first day in Japan!

It's more than 36 hours and I'm still exclaiming every time I sit down on Kris' heated toilet seat. It's still a bit chilly here, not the heatwave she prepared me for, so it's a pleasant sensation. Yes, I know, a funny way to start blogging, but I can't get over the multiple settings, even in the airport and restaurants' 'ladies rooms' for 'flush sound' (to mask the sounds of bodily functions), and 2 different ways to have water spray your private parts.....

Had my first lunch in an okonomiyaki restaurant. This is a concoction of chopped cabbage, egg, bonito fish flakes, a special tasty sauce and noodles cooked on a griddle right at your table...it was yummy and not too pricey. Kris actually was saying that we should go to an Italian restaurant for lunch (I kid you not!!) but I protested. My first real meal in Japan made with tomato sauce and cheese- no way!

We traveled into Kyoto yesterday, a comfortable 40 minute ride on a train and walked around a little. I am going back today on my own to explore one of the neighborhoods that make up this old capital of Japan. Kris is working. Should be an adventure...