If you need a roommate, I'm available. Just don't expect sex this time around...

Yeah NM I'm in for the "real bed" too, unless you want to see poor ol' Chernabog turn into a Tylenol PM junkie ;)

I'd strongly prefer a real bed as well so I'm not half asleep and in horrible pain the next day.

Heh - Everyday when we returned to our hotel in Tokyo we were so exhausted we could have slept anywhere.

If I were to go on such a trip, I think I would prefer to sleep in authentic Japanese style beds. Which, by the way, are still "real beds," they just aren't box springs.

What hotel did you guys stay at?

I sleep on the floor all the time anyway- Rose, Lucy and Ethel kick me off the bed nightly.

Ken and I are seriously considering it. We'll make the final decision this summer, depending on incoming work/fundage.

and for anyone interested in the complexities and subtleties of Japanese Food, check out the E-Gullet Japanese Food Forum.

.....Just tell them "Kuma" (bear) sent you ! ;)