.Kyushu Day2 Yesterday's dinner was a real banquet only to be replicated for breakfast today. The meals so far are astonishing and no wonder the Japanese are generally slim and have longevity. We had bean curd soup (miso), rice, salmon, clams, bacon, sausage, onions, mushrooms, raw egg to mix with the rice and all manner of vegetables and other fish etc. All in very small portions, well presented and very tasty, giving us a good start to the tour and just what we need to get up our first hill this morning. We actually had beds last night, which were very comfortable and welcoming following our 36 hours without proper sleep. I am pressed with the Japanese culture of ultimate hygiene with their electric toilet seats. I said the last time that I was here that
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