"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message news:<apJLa.1669$t6.327@news1.dion.ne.jp>...
> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
> 
> > ...with five tonnes of omiyage (and she forgot a few people) and ten
> > tonnes of hotel soap and tea and sugar and crap. Is it a common
> > Japanese trait to ensure the hotel room is stripped clean of all
> > available freebies?
> 
> I didn't think this was unique to the Japanese, but I can never forget the
> hotel we stayed at in Hong Kong which had a price list in Japanese for
> everything in the room that could be removed (curtains, pillows,
> lampshades...).

Same thing happened to me when I went stateside with my 2 girlfriends.
I brought only a small backpack-couple shirts & Levi's.
My girlfriends had a bag each-as I told them to pack light.
We came back with 6 bags. 3 for Omiage! It would have more if I hadn't of shipped
whatever I bought back-mostly Levis & shirts.
Next time I'm going alone!

an