I'm in the lobby of the hotel/hostel that I'm staying at. Not quite sure which one it is, since it has some clear characteristics of both. I have my own room, but bath and bathroom are shared. The joint has a Japanese style bath with what we will refer to as a hot tub and sauna. It's not really a hot tub, but I don't really know any words in English that would specifically cover a Japanese bath. Maybe just Japanese bath.
Anyway. The nuclear situation seems to be stabilizing. The news hasn't gotten noticeably worse for a couple of days now, which is a big relief. The drumbeat of ever-worsening news has been nerve-wracking, despite the fact that it has been generally acknowledged that the worst-case scenario is not particularly dangerous outside of a fairly small radius. I'm considering going back to Tokyo in the not-distant future, although I had planned a trip to Fukuoka, which is further west from here. The return trip to Tokyo would be a serious pain in the ass, though, and I'm not sure I want to spend the time/energy to make it happen cheaply and painlessly. It would involve spending a lot of hours on either a bus or a local train. I could take the shinkansen (bullet train), but they are pretty ridiculously expensive, and, even then, it would be a 6 or 7 hour trip.
So...we'll see what happens. I can probably stay in Osaka or Kyoto for a few more days, as well.
Going to try to get a few more hours of sleep, all the people checking out woke me up earlier than I wanted.
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