along the side of the road

woah, woah, woah, Japanese rest stop. Way to make American Highways look like trash.

Yes, there was an escalator up to the rest stop. There was also a food court, sweets shop(there is always a sweets shop), and the most immaculate bathrooms I have seen. Sure made up for the port-o-potty experience! And here I thought Iowa had the best rest stops in the world.

And then there was this. . .