09:00

Sep 28, 2012

ネパールでまた飛行機事故がありました。今日朝6時15分カトマンズからルクラへ出発したシタエア (Sita Air) のドルニエの旅客機が飛び立ったわずか３分でカトマンズのトリブバン空港の近くマノハラ川に墜落し、乗っていたクルー3人含めて乗客19人すべてが死亡したとネパールのメディアが伝えています。

Source: Nagarik News

gcc not found in mac terminal

2012-08-25T01:26:00.001+09:00

After upgrading to OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion, gcc compiler package was lost and gcc command seems missing.
When entering 'gcc -v' command in terminal, it displayed gcc command not found.

To install gcc back, Command line tools in Xcode should be installed.

Open Xcode, go to preferences... Command Line Tools is in Downloads section.

If Command Line Tools is not installed, just install it or update it.

gcc compiler installed or not can be checked by entering 'gcc -v' or simply 'gcc' command.

Gnuplot stop plotting in Mountain Lion

2012-08-10T15:33:00.003+09:00

After upgrading Lion to Mountain Lion, GNUPLOT stop plotting the stuffs. I already downloaded XQuartz as Mountain Lion doesn't include X11 and Aquaterm isn't supported in Mountain Lion. XQuartz can be downloaded from here.

To get plot using Gnuplot, I just added

export GNUTERM='x11'

to my .bash_profile
Now Gnuplot start plotting. That's great...助かりました。

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

2012-08-01T02:09:00.002+09:00

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

Panoramic view from the top of Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji (富士山, 3776 m) is the Japan's highest peak formed by volcanic origin. It is one of the most beautiful mountains in the world. Climbing Mt Fuji can make a life long experience. The official climbing season start from July to end of August. Climbing Mt Fuji in these two month is very popular in Japan so that trail in July and August is very crowded even in weekdays. We climbed Mt Fuji at night. The most most cheapest and convenient way of reaching 5th station from central Tokyo is by Highway Bus from Shinjuku. Number of highway buses are operated in morning and evening during the climbing season and it cost 2600 Yen.

Spending some hours in 5th station (2300 m) is good to reduce possibility of altitude sickness. We took Fujikyu bus from Shinjuku at 4:55 pm and reached 5th station around 7 pm.

Mt Fuji from 5th station (2300 m), 8 pm, July 26, 2012

We start climbing Mt Fuji at around 8 pm from 5th station. 6th and 7th station is easy to reach. From the 8th station, crowd of hikers appeared and we lost our pace due to traffic jam in the trail. The trail is slightly difficult and single lane and slow hikers may cause long crowd behind. There is some mountain huts which serve some foods overnight. Here is some information on huts in Mt Fuji hiking route (in Japanese).

Viewing sunrise from the top of Mt Fuji is popular and many hikers stayed in 7th or 8th station and start climbing at around 1am to 3 am. So Huts operators are very busy around that time and they may not serve food for those who don't stay in their huts. We took udon ( Japanese noodles) at mountain hut of 8th station at around 2 am. It costs 750 yen, which is nearly 3 times of the price in Tokyo but still acceptable in that altitude. Using toilet in 6th to 9th station is 200 Yen per use and there is no water flushing. At the summit, one time toilet use costs 300 Yen. Because of the crowded trail up to the top, it takes longer to reach at summit. We reached summit at around 4 am in the morning. The view from the summit is really unexplainable in the word. It was amazing. The crowd of people in the summit are waiting for the spectacular view of sunrise.

The day was very clear. We waited for sunrise with lots of other hikers. At around 4: 45 am, yolk like sun appeared in the horizon. Sunrise (御来光) from the top of Mt Fuji, was really amazing and one of unforgettable moments of life. After seeing sunrise we made a round around Fuji crater which took about a hour. Mt Fuji is snow-free on July and August, but there is some snow in crater and in west mountain slope.

Descending is easy and takes about three and half hours. Descending trail is wide but due to presence in peebles and rock fragments, knee pain is most likely to happen. Using hiking stick is best for the Mt Fuji. The central Tokyo can be reached from the 5th station by Fujikyuko (富士急行） bus. It takes about 2 hrs and 5 minutes to reach Shinjuku station. Sacrificing a night sleep worth well for the Mt Fuji hiking.

Crowded trail in the night

Before Sunrise

Sunrise (Goraiko, ご来光) from the top of Mt Fuji

After viewing sunrise, most of the hikers walk around Mt Fuji crater.

Extreme wind and cold in the top was really dangerous

Mt Fuji crater. There is some snow in July

Great Sky from the top of Mt Fuji. It is really amazing experience

'Fuji-kyu' (Fuji Express) from Shinjuku to Mt Fuji 5th station:

Ready to depart from 5th station to Shinjuku.

夏の熊谷 Kumagaya: The hottest place in Japan

2012-07-18T00:21:00.000+09:00

一昨日の三連休に日本で最暑と言われる場所熊谷の　八木橋デパートに行きました。熊谷では最高の暑さだったがデパート中は低温で涼しかった。中から外出た時びっくりした。

Searching Job In Japan

2012-07-12T00:43:00.001+09:00

Searching job in Japan is really hard if you don't know Japanese and some little tricks. Generally new graduate hiring for April starts from October or December (in case of 2013) of previous year. I got a job confirmation last month for April 2013 entry. Here I am explaining the steps I took during the job hunting process. First one should register in internet based job navigation websites such as RIKUNABI, MYNAVI, NIKKEI, GAIJINPOT etc.

The general process is

1. Make account of job navigation websites by filling designated form
2. Search for the company you prefer
3. Bookmark and make a entry
4. Take part in company recruit seminar (会社説明会)
5. Fill up the entry sheet
6. Take SPI test, hikki test and aptitude test
7. If you pass stage 6, you will be informed for the interview (2 or 3 times)
8. If you pass stage 7, you will get 'NAI NAI TEI (内々定)' a formal offer from the company.
9. Company entry as a new graduate (入社)

There are other process of entering company too, but for this you should have meet the criteria set by the company. Before starting job hunting in Japan, learning Japanese may be very useful...

No more zero atomic energy in Japan

2012-07-02T01:39:00.001+09:00

First reactor, after Fukushima accident, is started today…Seems like nuclear energy is inevitable for Japan.

福島原発事故後初めて大飯原発起動

Namaste🍁

Restoration work at Kathmandu Durbar Square

AquaWorld dolphin & sea lion live show

ネパール国カトマンズー成田直行便

Taudaha: Remnant of Kathmandu Lake

Taudaha:

One of the coolest places to visit. Peace area near to Kathmandu.

Superb greenery and clean walking course around Taudaha pond is fantastic.

Nagarkot, Nepal

David Falls at Pokhara, Nepal from Gupteshowr cave. Patale Chango

Nepali set at Yokohama ネパール定番の料理セット

Jure Landslide along the Araniko Highway, Sindupalchok, Nepal

Road To Ghandruk, NEPAL

Kathmandu sediment

Nepal Earthquake 2015

Installing SeismicUnix in MacOS X Mavericks

How to install Seismic Unix on mac OS X Mavericks

Install XQuartz if not installed previously.

Rename Makefile.config_MacOSX_Lion----->Makefile.config (In folder cwpsu/src)

GHANDRUK by Road travel, NEPAL

Road Travel To Ghandruk, NEPAL

東京で今年の初雪 (This year's first snowfall in Tokyo)

Japan Airlines inflight meals in Tokyo to San Francisco Route

Sandwich, Red wine and Snacks in flight JL 002, Tokyo to San Francisco

Yamanobori bentou (山登り弁当) in JL 002. Story was interesting but chilled rice with chilled chicken

Inside to Yamanobori bentou

Yamanobori bentou. Only good thing is MISO soup

First dinner; Chicken rice in flight JL 001, San Francisco to Tokyo, slightly OK

Second dinner; at JL 001 flight

Ghandruk, Nepal: The best destination for MINI TREKKERS

Ghandruk Mini Trek

Fishtail Mountain (Machhapuchhre)

Mt. Annapurna South and terrace farming on the way to Ghandruk

Morning sunlight at Annapurna south from the Peaceful Lodge, Ghandruk

Annapurna South from Peaceful Lodge, Ghandruk

Most Beautiful Village in Nepal,

Gurung Village at Ghandruk. Mt. Annapurna South in background

Typhoon 17号

Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal

ネパールで飛行機墜落

gcc not found in mac terminal

Gnuplot stop plotting in Mountain Lion

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

Climbing Mt Fuji （富士山登山）

Panoramic view from the top of Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji from 5th station (2300 m), 8 pm, July 26, 2012

Crowded trail in the night

Before Sunrise

Sunrise (Goraiko, ご来光) from the top of Mt Fuji

After viewing sunrise, most of the hikers walk around Mt Fuji crater.

Extreme wind and cold in the top was really dangerous

Mt Fuji crater. There is some snow in July

Great Sky from the top of Mt Fuji. It is really amazing experience

'Fuji-kyu' (Fuji Express) from Shinjuku to Mt Fuji 5th station:

Ready to depart from 5th station to Shinjuku.

夏の熊谷 Kumagaya: The hottest place in Japan

Searching Job In Japan

No more zero atomic energy in Japan

東京で今年の初雪　(This year's first snowfall in Tokyo)