Another update

We are hoping to catch a flight out to China in the next few days. We had planned to go there for Spring Break and hope to only stay there for a week or so while we see how the situation here unfolds.  It is very sad.  We will feel relieved to leave Japan, but also very sad.  While Kyoto is weirdly surreal in that it seems to have the holiday atmosphere when so much is happening so short a distance away, at least here when you tell people that your home is in Tokyo they understand immediately how you feel, happy to be safe, sad for where you are from.  There is a common bond among those of us who experienced the earthquake, had friends in Sendai, and are worried about what's going to happen next. As I still worry over Tokyo, I will feel very alone in China where no one shares that sadness and concern with me.  Certainly, as this crisis has demonstrated, the Japanese have their limitations. They are not trained to deal with situations out of the ordinary.  But, there they have big hearts and are generous.  I hope that this is not the end of our time here, that we can come back and finish up our Japanese adventure.