This morning I left the hotel and wandered over to the building where Bill works, about 2 blocks from the hotel. I knew that there was a nice underground mall of shops and food, but this little underground mall is about 5 stories high with hundreds of shops, food stalls and restaurants. I was there close to lunchtime so needless to say it was busy. It felt like a Harrods department store, a great place to shop and eat specialty foods, although most of the food was Japanese. I did find some wonderful brown bread, much to my delight in my love of carbs. We can find very good bread at many places, so we'll be able to continue to enjoy some just as good as we can get in California.
I was chewing some gum (discreetly) and never saw a trash receptacle in which to get rid of it. Bill and I were looking for a public trash bin yesterday and never saw one then either. Since this city is about the cleanest place I've ever been to and there isn't one public garbage can around means to me that people walk around with a lot of trash in their pockets to take care of at night when they get home. I don't know how else or where people get rid of trash.
