Met Uwe at Naka-meguro station at 6:45 pm for dinner at Yodakimbo. Uwe is a friend that I met when I was doing research at the University of Tokyo (Todai) in 2003-2005. We have stayed in touch over the years now and then, but since a 1.5 years back we lost contact.

It turned out he and his wife had moved out of Tokyo for job reasons. I found him by googling his name, joining some obscure German variant of linkedin. Eventually I found and called him.

Today we met as this is his last day in Japan for a while. He has to go back to Germany for family reasons and will fly out of Narita tomorrow. His wife will join him in a month or so once he has found an apartment in Berlin.

It was really nice to see him again. We had a good time eating, drinking, and talking. Time flew and soon it was time to leave. We got into a taxi together, the biggest I have ever seen in Tokyo. We made a brief stop to drop Chie and me off while Uwe continued to his hotel.

Take care Uwe, and looking forward to seeing you soon in Japan again 🙂