Jobs is in Kyoto

Jobs likes Japan. Of all the cities in Japan, he likes Kyoto best.

He has been to Kyoto four times in his life, with an interval of 25 years. The last time I went was at 20 10, the year before his death.

During Jobs' four trips to Kyoto, Hiroshi Oshima was both a driver and a tour guide. Jobs trusted him so much that he would tell him roughly what he wanted to see and leave the details of the trip to Oshima.

Oshima said that one of Jobs' favorite attractions in Kyoto is Long 'an Temple. This Buddhist temple has a history of 500 years and is famous for its dry courtyard. Jobs has been here three times.

"When he first came, I told him that this temple was unique," Oshima said. "There are fifteen stones in the yard, but you can't see them from any angle at the same time."

Jobs immediately verified whether this statement was true. He walked around the yard, trying to find an angle where he could see the panorama, but he couldn't find it in the end.

Hiroshi Oshima explained to Jobs that the number 15 had a special meaning and meant completion. In the past, a man 15 years old was considered an adult, and a full moon appeared on the night after the new moon 15. The designer of this courtyard deliberately prevented people from seeing the 15 stone head at the same time, symbolizing that the search was still going on and not completed.

Jobs didn't speak and stared at the yard. Many years later, he came here with his children and explained this passage to them.

In Jobs' biography, this matter was specifically mentioned. "I think the artistic conception of Buddhism is ethereal and detached, especially Zen in Japan. Just like the dry landscape garden I saw in Kyoto, I was deeply moved by the lofty and ethereal Zen environment, which is the embodiment of Zen culture. "

20 10 July, Hiroshi Oshima went to work and drove through an upscale residential area near Nanshanji.

A special residence caught Jobs' attention, which was a villa built by Nomura Deqi, the founder of Nomura Securities, in 1928. The villa is famous for its beautiful gardens. It is designated as an important cultural relic in Japan and is only open to the public at designated times every year.

"I told Jobs he couldn't get in, but he said there might be a way," Oshima said. "Jobs called his secretary in the United States. Ten minutes later, I got a call from Nomura Securities Headquarters saying that I had made an appointment to visit the next day."

"The next day, we came to this villa, and an interpreter was waiting for Jobs at the door. I stayed in the car and Jobs visited. "

"An hour later, Jobs came back and told me,' I want a garden like that.' "

Every time Jobs came to Kyoto, he stayed in a traditional Japanese hotel called Tawaraya.

This hotel has only 18 small rooms, most of which are less than 15 square meters. However, Jobs was satisfied.

From the outside, this hotel looks like an ordinary shack, and you don't even think it is a hotel.

The room is full of tatami, on which you can sleep and eat.

There is a noodle restaurant next to the hotel, selling buckwheat noodles. Jobs also likes to eat. He likes tempura cold noodles best.

Jobs also likes sushi. On the last day of his last trip to Kyoto, he took his family to a famous sushi restaurant for lunch.

He sat closest to the wall, next to his wife and daughter. He asked the owner of the sushi restaurant what to order.

The boss took out flounder sushi first, then squid sushi and shrimp sushi, and then tuna sushi. Jobs stopped suddenly, and the boss quickly asked what was wrong.

"Jobs asked me what kind of products I wanted to do next, and I said I haven't decided yet. He told me to continue serving tuna sushi until he told me to stop. "

The boss served six courses of tuna sushi in a row. "He told me that I had never eaten such delicious sushi."

After dinner, the boss's daughter asked Jobs for her autograph. Jobs rarely agreed to this request, but perhaps because the meal made him feel good, he agreed and asked for a pen and paper.

After his autograph was framed, it is now hanging on the wall of this sushi restaurant.

He wrote "all beautiful things". These are the first three words of an American proverb: "All good things must come to an end." All good things must come to an end. )

"He may already know that life is coming to an end," said the boss. "So I didn't write the whole sentence, only the first three words."

After signing the autograph, the boss told Jobs that he was welcome to come to Kyoto again as soon as possible. "He told me that he was very ill, and this may be the last time he went to Kyoto. I was shocked. "

In 20 16, five years after Jobs died, a special guest also came to this sushi restaurant for dinner.

This man is john sculley, the former CEO of Apple. He had a fierce conflict with Jobs, which led to Jobs being expelled from Apple on 1985.

When he saw Jobs' autograph on the wall, he couldn't help crying. The owner of the sushi restaurant said, "He told me that he had expected to resolve the misunderstanding with Jobs after retirement, but Jobs has passed away and there is no chance."