Squat Toilets and Wedding Mecca

Kimono Store

This is just en entry of odd bits. I promised to post a picture of a squat toilet for those who have never laid eyes or butt to one. This one is taken from Nagoya Station, a huge station of local trains, bullet train, and subway stations. I was very happy to discover bathrooms at every subway station. In fact, public toilets are not hard to come by in Japan, unlike my experience in Canada, where they appear all to annoyingly scarce. Just a note that most toilets I have come across, usually feature a western style toilet for someone's convenience.


OK. So this was kind of bizarre to at first. Near my pad, is this huge institution called, Izumoden. This modern building has a huge Christinan-like cross atop the building, so of course I assumed it was a church. Because the building does not look very church-like, I thought perhaps one of those cult type churches. Turns out, and I had a good laugh over this, this is a wedding centre. I think you can find everything you need to pull off a smashing wedding, right here in my backyard. This is a huge landmark. When I give directions to my taxi driver, all I have to do is say Izumoden, and everyone knows where I live. I find it ironic.