The latest travel advice relating to Japan (April 15th) from JNTO

"The majority of regions in Japan including popular leisure travel destinations, are outside the areas affected by tsunami, earthquake and radiation, and received no disruption to infrastructure.  Everything in these areas continues to operate as usual.  The greater Tokyo area has already retrieved the usual condition, and there are no more periodical blackouts.  The other regions are unharmed, and safe and normal as before."

For full details please visit the JNTO travel advisory page at Japantravelinfo.com.
http://japantravelinfo.com/news/news_item.php?newsid=431

JRCS EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF HELP

If you can please donate to the Japanese Red Cross Society to assist the disaster relief efforts helping those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Please visit the Japanese Red Cross Society website below for full details about making a donation:
>http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/relief/l4/Vcms4_00002070.html

Watching Kabuki in Japan

Watching a Kabuki performance while you are visiting Japan is not difficult to arrange and very rewarding. Visit the Shochiku Kabuki website to see what is on. It briefly explains the origins of Kabuki and also the practicalities involved in seeing a performance as a non-Japanese speaker. You can follow the performance through an earphone translation. Kabuki can be seen in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.

For full details visit the Shochiku official Kabuki website:

http://www.kabuki-bito.jp/eng/top.html

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