Dispatches from Elsewhere: Geeking out

Day 6: Japan Hello friends from rainy Osaka! The weather continues to be damp, but we continue to be grateful for the slightly cooler weather. I'm writing again from my hotel room, this time sporting a peach-scented, unnaturally moist face mask. The salesperson told my mom that we can't wear the mask for more than ten minutes, or else some kind of reverse osmosis happens, and the mask will…