Sadly, our favorite hotel in Tokyo has closed its doors. It seems that personal and financial conditions which have resulted from the earthquake and tidal wave have had a really bad impact on the people who ran the hotel. They had to let the lease go - for the time being ...
We've booked another hotel which is just around the corner http://www.travellerspoint.com/accommodation/17271-Weekly-Mansion-Higashi-Ueno/ which is a little more up-market. Fingers crossed, we will enjoy the added luxury.
It still astounds us how the Oz local react to the words: "radiation" and "nuclear", while they seem to forget about "tsunami", "earthquake", "homeless" and all that they imply to the Japanese people in the immediate area of the current disaster. Everyone thinks we are totally bonkers wanting to go this year ... we are ...
It's better to travel than arrive ... then again ...