The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neurosurgical Society was held on October 27-30, 2021, chaired by Professor Hiroyuki Kiuchi of the University of Yamanashi. It was a wonderful conference that embraced the spirit of the main theme, “Pursue Science and Cultivate Phronesis,” and I was able to participate in the conference onsite for the first time in a long time, thanks to the fact that the 5th wave of the COVID-19 outbreak has somehow been rapidly resolved. As everyone said in unison, this conference made me realize again the advantages of a traditional style conference. From our department, we gave a total of 8 presentations, including 3 symposiums, 3 oral presentations, and 2 poster presentations.