It's been a while since I posted one of my "What am I?" quizzes, so here's a new one. But let me be up front about one thing: the picture above is a daytime picture that I've tried to make look like it was taken at night. It's really dark because it was an area with few lights, and there was no moon.

On our trip last week to Bunny Island, we stayed at a hotel on a mountain overlooking a small marina. This hotel, the Bella Vista Sakaigahama (ベラビスタ境ガ浜) had, by far, the best baths I'd ever been to.

If you get the point of this "What am I?" quiz, leave your answer in the comments. I'll withhold all comments until I reveal the answer in a few days...

Well, my previous "What am I?" Quiz went off with a fizzle, so I'll try a different one, a photo I took near the exquisite road-side weeds yesterday.

Story this quiz is taken from is continued here...

Having finished up yesterday with my last post on the oddly-interesting Towel Museum in Imabari, Japan, I thought I'd post one more "What am I?" quiz from there, adding to the last month's quiz from there.

So, what's today's photo?

(The answer is noted in the comments below; the story of our Imabari trip is continued here.)

I was hoping to post by now about last week's visit to a traditional Japanese swordsmith, but I've been down with a cold for the last three days. Unfun. So, here's a "What am I?" quiz to pass the time... what is this implement from the swordsmith's workshop for?