Just 90 minutes away from Tokyo by train, Ibaraki Flower Park is a theme park centered around gorgeous flowers and getting in touch with nature.
Renovated in April 2021 with the concept of "Feeling Flower Park".
The adjacent camp and resort, HANAYASATOYAMA, opened in the same period.
It’s the perfect destination to enjoy a refreshing day in beautiful flower gardens, with cafes and a variety of activities. And at night, enjoy a barbecue and campfire while stargazing. Let’s take a look at the charms of Ibaraki Flower Park, where such wonderful experiences await you!
Japanese PE firm NSSK to buy Fujikura’s power transmission component unit
Japanese yen. Photo from Pixabay.com
May 17, 2021
Japanese middle-market private equity firm Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko (NSSK) has agreed to acquire Tokyo-headquartered Fujikura’s power transmission component business.
The investment is being made through NSSK’s second fund. The financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed. The transaction is slated for completion on October 1, 2021, NSSK said in a statement.
The target unit comprises Fujikura Components and Fujikura Line Tech Taiwan. Fujikura Components’ current management team will continue to manage the company, NSSK added.
Founded in 1949, Fujikura Components makes electric power transmission components and spiral products attached to overhead power transmission lines and underground cables for electric power companies and renewable energy operators in Japan.
May 4, 2021 2:54 pm
“My designs often start from little everyday moments, where I’ll think ‘Hmm, that’s interesting, how would this work as a textile?’,” says designer Sudō Reiko.
Most of her ideas are born out of what she calls “a sense of wonder toward ordinary occurrences”. This way of thinking is how and why she strives to blend her traditional Japanese culture and practices with cutting edge technology, producing innovative materials in the process.
As London’s Japan House prepares to open an exhibition exploring Sudō’s life and work, we speak with her about what visitors can expect from the show and how her career has developed.
For 18 years (since 1998) the VLBI Antenna stood a few hundred meters from the center of Tsukuba University. At 32 meters in diameter it was long a grand and mysterious Tsukuba landmark. But alas, at the end of 2016, the antenna went out of service- and now, mid-January 2017, it is being dismantled.
By Avi Landau
Long term residents of Tsukuba have gotten used to saying good-bye. Those of us who are sentimental, have had to harden our hearts – or we just wouldn`t be able to keep our emotional sanity. What I`m talking about mostly is the fact that are friend are always leaving ! Amazing, talented people, from every corner of the globe, come here on short-term research or study projects…. you become friends… get close…. and then they`re gone. Sure there is email – but it`s just not the same…