Somehow, I ended up in Japan
Japan is an interesting place from an outsiders point of view. There is a cultural narrative that Japan is this land of futuristic technology, whacky fashion and extreme politeness; cool Japan. And yeah, sure, it is kinda. I'm not going to write a whole post negating cool Japan, about how Japan still uses fax machines and bank books, how I can't show my shoulders for fear of stares of death, and not everyone here is super polite (drivers can be pretty aggressive here...) There are so many vlogs and articles chronicling how Japan is not the Japan you think it is, from many different perspectives, so I won't regurgitate that here. Instead, here are the more mundane things I've noticed about Japan in my two months that I've been here. Manhole covers are also really pretty and vary based on the city/town. This one was in Omihachiman. The first thing I've noticed, is that everything seems rusty. I'm not sure if that's because I'm now in the country...