Past Pictures (1998)

• Uncle Billy's Restaurant in Hilo, Hawaii, USA, June 2, 1998
  "Why is there BACK-SCRATCHER in cocktail ?! ...this cocktail is named BACK-SCRATCHER..."

Past Pictures (1999)

• Rockefeller Center, New York, USA, October 30, 1999
  "Which is cool, I or Prometeus ?!"
• St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, USA, December 30, 1999
  "Oops, sorry my God!! I just hide the sanctuary..."

Past Pictures (2000)

• At the COUNT-DOWN event in front of Nassau Hall in Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, January 1, 2000 [another one]
  "A HAPPY NEW MILLENNIUM!! I am a champion of the University?! This statue I step on is the symbol of Princeton University..."
• COBE + TOCO + BOOMERanG + MAXIMA Data, May 9, 2000 [eps]
  "CMB Acoustic Peak(s)!! Yes, our universe is FLAT. Great!! But...Is the baryon density higher than thought before?"
  
  For further interests...
  • Effect of Matter-Density (May 10): [gif] [eps]
• Opera Garnier, Paris, France, June 25, 2000
  "Dazzling!! What great ornaments they are..."
• My home, Hyogo, Japan, August 23, 2000
  "Well... did I miss something? My dog JIRO wondering what is happening."

Past Pictures (2001)

• Kiyoshi-kohjin Shrine, Hyogo, Japan, January 1, 2001
  "A happy new century! A statue behind us is the God of Fire. From left to right, my wife, myself, and my friends."
• In front of Poisson Rouge in Kobe-city, Hyogo, Japan, March 10, 2001
  "Thank you guys! After a second party of our wedding, which were arranged by my best friends. They helped even main ceremony. We have no idea how to thank them. So, who is next?!"
• COBE + QMASK + CBI + DASI + MAXIMA + BOOMERanG Data May 1, 2001 [eps]
  "MAY-DAY of the CMB experiments! Why May-Day? Check this up!"
  For further interests...
  • Is BOOMERanG screwed up? (May 1): [gif] [eps]
    The discrepancy between the results in 2000 and 2001 is ascribed to
    the different estimation for the beam-size and pointing-jitter.
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA, June 30, 2001
  "THE MAP LAUNCH!!
  It was so hot, humid, muggy day (so typical in Florida); however, the launch was surely the hottest one.
  We all heard the countdown --- 3...2...1...!! The rocket, carrying the MAP satellite, was launched just right.
  The MAP is traveling to the destination of staying in the space, L2, 1,500,000km from us (cf. the moon is 380,000km from us),and will soon send back to us the gorgeous microwave sky image, the CMB sky, the figure of the Big-Bang. (the picture is taken from here.)"
• Mt. Choukai-san (2,236m), Akita, Japan, September 23, 2001
  "The summit looks very close to us under the beautiful blue sky, but the truth is..."
• Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA, October 20, 2001
  "Mariners got a big win, 14-3! This is the American League Championship Series for Seattle Mariners vs NY Yankees. I am, of course, on the side of Mariners, pretending to be Ichiro. The left guy is Totani-san, a lovely-crazy astrophysicist + drinker. Since here is the home stadium of Yankees, wearing the Marines hat is a suicide (I am serious)!!! So, needless to say, I took my hat off right after taking this photo..."
• Prof. David Spergel's office, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, Nomember 27, 2001
  "This is my boss, Prof. David Spergel, who won a 2001 MacArthur Fellowship, the Genius Grant! He is a member of the MAP Science Team, and takes charge of theoretical interpretations of the MAP data. I also take part in the MAP project, working with David on measuring non-Gaussianity of the cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy. Would you like to know about the MAP project? You can see the details in the official home page."

Past Pictures (2002)

• Camelback Ski Area in the Poconos, Tannersville, Pennsylvania, USA, January 10, 2002
  "Intermediate & Expert Only. It's a scary sign, but this trail (The Pharaoh) turns out to be pretty nice one. We had a lot of sunshine, no wind, and warm temperature in the Camelback ski area. What a great day it was! On the top of that, there were quite few people. Why? Because it was Thursday. So, why were we there on Thursday, an absolute week-day? ...please don't ask me..."
• Stratton Mountain Ski Area, Stratton Mountain, Vermont, USA, January 26, 2002
  "Enjoying after-ski. This ski trip was truly great; we have skied from th e morning until the lifts close everyday, without thinking about any work at all . We were cooking everyday-meals for ourselves, relaxed with some drinks, and talk ing about fun stuff. This house is a ski house that David's parents have. Moreover, apart from the first day, the weather was very nice everyday. So, I got sun-tan on my face, which I wanted to get." i
• Horseshoe Fall, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, February 22, 2002
  "Niagara Falls, calling the rainbow. The Falls are absolutely spectacular. Also, a pretty town, Niagara-on-the-Lake, is must-see, must-visit place, as yo u go to 'Old Angels Inn', the finest pub I have ever been to! (In fact, this pub is said to be the oldest British Canadian pub -- originated from Coach House, which was built in 1789!) By the way, what do the Falls look like at night? What about the Lake Ontario in sunset?"
• Bo Brooks Crab House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 16, 2002
  "Just to eat Crabs, not to think of anything. This is a Baltimore style of eating crabs; take your hammer, hit it! beat it! get a hell of delicious crab meat out of the shell! The taste is actually spicy, so good, and so perfect with beers. With these as-is-crabs, we had crab soups, and crab cakes -- they are also so good. We all thank Prof. Matsubara-san (who appears in the picture as two hands) for taking us to this fine crab restaurant, Bo Brooks Crab House. -- OK, I can't resist anymore writing in Japanese to express my emotion -- てゆーか、やっぱカニみそ最高？！あーもう、超うまかった。失禁失禁。大失禁。"
• At the garden of Jadwin Hall (Department of Physics) in Princeton University, Princeton, NewJersey, USA, July 19, 2002
  "The MAP Science Working Group meeting at Princeton University -- from right to left: Gary F. Hinshaw (NASA/GSFC), Hiranya Peiris (Princeton), Mark Halpern (UBC), Chris Barnes (Princeton), Michael Nolta (Princeton), Alan J. Kogut (NASA/GSFC), Norman Jarosik (Princeton), David N. Spergel (Princeton), Edward Wollack (NRAO, NASA/GSFC), Lyman Page (Princeton), Charles L. Bennett (NASA/GSFC), David T. Wilkinson (Princeton), and myself. Not shown are Michele Limon (Princeton), Stephan S. Meyer (U. Chicago), Gregory S. Tucker (Brown), Licia Verde (Princeton/Rutgers), and Edward L. Wright (UCLA)."

Past Pictures (2003)

• The New Year Count Down at the Times Square, as seen from 7th ave. and 46th st., New York, New York, USA, Jan 1, 2003
  "Happy New Year! We finally made the count down event at the Times Square. This year the weather was nice and warm, and we were very lucky that we could reach this close. The trick is presented here.."

Past Pictures (2004)

• The State Capitol of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, Jan 7, 2004
  "The symbol of Texas. Once you enter, you begin to realize that you are not in the United States -- you are in the Republic of Texas -- and you are not an American -- you are a Texan."

Past Pictures (2006)

• Metro Section, San Antonio Express-News, June 11, 2006
  "Midori Komatsu, on the News!"
• The first Texas Cosmology Network Meeting, September 15, 2006
  "The first Texas Cosmology Network Meeting was held on September 15 at the University of Texas at Austin."
• Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Australia, December 16, 2006 One more picture here.
  "Great Ocean Road! Run, run, run towards the Twelve Apostles......and, I've made it through between two of them ;-)" (Photo: courtesy of Chiaki and Mahoko Hikage. Thanks!)