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Before we leave Japan let me give you a brief look at some of the things I saw that I haven’t mentioned yet.
I visited a dahlia park: an orgy of colour. Unfortunately, from the loudspeakers emanated a tinny, weird music so it was like walking inside one of those jewellery boxes that young girls have, where a ballet dancer twirls round and round to the sound of a maddeningly repetitive tune.
I sat on high-tech toilets with heated seats, automatic flush the minute you sit down and a whole array of control buttons that I dared not touch – the instructions were all in Japanese.
I felt utterly cleansed inside and out. A diet of vegetables, raw fish and rice combined with hot Japanese baths and an ultra clean, tidy and neat environment made me feel so deliciously, utterly squeaky clean.
I experienced a charming combination of tradition and modernity, old and new, urban and rural. Sayonara, lovely Japan!
