Train update: I’ve now learnt that it’s quite common to do bits of cosmetic maintenance on the trains. I’ve seen nail clipping and eyelid clipping. H says she saw eye drops being used and a disastrous application of lipstick. She also says she heard of someone getting their ear stuck in the doors.

There’s a festival every month here. In December we were meant eat pumpkin and have a bath with some sort of lemon. Last Friday the seventh we had to eat rice with seven different types of leaf. Next month I will be required to eat a long roll of sushi all at once, without taking it out of my mouth.