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  Dr Strech is place in Japan that provides a Thai type stretch massage.  It is more stretching than massage.  It feels very good if you travelling and need a good stretch.   Keiko in her house in Saka The two sisters making some breakfast.  Notice the grilled eggplant.  It the food that is in the season, so we eat a lot of what is grown in the garden.  I would prefer to make curry  or tomato sauce with eggplant, but I am not the one cooking.   Man hole covers  That grilled eggplant.  A bit bland, but I can alway add a little sauce.  Walking around in Okayama.  This is the little shopping area.  Most of these shopping areas in Japanese cities are having a hard time with retail occupancy.    Man hole cover  A couple of signs in the restroom at the wine bar restaurant where we had dinner.  I have never seen a request for men to sit down in a public restroom, especially in america.  I g...

Lunch in downtown Kochi.   The menu was in Japanese.  It is a simple menu, and the cost was very reasonable.  Nice lunch.  Manhole covers  Manhole covers Manhole covers Man hole covers  Man hole covers  These three statues are in Kochi City.  If you take a picture of them, the visitor center gave me a post card.  I took my post card and left it behind Ojchan's picture on the wall in Saka.  I bet that will be there 30 more years.  Things to do in Kochi We took  sight seeing taxi ride to see the sights of Kochi.  It is much better than renting a car. I don't think I ever want to drive in Japan.  The driver seemed to have a twitch in his hand.  I never really saw him take a bathroom break, but perhaps when we went down to the water fall, or into the shop, he went to the bathroom.  Here again the influence of france in the country side of Japan is interesting.  An interesting road side attraction....