Nara, Japan
Nara, Japan, 1 October 2025 The hotel near the train station where I was staying had no adapter, so off I went to find one. A young and very friendly lady in the shop that the recepionist had recommended informed me that they only had adapers for Japanese going abroad but not the other way 'round. She offered to phone around and then let me know that there was a shop but very far, and definitely too far to walk. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a try. It was indeed a long walk yet I got to see a suburban Japan I so far had not encountered – it looked very much like suburbia anywhere. What I enjoyed were the flowers on the way.