Mike,

Is this a suitable subject for the blog. You be the judge.

I was doing my weekly clothes washing and happened into the men’s room next door. Pushed open one of the stalls and nearly fell backwards in astonishment at what I saw. See attachment.) I hadn’t seen one of these since ’72 in Indonesia, where they probably have them still. I checked the other stalls here and in the computer buiding, and there were the usual modern electrically-heated (I kid you not), super-efficient appliances.

So why is this relic still around? My guess is that some of the farm boy students or, maybe, some of the more ancient astronomers, don’t know what do do with the new-fangled things, and they resort to the old standby (squatby) that the Shoguns used.

Your faithful reporter on Nobeyama trivia,
Shamaru

Editor’s note: Ed’s either in the air or back home by now.