Disconnection VI¶
Posted from Tokyo, first time in Japan, which is awesome so far. An open society without being stupid about it would be the NRx fast-summary (sound, but limited). It was vastly easier to get into Japan than the United States.
Staying in the AirB&B equivalent of a coffin-hotel, but the situation is good (in Ueno).
Civilization level meets high expectations, and friendliness level
exceeds them.
Much more English signage than expected, and the inherited Chinese
characters have preserved their meanings, if not their phonological
values, so the urban landscape is surprisingly intelligible.
Micro-artisan businesses of extreme excellence, typically run by
elderly people, are everywhere.
Automation dialed up to eleven.
Yet to see a single over-weight person (which out-performs the
stereotype).
Ginza:
