Uni Qlo

You never see trash on a Japanese street.


Uni Qlo is a quality Japanese clothing store which is reasonably priced. It is very popular.






Fire safety always.




Boots are very popular for Japanese women.


Japanese wear the surgical masks when they have a cold or the flu so they do not spread it to others. Who can argue with that?

Saké, Saké, Saké!

Japanese liquor stores are much like American liquor stores in some aspects. People like good bargains.

Japanese Coffee Shops

Most places only serve sugar as a sweetener, either in clump form, granular form or a liquid. Low calorie sweetener is hard to find in a country where everyone is healthy.




Take some gourmet coffee home. It can be ground by hand or machine.


Lemons?

Japanese Coffee Shop

A place to go after a nice soak in a hot spring.


Open interior with overhead heat.


Japanese pastries are not as sugary as western deserts.


French toast


It tastes as good as it looks.

Coffee and Tea

After soaking in the hot spring it is traditional to enjoy tea or coffee with a snack.

Lovely Japanese cars




The sub-compact cars get the yellow license plates. The compact or "regular" size cars have the white plate (with green letters). The sub-sub-compact cars have green license plates with white letters.


Wonderful coffee shop


View from the shop

Leaving Himehiko Hot Spring

Himehiko Hot Spring

Sparse, yet elegant. Welcome to Japan.


For children or those young at heart.


Spa accessories, not required as the water itself is the main attraction.


Tatami to sit on and relax.


Most spas offer some sort of refreshment for after the hot spring experience.