We arrived at NIMS in Tsukuba today, after taking the famous Shinkansen from Kyoto. The Executive Vice-President of NIMS, Dr. Sone, and Prof Aono, Director General of the International Centre for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, MANA, at NIMS, Tsukuba, Japan, were our hosts today. Prof Aono has also organised a joint NSQI-MANA Symposium for Wednesday, 7th of November.