UPDATED - Ron McFarlandの Personal Journey (4-f): サンフランシスコとジャパン・タウン

I enjoyed working in that factory, as my mind was free to study right on the job while I produced the products in the factory. I also loved living in San Francisco. It is such a beautiful city. To go to work every day, I decided to stop driving and start taking the bus. It took far longer and made many stops before getting to my destination, but just going through the city, up and down the hills in the city was always enjoyable to me. At the top of many of those hills you could see both the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, as well much of the San Francisco Bay.

Years later, I took my jogging group to San Francisco, and we walked around in the city. Not too many people know this, but the movie “Towering Inferno” with Paul Newman was filmed in San Francisco. The scenes of the opening ceremonies and going into the building was in front of the Bank of America building where my father worked. Also, the elevators in the Hyatt Regency Hotel are the design of the ones used in the movies.

After work, Olin and I would often go to a restaurant owned by a Greek couple (above) who had only been living in the United States for five years or so. We had wonderful talks over dinner.

Life at that time was doing my factory work, studying Japanese in the evenings, going to Japanese movies in Nihon Machi at least once a week and going to my Army Reserve meetings.



Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、特に何故日本に来る決断をしたのか、などを聴いてみたいですね。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミニケーション。年末にはできそうですね。

皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。

ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。

もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。