Waiting for you in Japan

I've been here for a week.  And what an adventure it has been.  Here is our home for the next few weeks, Thom.  The Dai Ichi Hotel.  It is very beautiful and very Japanese.  There are 3 restaurants.  Last night I ate a caesar salad with a poached egg on top with bits of fried spam and of course I ate it with chopsticks.  Tonight I had a tuna rice bowl....it appeared with a tiny quail egg on top.  Raw of course.  The Japanese are true to their beautiful presentations and here it is no different.

Sunsets.  Spectacular.  What can I say.  And it is hot and humid.  91 today with who knows what kind of humidity.  And I love it.  The nights are awesome with a cool breeze.

And of course you are familiar with the Japanese's love of vending machines.  They are everywhere....everything from cold beer to coffee cans.  And some things I can't identify. 

We will have fun when we are not working.  There is more than what we have time to do.  I know it will be an adventure.  Waiting for you in this exotic,colorful, sprawling, mysterious island.