unusual sleep

Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｅｘｐｅｒｉｅｎｃｅｄ　ｓｏｍｅ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｕｎｕｓｕａｌ　ｓｌｅｅｐｉｎｇ　ａｒｒａｎｇｅｍｅｎｔｓ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｐａｓｔ　４８　ｈｏｕｒｓ。　Ｈｅｎｃｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｉｔｌｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｂｌｏｇ．Ａｆｔｅｒ　ｍｙ　ｄａｙ　ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ　ａｔ　ｔｅｍｐｌｅｓ　ｉｎ　ｎａｒａ，　ｉ　ｒｅｔｕｒｎｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｍｙ　ｐｌａｃｅ　ｏｆ　ｒｅｓｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ．　　This was a ryokan, or traditional japanese inn. It had paper windows and tatami mats in the rooms, which are in fact used as a unit of measurement. 1 tatami is about 1.5 sq meters apparently. For example a large spa pool may be rated at 100 tatamis. The lady there was very nice and made me take off my shoes and replace them with generic slippers, in brown. then i made my way upstairs and found a little tea set on a very low table, and i made a cup of green tea. the kettle took a long time to boil.Then i found a blue thing in the cupboard -this was a yukata, or simple japanese night robe, like a cheap kimono. i put this on and did internet. The ryokan did not have showers in the rooms, just a common bath on the ground floor, and by bath they meant bath. Nobody came into the bath with me when i was in there, which was a relief, for it was not all that large. in fact it was tapered, so i don:t know what we would have done if someone had come along - maybe sit next to each other, or else at opposite ends and try to minimise intimacy of leg brushing. Without doubt, all bars of soap would have been tightly clutched.I had a very good night`s sleep, but for a strange nightmare involving someone throwing eels on my face whike i lay there.I have so far damaged one paper window wtih careless swinging of my umbrella, but i:ve noticed that they quite often have to replace single panels in the paperwork. So i`m not the only muppet.The next day i went on 11 modes of transport in order to spend the day in Koya San, a mountain temple complex. This was another impressive place, so i took photos of it.eventually i got back down the mountain and made my way to osaka, to try out the "Capsule hotel". I actually thought it was quite nice. you put your shoes in a locker, then give them the key and you get another key to another locker-this is where you will put your things. then you get changed, and basically get into your box and sleep. they adamantly refer to it as your "room" when you check in, despite it being only 2 cubic meters or so, i went for a slightly larger one, for greater comfort. The only thing wrong was i didn:t sleep all that well because the holes don:t have doors, just curtains. so you can hear all the drunks coming in. you get a tv, with some decidedly mature entertainment on channel 1, a radio and an alarm.The complication was the attached sauna. This was a man-only hotel, a new experience, and that should already have been a concern. Again there was no private washing area, but in this case a massive set of rooms with pools and saunas and showering places, full of naked people and or people in hideous "sauna pants", provided when entering. This must be what it is like at the ymca methinks.When i went into the sauna i locked my bits into another locker. i got really confused at this point about all the lockers involved.Today i went to see himeji castle, another big points score on the harland sighting scale, and now i am in hiroshima, a place with an interesting history. There are some monuments to the bomb victims and a museum, which was quite powerful actually. in an emotional sense.I thought my bag had been stolen today, but i had put in in locker 789, and then put my money into 788 and locked that one up instead. what a tit!Low quality writing caused by tiredness - my apologies.