Eco-friendly features are becoming almost commonplace in hotels these days. ANDREW BENDER looks at lodgings that take going green one step further, in this month’s edition of Singapore Airlines’ in-flight magazine, SilverKris. A hotel that melts away each spring, preferred parking for hybrid cars, and more…
1. As I’m changing trains in Okayama, my iPhone falls out of my pocket.
2. By the time I realize it, I’m 65 miles away, halfway to Kyoto on the next train.
3. I get off at the next station, to return to Okayama on the off chance it’s been turned in.
4. I mention my situation to the station master.
5. …who summons the lost & found guy (using the word “immediately!”). He’s there in seconds.
6. …and calls lost & found in Okayama. He asks me for the train I came in on, car and seat number and a description of the phone and the case. All the train info is printed on my ticket, so I just hand it to him.
7. Two minutes later, Okayama calls back. The …
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