I probably won't be on too much this week. I am travelling for work and am in Iwakura Japan. So far all I have see is airports, hotels and conference rooms, but if I see anything interesting I will snap a few pics.

Very interesting seeing the differences in social behavious here.

Have a good trip. If you fly out of Narita and have a lot of time to kill, take the airport train to the town Narita and visit the temple. A nice walk before a 12 hour flight.

I fly in and out of Nagoya. I finish up at the plant at noon on Friday and don't fly out until Saturday around noon, so I am staying in Nagoya Friday night. Hope to see some of the city.

Funny thing is I fly out at noon on Saturday, and arrive in Detroit at 10:00 AM Saturday morning, 2 hours earlier than I leave. 12 hour flight, but I pick up 14 hours in time changes.

That is a long flight. Interesting that you arrive so quickly to Detroit ah wow~
I cant image the culture shock as a fellow Canuck, is guess major language barrier too. Look forward to a few pics..
I guess there is no snow there either..LOL...

Its about 45 *F today, so a little warmer than home. But not much. Coming here yesterday was a 14 hour flight to Seoul Korea, a 3 hour layover, then a 2 hour flight to Nagoya. Another hour on trains to get to where I am staying.

Not fun.

Going home I have a direct flight, so its only 12 hours.

I agree Roy, it is a culture shock being in different countries. Canada isn't so bad, but when I was in *. Korea for a year, now that'* DIFFERENT!

I once landed in Japan on the way back to Korea, I don't remember much. Maybe it was too much booze. On long flights, I need to sleep so I sometimes hit the hard stuff at the beginning of a flight.

If you ever get the chance, try to visit a war torn country like Bosnia. Very nice country and the folks are really nice.

PICS or it didn't happen.

I am staying in an industrial area, so really haven't seen any sights that are worth taking pictures of. Just to respond to Mike'* challenge for pictures ...

Nissan Skyline, available only in Japan:

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Rice, rice, and more rice:

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The guy in the background was plant security running over to tell me I can't take pictures without authorization. He was very quickly informed by my interpreter I can do whatever the *&^% I want. He left.

Finally, by necessity my aim has improved significantly over the past few days:

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Actually the Skylines have a HUGE following in New Zealand as well. I remember when I went there, the building next to the hotel was hosting some sort of Forum meeting and it was raining skylines.

As far as the toilet and aim...dont wear khaki

Roy Thanks for pics..well except for the last one..whats up with the brown stains besides that thing on the floor? Where is the toilet seat?..yeiks!
Suddenly, I like North America way better.