Unusual sites: black Q-Tip's, go cart city tours, sink on toilet tank cover, auto open car doors, buttered bread packaged & sold at store, eating while standing up at counter in McD
Things we noticed: lots of dark clothing & thick heeled shoes; red lipstick contrasting black, straight hair & white complexion; mostly traditional tiled roofs; solar panels; lots of cell phones; rice paddies & fish ponds often in center of town/group of homes; sculptured trees; gas $5 a gallon; wild bamboo forest; face mask fairly common; many men dressed in suits & women in skirts; most homes in central location & similar to all homes; only a couple luxury homes
Public Transportation: efficient; cheap ($16 for 4 hr train ride); spotless, even the windows; loud speaker announcement: No leakage of music. Take your trash home; People lined up, entered & exited in a single line quickly & orderly.
Japanese people: quiet, reserved, orderly, neat, kind, law abiding (bikes generally not locked up anywhere)
Final Thoughts:
We had hoped to experience a different culture. We certainly did. We, again, felt extremely fortunate to have had another great trip…and glad we could quickly get home.
