{"id":1378,"date":"2011-09-30T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2011\/09\/30\/paris-in-autumn\/"},"modified":"2014-10-01T09:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:46:05","slug":"paris-in-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2011\/09\/paris-in-autumn.html","title":{"rendered":"Paris in Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/jp\/2011\/09\/%E7%A7%8B%E3%81%AE%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA.html\" target=\"_self\">Japanese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"gallery_1378_1\" class=\"photospace_res\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thumbs_1378_1\" class=\"thumnail_row \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"psr_paging\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink prev\" style=\"display:none; 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The purpose of this visit is to attend the final jury of 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2009\/10\/paris-unesco-lo.html\" target=\"_self\">L\u2019Oreal -UNESCO Women In Science <\/a>Awardees.&#160; A car from L\u2019Oreal picked me up and took me to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.concorde-hotels.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel Concorde Opera<\/a>. At the lobby, I noticed quite a number of tourists from Japan in and around the lobby.&#160; Maybe it was because of the good season.&#160; The weather was beautiful, not a single cloud in the sky, and the temperture was around 25-26\u2103 \uff0877-79\uff26\uff09.&#160; I was told that it was rather cold until last week, though.<\/p>\n<p>H.E. Kiso, the Ambassador of Japan to UNESCO kindly invited me to his official residence for lunch.&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2007\/10\/unesco-loreal-p.html\" target=\"_self\">I have been to this place before<\/a>,&#160; but its been quite a long time since. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/speaker\/0,2865,en_21571361_35842076_36667898_1_1_1_1,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Georges Haddad&#160;<\/a>of UNESCO, former President of Sorbonne University (appointed to the presidency at young age of 37) joined us.&#160; He was a fantastic person to talk with, having amazingly broad range of topics including the situation of Japan, and we all had such a nice, enjoyable conversation.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, I had a dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant-kei.fr\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKei\u201d, <\/a>a very popular restaurant recently, with <a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2010\/03\/from-paris2.html\" target=\"_self\">Dr. and Mrs Mimura <\/a>of American Hospital of Paris.&#160; Kei stands for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant-kei.fr\/the-chief.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chief Kei Kobayashi<\/a>. I was quite impressed to know his career.&#160; Every dish is wonderful not only in its taste but also in the ways how they are presented.&#160; He certainly well deserves the high reputation.&#160; Why not try this place next time you visit Paris?<\/p>\n<p>The next day was the selection of 2012 L\u2019Oreal Awardees.&#160; The discussion continued for about 7 long hours including lunch time.&#160; After the hard work, we finally succeeded in choosing the 5 wonderful scientists which made us all happy. Participating in this sort of discussions, listening to various views, is very inspiring and there is much to learn from such experience.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, we enjoyed a concert, which is now a customary event.&#160; We listened to 3 works each by Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, and Samuel Barber (Piano by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garrick_Ohlsson\" target=\"_blank\">Garrick Ohlsson<\/a>), conducted by&#160; a much loved conductor from Korea, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myung-whun_Chung\" target=\"_blank\">Myung-Whun Chung<\/a>, who&#160;was appointed to&#160;the <a href=\"https:\/\/kiyoshikurokawa.com\/en\/2007\/10\/unesco-loreal-p.html\" target=\"_self\">musical director<\/a> of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for this Autumn season.&#160; I find Chung\u2019s crisp, sharp style of conducting very attractive.<\/p>\n<p>At around 10 pm, after the concert, we stopped by at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drouant.eu\/uk\/the-restaurant\/0-3-1-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drouant<\/a>.&#160; It was&#160;sometime past 1 am when we finally said good bye to each other.&#160; It sure was a long day.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, whenever I come to Paris, I rediscover its beauty.&#160; People in general are not too overweighed, many smoke on streets or at cafes, and many women are dressed nicely, that is, in a chic style, regardless of their age.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to return to Paris next March for the award ceremony of L\u2019Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Award.&#160; I very much look forward to coming back to this lovely city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2192Japanese I arrived at Paris in the midst of autumn at 6 am, after departing from Haneda at midnight.&#160; The purpose of this visit is to attend the final jury of 2012 L\u2019Oreal -UNESCO Women In Science Awardees.&#160; A car from L\u2019Oreal picked me up and took me to Hotel Concorde Opera. 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