Anyone For Sushi?

I love the Japanese. They are by far the best passengers I've had yet. The long flight to Osaka was so nice because they listen to you, bring only a small bag onboard with only the bare essentials, are very polite and do not ask for anything. They even fold the end of the toilet paper into a triangle before they leave the lavatory! As the flight is over 11 hours from Dubai we also get to go downstairs into the crew rest compartment and sleep for 2 1/2 hours. This means that you're feeling fresh for the whole flight. Once we were in Japan we decided that we would take the train from Osaka to Kyoto to see all the old temples. Everything runs like clockwork in Japan and the train wasn't even a second late. I had some authentic sushi for lunch before heading back to the city to get a few hours sleep before the return flight. I'm now trying to recover from all that bowing!
Osaka from my room.
Looking the other way.

Japanese TV is strange!
An Osaka street at 6am.
People everywhere!
View from the train on the way to Kyoto.
A village we passed on the train.

The Golden Temple near Kyoto. It's worth US$7 million!
The local restaurant we had lunch in.
Lunch.
A Kyoto street.
More temples.

Me in front of a temple.
The temple's water spring.
Drinking from the spring.
The onboard sushi selection from Business Class.

Yes, I can use chopsticks!