"these are the people who brought us indoor fishing and meat-flavored ice cream."

[phosfate]

Today's "Ask the Pilot" is a delightful vignette about buying a notebook in Narito Airport in Tokyo. Airports, Japanese notebooks, and cash - that's three of my favorite things covered. (You'll have to click through an ad.)
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2004/04/02/askthepilot80/index.html

ETA: danakate with her stupid correct spelling says it's actually 'Narita.' Stupid danakate.