I'm Baaaaack!

Hello friends. And, you know, not friends. How are things? I'm a bit tired still and seem to have misplaced the allergy medicine I just bought yesterday. So I'm also more than a bit stuffy and my eyes are kind of itching. Damn, being allergic to your pets sucks.

This was my first sight of Japan:

Happily, it was all uphill from there. Much more on that later...