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Ahh, it is nice to be home.

It is a bit weird to spend 22 hours traveling, then when you get home you still have over 6 hours left in the day. I left the hotel on saturday at Noon. I got home on Saturday around 7 pm. Somehow Noon to 7pm came to 22 hours... The international dateline plays havoc with your day.

One observation I made while in Tokyo is the quiet. Tokyo is very like most BIG cities. The one big difference is lake of horns. In 7 days I heard one horn, and that was on the bus from the airport, a car was drifting into our lane while going about 100 km/h (approx 60 mph). I only heard emergency sirens a few times. Every other big city has a lot more noise.

One big difference with Tokyo might be that most people use public transportation. The train station next to the hotel (Shinjuku Station) services over 3 million people per day and has 2 subway companies and one train company that ferry all of these people. Not only do you have to know what train to take you have to have the correct fare card for the company the line belongs to. A bit confusing but not tooo bad.

Looking back, it was a good trip. Made some business contacts and saw a new country and different culture. Selling security in Japan is a tough job. Their culture follows the principal that when we hire you, you become part of the family and are trusted. There has been very little press on employees causing harm. Most of the people I talked with think most of the incidents are covered up, it would be hard for someone to public admit "I messed up and hired a bad person."