A reunion in 23 years

I couldn't wait for her to come visit Tokyo.

Christin, a classmate of mine during Junior High, whom I have not seen in 23 years!

After the quake, not many people chose Japan as a sightseeing destination.

Many people even cancelled the plan to visit Japan.

I understand why people have this concern. What with the endless aftershocks, nuke crisis, radiation leak, etc .. Japan does not seem to be the best place to visit at this very moment.

The situation in hardest-hit Tohoku area is still half-paralyzed. The ongoing nuke crisis is also a concern, but things move on.

As far as the impact in Tokyo, apart from power concern in Summer, people go on with their life, as normal as it can be as in other places of the world.

Yeah, but how about radiation leak? So, the question popped. Japan -before the crisis- has always enjoyed a low radiation level compared to other places.

I won't mention the name of the city, but they say the radiation level measured in a certain polluted city is way higher, and people there are exposed everyday.

A CT-scan will expose one to a high level of radiation too.

Japan -after and now during the crisis- is being very strict on the measurement.

Veggies, seafood, meats, are constantly measured in order to check if they are contaminated.

Anyway, so far life in Tokyo is getting back very much to normal.

So, I was really really happy that she decided to spend a day in Tokyo. Yes!!

Originally I was thinking of a Tokyo day-trip below.

●lunch at Lalaport Toyosu→take a cruise to downtown Asakusa→take subway to Akihabara to visit one of those maid cafes→dinner at izakaya●

A day is definitely not enough ... I was surprised of how fast time went by!

Well, we made it for lunch and dinner, gave up the rest, but managed to visit Tokyo Tower.

It was a good decision after all to visit the tower, 'cause in 2012 Tokyo will have a new tower (Tokyo Sky Tree) which is twice the height of current one. They will probably close down the old one.

I managed to take a snapshot of the tip of the tower, which was slightly bent during the earthquake last month.

Back to the reunion in 23 years .. soooo much to talk, to catch up on things! We had a long long chat over lunch and dinner.

In no time, a day was over ...

I bet Christin and Nick are the handful of tourists who visit Tokyo at this time. It's good to have you guys here!

And, thank you for the sweet easter bunny :) can't eat them ... too cute ...