Michael wrote:
| 
| > It's Golden Week now in Japan, and many people have this week off.
| > (but our company doesn't.. my vacations are 4/29 and 5/1 only)
| 
| I get the feeling a lot of companies don't. As they said on TV, there was no
| usual rush at the airports, and I have noticed that the rush hour on trains i
| not any less crowded than normal!

Really?  The train I was on was empty this morning.

| The economic trouble must really be starting to have an effect... :(

War and SARS.
People are traveling inside Japan this year..

| > Some of the events this week (much fewer than I was expecting)
| > 
| > 2003.05.03 [13:00/15:00] TVK Housing Plaza event
| >  Matsumoto Rica
| 
| TVK? Kansai? Any idea where this is?

TVK is Yokohama.  I think there are details for this at
the Matsumoto Rica official site.
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