Japan - House in Town-of-Seven-Springs

This is a two-shot panorama of a house that caught my eye in this little town.  This was typical of houses in every spot we visited, in that everything is immaculate and well cared-for.

The level of neatness and order in Japan is many magnitudes higher than any other country we've been in, including the U.S.  Never do you see the least little speck of trash on the ground, and their cars are always clean.  In fact, in the days before we arrived for our tour it had rained, and we didn't see a single car that wasn't spotlessly clean anywhere - city or country.  And their houses are without fail very clean and well-manicured.  If there is an empty lot somewhere it is never overgrown or trashed-out.  Amazing.

Regrettably did not get a picture of this, but here and there you'd see very tall, narrow structures that look sort of like buildings but with no windows.  Took a bit of figuring out, but finally realized that they were built to hide smokestacks!  Indeed, since smokestacks look a bit tacky they build structures around them to hide what might be an eyesore.