schmoopy Says: An interesting and well put together collection of the history of Hitachi City, the company, and the people. Set on a beautiful piece of park-like land.
schmoopy Says: Considering prices for EVERYTHING in Japan were fairly high, I would expect that renting an apartment would be too. Most of my sleeping time in Hitachi was spent in an apartment rented by Hitachi(company) for myself and another woman. It was an interesting experience -...
The Drunken Duck, Katsuta: The Drunken Duck, Katsuta
schmoopy Says: A British style pub in Katsuta, a town very close to Hitachi. You are likely to run into other gaijin there! Casual.
To get to Hitachi City you are...
schmoopy Says: To get to Hitachi City you are likely to take a train from Tokyo for about an hour and a half.We walked a lot until we got comfortable with reading the bus schedule and train schedule. Once you master those, travelling around is not difficult. We did use taxicabs as well...
schmoopy Says: Kasama Pottery. My friends from the Purchasing Department took us on a day trip to Kasama to try our hands in pottery in the special clay from the area. While my pottery capabilites were terrible, we did get an opportunity to see the largest one piece fired vase I have ever...
schmoopy Says: My favourite things about Hitachi City are the friends that I made while I was there. I also greatly enjoyed walking around the area and looking at the different houses and architecture. Singing Karaoke and drinking Sake.
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A British style pub in Katsuta, a town very close to Hitachi. You are likely to run into other gaijin there! Casual.
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In the winter of 1998, during my last year of doing my MBA, I was awarded an internship with Hitachi in Hitachi City, Japan. As you can probably imagine from the city's name, Hitachi the company is......
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i was lucky enough to witness a town celebration while i was in hitachi naka. they had a traditional march through the town center. it was pretty neat.
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