Some final thoughts on Japan...

• Some Japanese people spit too. And not to the side, but right in front of them.
  
• Toilets in Canada are plumbing. Toilets in Japan are electronic devices. They have seats that heat your bum bum, electronic consoles for bidet, wash, spray (and at different angles and strengths), have gears that lower the toilet and cover slowly instead of letting them drop, and provide a handwash with the water used to fill the tank for the next flush. This is the kind of toilet I'll have when I buy a new home.
  
• The more I see, the more I realize that Japanese people don't really dress up all that much. Only in certain areas.
  
• But food in Japan isn't as expensive as everyone says. You can get a ramen (noodles) for 670 yen, or a chicken curry + miso soup for 290 yen. But of course, you can also eat very pricy meals here.
  
• Women will do their make-up on the subways, which is kind of strange when you see two people sitting next to each other.
  
• There are a lot of homeless people. I've mainly seen them around the Tokyo National Museum area and Ueno Park.
  
• Polite? Only kind of. They're polite in the Asian way of being polite, but not when they need to cram onto a packed subway. Then it's no holds barred. They'll push and shove until they're on, and leave it to the people behind them to push and shove more.