In the subway tunnel. The humanity, all politely backing into you to jam the train full.  

  
  

 A hot springs by Mt. Aso, a huge, steaming caldera on the island of Kyushu.  

  

Noodle soup in Sapporo. I think I was Japanese in another life. I loved everything, even the pig toes.

  

An excellent dude who cooked us meat at an Okinawa beach party. He owns a clothing store and designs shirts like the one he's he wearing. Okinawa is paradise. Tropical breezes, shorts and t-shirt. Nuff said.

       

Ned, Hitomi, and Kenji with wooden pig near Aso City.