The 35th International Agricultural Machinery Show in Obihiro 2023" will be held! From July 6 (Thursday) to 10 (Monday), a International Agricultural Machinery Show will be held in Obihiro City Kita Aikoku Plaza. The International Agricultural Machinery Show is held once every four years and attracts more than 100 exhibitors, including state-of-the-art agricultural machinery and related facilities equipped with state-of-the-art technology. In addition, as a parallel event at the venue, the "Food Valley Tokachi Shokusaisai Festival 2023" will be held, and there will be a food and drink corner using Tokachi ingredients and a sales corner where products from the Tokachi area are lined up. In Japanese agriculture, as the population of farmers ages and there is a shortage of workers, the spread of agricultural machinery utilizing GNSS, ICT (information and communication technology), robot technology, etc. is progressing, and these technologies are expected to greatly change Japanese agriculture in the future. Please stop by. International Agricultural Machinery Show official website iams-obihiro.com/history #There is no parking lot at the venue. #Please use the temporary parking lot. A free shuttle bus is available.

Like I mentioned yesterday, I went to "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" over the weekend and there were a ton of restaurants. The one that I chose to eat at was a tough choice, but I ultimately settled on "Do Miso Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" (ど・みそ 東京ポートシティ竹芝店), but there was also an Okinawan-themed restaurant right next to it called "Okinawa Bar Kafu" (沖縄酒場 かふー) that looked really nice as well, and smelled good. Either way from across the isle I got to eat some delicious ramen while listening to the Okinawan music which was really relaxing and created a nice atmosphere. I'm not sure what the ramen I got was called it was just the normal miso ramen from my understanding and I believe it cost ¥1100. There's another one that looks similar, has a similar name, and costs ¥1200 but that's a white miso ramen and not the one that I got. Either way, I'm sure it tastes good as well, because my ramen tasted great! I really liked that the restaurant had metal cups as well, it gives the water a different flavor and always makes it feel more refreshing too (in my opinion at least). One thing I forgot to mention about the building; if you open up their website, another futuristic feature you'll find is that the building actually shows the number of people in the building at any one time and also shows that percentage of male and female visitors. I thought this was really amazing. I'm not sure how it's done, but they must have censors located at the doors or in other places around the building that can analyze body structure or something similar. Either way it's a cool place!

Went to Takeshiba over the weekend and visited "Tokyo Portcity Takeshiba" I was in the area for other reasons, but just happened to stop by because the building looked interesting. Turns out I was right! The inside of the building had a bunch of really nice shops and was showing a futuristic VR robot being used to stock shelves in a convenience store. I didn't stick around to read everything that was being shown on the screen but this photo seems to be saying how they've created a VR system where users won't feel VR sickness, which I'd actually not heard about before, but it seems to happen after long periods of VR use and is similar to motion sickness I guess. The other photo looks like a simple picture of a sink but it actually has another really cool futuristic feature. The little slot on the right can actually disinfect your phone using UV. I couldn't take a photo of the actual process since I only had one phone but I tried it out and it was really neat. You just remove your case or anything else you have attached to your phone and pop it in and wash your hands. Takes like 30 seconds, about how long it should take to wash your hands, so it's a really convenient feature. Cool place though, I definitely recommend paying it a visit!

Sky tree at sunset. This view from downtown is exceptional.