[Date and Time] Wednesday, November 10, at 13:15~17:20
[Spots] Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), Hasedera Temple, and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
[Visitors] Participants of International Symposium sponsored by the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISHOC 10 International Symposium on High-temperature Oxidation and Corrosion 2010)
94 Participants, including 47 from Japan, from 19 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, Iran, South Africa, China, Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia
[Attendants] 6 KSGG members
[Language] English
I guided 32 visitors on Bus 3 with another KSGG member. The theme of the symposium was “High-temperature and Corrosion.” On the bus, after introducing ourselves and our driver, we explained about our organization. For engineers among those, we detailed the Great Buddha casting method, the fusing point of bronze alloy, the scientific ingredients, and the difference between the gilding by evaporation of mercury and the gold leaf. In front of the Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple, an Indian engineer asked me about the way the Great Buddha folds his fingers. At Hasedera Temple, a French woman, who was interested in a thousand statues of Jizo, showered me with questions in French. Then I guided them around Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in the dusk of the evening. At Haiden, a worshiping hall, I was told that Indians worship Buddha with their right hand on their chest.
A lot of engineers made a good account of KSGG. Also, they were very pleased with our guiding, and said, clapping their hands, “Thank you very much. Every explanation of yours was very plain.” At the end of the tour, on the way back to Shonan Village Center, some German and French visitors took the trouble to get off the bus to shake hands with us, saying, “We’ve had a very good time.”
[Spots] Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), Hasedera Temple, and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
[Visitors] Participants of International Symposium sponsored by the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISHOC 10 International Symposium on High-temperature Oxidation and Corrosion 2010)
94 Participants, including 47 from Japan, from 19 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, Iran, South Africa, China, Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia
[Attendants] 6 KSGG members
[Language] English
I guided 32 visitors on Bus 3 with another KSGG member. The theme of the symposium was “High-temperature and Corrosion.” On the bus, after introducing ourselves and our driver, we explained about our organization. For engineers among those, we detailed the Great Buddha casting method, the fusing point of bronze alloy, the scientific ingredients, and the difference between the gilding by evaporation of mercury and the gold leaf. In front of the Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple, an Indian engineer asked me about the way the Great Buddha folds his fingers. At Hasedera Temple, a French woman, who was interested in a thousand statues of Jizo, showered me with questions in French. Then I guided them around Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in the dusk of the evening. At Haiden, a worshiping hall, I was told that Indians worship Buddha with their right hand on their chest.
A lot of engineers made a good account of KSGG. Also, they were very pleased with our guiding, and said, clapping their hands, “Thank you very much. Every explanation of yours was very plain.” At the end of the tour, on the way back to Shonan Village Center, some German and French visitors took the trouble to get off the bus to shake hands with us, saying, “We’ve had a very good time.”