Price and Prejudice #2

Good afternoon to all of my (two or three) readers!

It's a bright and sunny day here in Fujieda city (not that I would know because I'm stuck in the office at the moment) and I've come back to Let's Talk Internships to talk more about pricing. I'm going to be drawing on points from my previous entry about pricing so I hope you will check it before you continue on with today's article.

So last time, I was talking about Marutaka Techno's pricing policies, and how pricing policies change depending on whether you are a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor or retailer. Perhaps my last entry was a bit ambiguous, as I was talking about the price at which Marutaka Techno wants its products to be sold to the consumer. The price that Marutaka Techno quotes to its buyers (the distributors and retailers) is a whole different kettle of fish!

Price and Prejudice #1

Do you like what I did there?

As you will have realised by now, I'm currently working at a company called MARUTAKA TECHNO マルタカテクノ. If you had a look at the company's modest website, you'll soon notice that it isn't such a big operation. However, Marutaka Techno is loosely connected to a much larger group of Marutaka firms.

Photos of my company (Marutaka Techno)

I'm back again already! Wasn't that quick ;)

Did you have a look at the photos from around Yaizu? If you haven't then please click here!

Now that you've seen where I'm living, I'd like to show you photos from my workplace. I could explain my job but as they say (I think..) a picture paints a thousand words. So without further ado..

Just a few photos!

It's me again!

While I've been here I've taken a few pictures so I'd like to share those with you!

Here are some photos of where I live and the area around me. I'll be sure to upload photos of my workplace in the next post so keep your eyes peeled!

Enjoy!

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My trip to Hamamatsu with a bit of self-racism!

Good to see you here again!

It's been a few couple of days since I last posted, but I'm back again!

On the weekend I took a trip to Hamamatsu for a small drinking event and it was a very enriching experience! Hamamatsu is a medium-sized city located near the coast, between Shizuoka and Nagoya. I'm currently living in a place near Shizuoka called Yaizu, so it took me just over an hour and (1110 yen) to get to Hamamatsu by train. While I was living in Amagasaki and commuting around the Osaka area, I would say that the vast (VAST) majority of people were "native" Japanese. As such, I was usually the only foreign-looking person within my line of sight (Yes, I can see myself!). As a knock-on effect, I would usually get given the stares (I would say more curious stares rather than evil ones) but I eventually got used to it and it happened less and less as people saw me more often around town.

Internship Specifics

It's me again!

It's been four days since I moved to Shizuoka and while there have been a couple of bad apples, there have been a lot fantastic developments!

Company dormitories and last minute packing

Sorry that it's been a while since I last posted an update!

I've been extremely busy having final parties with all of my friends as I'll be leaving tomorrow morning! I haven't even finished packing but I have one last飲み会 (nomikai or drinking party) tonight from around 6pm.

Just recently I received an email from one of the section chiefs from the company at which I'll be interning for the next two months. Originally he told me that the apartment would be naked in the sense that there would be no crockery or cutlery, but with this latest email he reassured me that most stuff would be there.