8:55am:
I just got on Shinkansen Hikari 366 for Tokyo. Walking to the train station in Aioi I was thinking about how I’m ready to be going home. Of course now I’m thinking about how I’ll miss Japan. My love of public transportation was broadened by Japan’s wonderful train system and my fondness for old beautiful buildings was more than sated everywhere I looked. We just pulled into Himeji, and shortly before doing so I saw a tile room with the fish on top which is meant to protect against fire. An incredibly fast train just passed on the next track, the air wake of which shook this train a bit. On my way to Aioi station I stopped at Lawson and bought water and snacks – the triangle shaped sushi rice balls/triangles. I’m almost sniffly, though I expect part of this, or rather a contribuing factor, is tiredness. I was up until after two, in part charging up iPod/laptop/phone, transferring photos from my camera to my laptop and burning a CD for Alex (and having one burned for me in return) and watching the last of the Indian movie.