I'm planning (still somewhat tenuously) to mostly move to Tokyo as my need to be up here in Sapporo is mostly finished: the business I bought as a "visa anchor" is basically running without me, as intended. I like it up here (and the entire island of Hokkaido is less seismically active), but Tokyo's really more my thing. The increased chance of a megaquake is certainly alarming, though. My little Tokyo place is WAY up in the air, and while it's a very modern, quake-resistant building, there's no such thing as quake-PROOF.

High risk of natural disaster is just part of life in Japan, but it can be nerve-wracking, for sure! Fuji-san could blow its top at any time, too: it's officially an active volcano, and does vent off now and then. But then again, so do I...

I may have to spend some extended time back in the US fairly soon, anyway (family matter). Kind of up in the air right now...