water water everywhere and not a drop to drink

There is a little bit of my own personal hell in Japan. The Japanese love shoes. I love shoes. The Japanese are small. I am big. Therefore, there are massive shoe stores with beautiful shoes – and none of them fit me. Not only do they not fit me, they don’t come close to fitting me. The LL size is about the equivalent of a US size 7. I am a size 10. Apparently there are Queen size stores where I may be able to find something that fits. What an ego boost





Finally, Emiko took me to one of these queen size stores. Unfortunately, if you have big feet, you aren't allowed to have cute shoes. BUT - I found one pair of AMAZING shoes!