Where we're going

Some facts on the town of Motegi:

• It's in the Haga District (equivalent to a "county" in the US)
  
• It's in the Tochigi prefecture (equivalent to a "state" in the US)
• It has a population of roughly 17,000, making it about the same size as Traverse City, Michigan
  
• It's about 60 miles northeast of Tokyo
  
• It's the home of Honda's Twin Ring Motegi facility. It gets its name from the fact that there are two racetracks on the facility: a 1.5 mile oval and a 3 mile road course. For more details, see the Wikipedia entry. This is where most of our morning events will be.
  

Most of the evening events will be in the nearby town of Haga (about the same size as Motegi).

Right now it looks like the event will move to Sakushin Gakuin University for a day during the middle of the week, which is located in the much bigger city of Utsunomiya (population 450,000). According to Wikipedia "Utsunomiya is also well known for its abundance and quality of cocktail bars."