I arrived in Japan in the early evening, stowed my suitcase, at the airport and headed to a nearby city. Nara seemed like a good choice, it didn't sound touristy (as in, I had never heard of it - though I should have as it was the original capital of Japan). I arrived to find a suburban type city, with a few large and beautiful temples. However, my favorite thing was my introduction to the Japanese toilet. These amazing machines, pictured above, have an entire control console. It's especially fun because it's all in Japanese, I have no idea what is going to happen when I push a button. After a day of exploration, I catch a train direct to Kyoto where I have arranged to stay in a unique hotel, modeled after my personal favorite place to be: an airplane. First Cabin means that each room has a curtain, and a TV. I think it's more like a hospital than an airplane. Upon arriving, I decided to shorten my stay by a day. After a night of no sleep (I think the guy in the next berth has pneumonia - either way, he snores like a rhinocerous - and stayed up all night snoring and hacking away) I decided to shorten it by an additional day.
The five level pagoda in Nara.
Me, in front of a temple, the name of which, currently escapes me.
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