Just before we headed out the door, Deguchi san explained what he wrote in thenote at the desk. He described the camera, the black pouch, and the blue bag.”What blue bag?” I asked. “Your blue bag on the bench. I put your camera in the pouch, and then into the blue bag”, he explained. “But I had no blue bag. That must have been someone else’s.” Deguchi san was crestfallen. “Then it was my mistake. I put your camera in another bag, and the owner must have taken it away. Wait here, I’ll go look around.” He headed off into another part of the volumnious lobby area and disappeared for awhile. I wondered what he was doing. Maybe looking for someone with a blue bag? In less than 5 minutes he came back with the camera! He said, “I saw someone with the bag and asked them if there was a small camera in it. And there was. The person who had it was very apologetic at having your camera.<\/p>\n
On the way out, he was still crestfallen at having made the mistake. I patted him on the shoulder, and said, “there’s an old English saying, All’s well that ends well”.<\/p>\n
So here’s some bath pictures. You can see Mt Fuji in the background. And there will be new pictures in the following week (which is my last one in Japan).<\/p>\n
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\nShamaru<\/a>
\nThe Baths<\/a>
\nTowel Racks<\/a><\/p>\n
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