As the path curved toward a lake, the pavilion came into view. It sits in the middle of the lake, and is covered entirely in gold leaf, in fact, forty-four pounds of it. It was very shiny in the afternoon sun, and was quite a site. The surrounding garden had trees of many colors, and they set off the gold of the castle very well. From there, we headed back to Suzuka.
Nobody cuts anybody else off here.
If you need to take an exit, or make a turn, you get in line very nicely and wait your turn. The result of that was traffic passing us on first one side, then the other, while our driver waited patiently for his turn to move forward. Naturally, most of us started muttering about moving into the other lane, and merging back in later, but that was not about to happen. By then everyone was a little tired and punchy from the long days of travel and the time change, so everyone started telling jokes. They started out innocently and first, but it deteriorated quickly.