Alright, I’m *not* getting around to posting the Japan pics. Sigh…

In the interim, and before I forget:

Some Things the Japanese Do Right

• the COOLEST toilets in the world – I MUST have one
• numbered subway exits
• oshibori
• onsen (hot springs / communal baths / hot tubs)
• love hotels (rooms for a “rest”, or for the night – very discreet, and set up for, um, love)
• wicked hand dryers in public washrooms that actually DRY your hands, in SECONDS
• bullet trains, commuter trains, subway trains – a public transport system that rocks, although it can be INSANELY overcrowded and often doesn’t run late enough

Some Things the Japanese Do Wrong

• ironically, really AWFUL toilets
• most restaurants serve tiny drinks, and NO refills – not even of water
• most streets (in TOKYO!!) don’t have NAMES, which makes finding places almost impossible

Some Random Japanese Trivia

• no wasabi with your sushi – IN your sushi, but no extra side of wasabi like in North America (but you DO get pickled ginger and soy sauce)
• napkins (usually bad) in restaurants are usually standing on end in a drinking glass on the table
• 100 Yen (US$0.80!!!) for a pay-phone call – a TIMED one (get a phone card for 1,000 Yen – MUCH better deal!!)
• they don’t do open reservations at restaurants – i.e., you have a table from (e.g.) 19:00 to 21:00, and had better be done and gone by 21:00

That’s all I can recall right now. Anyone got any others?