So here I was in the airport bored, thinking about how japanese people are always taking photos of everything, so I decided to turn the tables and take pictures of a sign.



<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/airport.jpg" />
<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/downtown.jpg" />

Most of these photos are meaningless, but they say a picture can say 1,000 words. 

In this case, 9 words that make no sense:

<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/sign.jpg" />

Here I am in the tatami room in the hotel trying to figure out some origami.

<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/tatami.jpg" />

Here's the bathroom situation:  You choose between Western or Japanese.  

<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/toiletselection.jpg">

So you choose Western, and that's when things get interesting.   

<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/westerntoilet.jpg">
There are many buttons.  
<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/toiletbuttons.jpg">

Normally I enjoy technology and messing with controls.   However, in this experiment, no matter which combination you press, the end result always seems to be hot water jettisoning up your sphincter.   I'm not sure where they heard that about us.   Maybe I will try the simple elegance of the Japanese toilet next time. 

<img src="http://www.outjet.com/images/japtoilet.jpg">

Otherwise, things have gone according to plan, since there isn't one.    Tomorrow, we're off to trek upwards on Mount Fuji.   I hope to get pretty high up the peak as I brought all of my mountain climbing gear (camera and bus pass).   Then I will probably eat some fish.

More to come...