A couple of things I think I forgot to mention...
1 On our way to Mt Fuji there was a HUGE envelope in one of the larger hills...don't ask...we asked already for you...the only info we could get was that it was done by some really ambitious artist...'
2 The water that would normally be used to fill the bowl after a flush (that sound of rushing water you hear...yeah that) runs through a faucet first so you wash your hands with it then goes to fill the bowl...
3 While on the topic of toilets, there are ALWAYS two types of flush: "big" and "small" (unless you're at a very public place like a train station or airport). And it takes only a relatively intelligent person to tell what they're for.
4 When buying my movie ticket (which wound up costing about 18 bucks by the way) the lady showed me on a little seating chart which seat were empty...now that's service! Still ridiculously expensive though...but no one seemed to have a problem with it.
So today I went to a city near the one I'm in now called Tsuchiura for the Tsuchiura Festival. Apparently, just about every city and town has its own festival. And just about every family in the town gets a float. There's usually a roster of which families live in the town and for how long so I guess priority goes to families with a long history there. One our way we got gas for my friend's car and I gotta say they really go all out with the service. They wiped the windows and pumped the gas and everything! I learned a couple of kanji. OH I saw a car and thought, "where have I seen you?" Then I noticed it! I was an Echo! A Toyota Echo...but it was called a Toyota Platz! Ryan told me that they changed the names of cars and stuff a lot to market them in the States...and good thing, too...Americans wouldn't by a car called the Platz. We met up with a couple of friends then promptly split again. The music was loud, there were people everywhere, by extension there were girls everywhere...there was good food. It was kewl.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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