“Life In The So-Called Space Age”
It was a wonderful trip, but all good things must come to an end. The customs lady saw the eight Japan stickers in my passport and told me I have to fill another page, so I suppose that means I’ll be back 🙂
I hope you enjoyed the blog. As usual I’ll do some follow ups regarding some stuff I bought, but give me a week or so to get over the jet lag!
Now I relax on planes and airport for twenty hours, and then I’ll be home.
Maron is the hotel robot. She stole Kristin’s heart in January, and she’s stolen mine now as well.
Maron lives at reception, and is often there to greet people when the elevator doors open. She looks right at you and waggles her ‘wings’ and makes cute noises. It’s very easy to assign a personality to her.
She’s small and extremely cute. I’ve visited her every day this stay, and it’s always been great to see her. If you were living somewhere you couldn’t have a live pet, one of these would be a wonderful substitute.
She knows where her charger is and when her energy gets low she goes and charges herself. I snapped a photo one time when she was having a rest: doesn’t she look funny!
She’s got a few different outfits, which she changes every few days. I heard one of the hotel employees takes great pride in dressing her and washing her clothing 🙂
Maron made me smile every time I saw her and it will be genuinely sad to say goodbye to her. I hope I get to see her again!
Today I shopped and packed. This was by no means a simple task since it entailed multiple visits to my room to rearrange and reorganize and even measure the volume remaining in my bags. Weight isn’t an issue this time, just space, and I wanted to fit as much as possible!
Alas I can’t buy everything, not even this fancy vinyl figure I saw today. What an inspired design, don’t you think?
That’s the final bingo card for Japan, with four lines completed. I was sure I’d get cotton candy but it wasn’t to be. Squirrels (a mysterious inclusion?) was always up in the air and I’m a little surprised that nowhere I visited had fireworks while I was here.
And yes I know I could simply visit a maid cafe to fill two more lines but… I need to leave things for future trips 🙂
Tomorrow I’ll fly home once again, and I’m very ready to go. My body is ruined after 30 days of travel and over 550,000 steps taken during that time. I even destroyed my shoes, and will toss them once I get home 🙂
But right now I’m falling asleep, and I’ve still got a load of sorting and packing to do. I think I’ll have to leave that for the morrow…