From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2003-07-13T03:05:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Matz Photo URL  ?

Shashank Date (sdate@everestkc.net) wrote:
> 
> This last link has really awesome pictures ... where is this beautiful
> place?
> (sigh, cannot read the Japanese text around the pics).
> 

My guesses would be..

Start off with a number of photo's of Matz' workplace.  You can see that
the frosted office door has the name in English.  "NaCl" (like
rocksalt).

Picture 10 is Izumo Taisha Shrine.
[http://www.kankou.pref.shimane.jp/e/must_see/taisha.html]

Pictures 11 - 19 are Matsue Castle.
[http://www.kankou.pref.shimane.jp/e/must_see/shiro.html]

Pictures 20 - 33 all appear to be at the Tamatsukuri Hot Springs, where
you can eat, take a dip, play video games.
[http://www.kankou.pref.shimane.jp/e/events/autumn.html]

He tours another side of Izumo before going home.  I'm guessing these
are taken by Masao Kanemitsu, who has a number of Mandelbrot apps in
RAA?

Check out this regional map of Japan:
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/RTG/RI/index.html  You'll see that his trip
took place in the Shimane prefecture, in the Chugoku region.
Matz mentions going to church in Matsue on his blog and NaCl is in
Matsue, so I'm sure he lives in close proximity to all of the sights you see in
these photos.

_why