2012 Photos from Asia

• Gil and Mazi Kalai, Kyoto, Japan (July 23)
• Fu Liu (刘拂) with Lingkai, Kyoto (July 27)
• Sushi and other goodies, made from cloth, Kyoto (July 27)
• Susan Wilf and Curtis Greene, Kyoto (July 27)
• Monkeys cooling off, Iwatayama Monkey Park, Arashiyama, Kyoto (July 28)
  
• Sumo wrestlers at Nagoya shinkansen station (July 29)
• Nagoya Castle (July 31)
• Construction of Nagoya Castle (July 31)
• View from Nagoya TV Tower, Nagoya, Japan. Note Ferris wheel in the center of downtown. (August 1)
• After a Kyogen performance in Nagoya (August 2)
• Tigers at Harbin Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin, China (August 6)
• A tiger savoring a meal (chicken) at Harbin Siberian Tiger Park. For about $400 it was possible to purchase a live cow and enjoy seeing it being killed and eaten by some tigers. (August 6)
• Nan Li at a chilly location in Harbin (August 6)
• Saint Sophia Church, Harbin. Harbin has a lot of Russian influence. For instance, after the October Revolution of 1917, refugees made Harbin the largest Russian enclave outside the Soviet Union. (August 6)
• Street in Harbin named after Joseph Stalin (August 7)
• Dragons, Sun Island Park, Harbin (August 9)
• Nan Li (李楠), Eva Yuping Deng (邓玉平), and Susan Yijun Wu (吴宜均) at lunch, Tianjin (August 11)
• Lobby of Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (August 12)
• Mud people, a specialty craft of Tianjin, at Ancient Cultural Street (古文化街), Tianjin (August 13)
• View in Tianjin. The foreground is a marble-like surface. (August 13)
• Vegetables at Tianjin Water Park (August 13)
• Bill Chen (陈永川) demonstrating calligraphy at Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (August 14)
• Entrance to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 17)
• Yinghui Wang (王颖慧), me, and Yinghui's mother, Academic Activities Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 19)
• Nan Li and me singing the musical masterpiece "Liang zhi laohu" (两只老虎), Shanghai (August 21)
• Shanghai view from observation platform (height of 1555 feet) of Shanghai World Financial Center. In the foreground is the Jin Mao Tower. (August 23)
• Shanghai towers at night (August 23)