Thank you for waiting*

With nearly 600 photos to process,

how to choose?

How even to narrow down?

Sci fi toilet?

(The lid rises as you approach.
The seat is warmed
and an array of buttons, not always in English,
offers cleanliness beyond your wildest imaginings.)

or Mount Fuji?

(Seen on a rare clear day from the Rope Walk
cable car system.) 

(Seen from a boat on Lake Ashi.)

(Seen from the hotel at sunset in Tokyo.)

Puzzling notices? 

or a temple covered in gold leaf?

(The Kinkaku-ji Golden Temple.)

Tasty snacks?

(Bento boxes at the station.)

or tasty snacks?

(At the Monkey Park in Arashiyama.
We are in the cage, not the monkeys.)

* A frequently heard honorific greeting for talking to customers,
people of seniority, or the elderly,
not a concern for any delay, because we never experienced anything
but the utmost courtesy and promptness.