Our major event on Friday, the day after we arrived in Tokyo, was lecturing at St. Luke's Hospital. The arrangements were made through the efforts of Drs. Yuka Okajima and Hiroto Hatabu, radiologists in our department at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. We're grateful to Dr. Yukihisa Saida, Chairman of Radiology at St. Luke's for allowing us the pleasure of visiting his department; to Dr. Masaki Matsusako, Vice Director of Radiology, who handled the arrangements for our visit; and to Dr. Gensuke Akaike, radiology resident, who was our guide on a tour of the hospital before our lectures began.
An important preliminary item before heading to St. Luke's was to buy clothing appropriate for the occasion. Since we carry no extra weight when we cycle, we needed an entirely new wardrobe for our lectures. So we traveled around Tokyo via subway on a couple of shopping trips to outfit ourselves (also stopping in Akihabara Electric City, a district of Tokyo full of high-tech stores, to satisfy geeky Peter).
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| In Akihabara Electric City |
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| Shibuya district: Clothes shopping |
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| Posing with Dr. Yukihisa Saida, Chairman of Radiology at St. Luke's Hospital |
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| Schmoozing with Dr. Gensuke Akaike (radiology resident) and Akihiro Uemura (Neurointerventional radiologist) before our lectures |
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| Peter at the podium, beginning his lecture with a description of our bike trip (the part of his talk that the audience probably most enjoyed) |
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| Carol at the podium |
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| Group picture after our lecture |
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| Group picture after dinner at a superb restaurant in the Ginza district of Tokyo |
