Saturday, May 24, 2014

Japan: Osaka-Kyoto-Hakone-Tokyo (11 May- 18 May 2014)

On the last night of our Nippon trip, sitting on the bed of Hotel Sunroute Plaza and thinking back about the week. A couple of Nippon truths seen from my pair of squinty eyes:

1. Thin sheets of single ply toilet paper.
It's crazy, especially when you need to roll it round your four fingers just to get sufficient thickness to ensure it does its job.

2. Clean public toilets and toilet bowls
One of many things that you don't get at home unfortunately. No matter how long the queue is for the ladies', you get clean cubicles every time. (But of course, we are so much better than our neighbors. I just cannot tolerate wet toilets.) The toilet flushes the very moment you sit, of which till now I still have no idea what for. And when you are done, you are faced with many buttons and symbols at the side of the toilet bowl with options for you to wash your bottom. But many times, you just want to find that one most important flush button that is hiding among the others.

3. Kawaii
Never takes longer than 30 min to spot another one.

4. Best looking fishmongers..
is at Tsukiji market.