Favorite snack: $1.25 at any convenience store. Nori, sticky sushi rice, various center components.
Exiting the party, morning of September 23rd. Christian and I met
Tomity. Tomity is a Shimano Dura Ace cog-shaping, polishing, plating Keirin rider. 25 year Keirin career and counting.
Christian sat in gum. Tomity ices the gum, we scrape the hardened gum off.
Optimally re-shaped teeth, jewel polish, gold plating. Makes track bikes race faster. Champions seem to like them.
Tomity guided us to Messenger Camp. An amazing start to the day. An amazing moment in time.
Pear stand. Crispy, ripe, lightly sweet pears. 
There's an extra one in there, too. No words about it, just a smile.
Composite railroad crossing pole. Looked sorta like carbon/Kevlar to me.
Public recycling everywhere, with consumer-level sorting and awesome compliance. Hard to find a trash can, easy to find a recycle cluster. All over Japan.
Also all over Japan - deluxe and technologically-advanced toilets. This McDonalds toilet had a heated seat and a bidet. I had to get a shrip burger at McDonalds in rural Japan. I did. It was pretty good. The small shake was really small, not American small.
