This installment of Three Things About is courtesy of Hisashi Tsumura of Tokyo Tourism Representative Office, Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau. Curated by Ed Boitano. Question 1: What’s one thing the public probably does NOT know about Tokyo? Answer: Tropical islands. You may think Tokyo is a  concrete jungle, but it contains  some subtropical islands famous for their stunning beaches …

It is not often that a toilet and a tea ceremony form perfect metaphors for the culture of a country, but so it is in Japan. The toilet falls into the realm of delightful personal discoveries – albeit all of them in the hotel bathroom of the Kyoto Park Hotel.