Eight members from the Tourism Ministry of North Sumatra have just landed in Japan.

They arrived in Japan early this morning after an overnight flight from Indonesia. We have checked in, found lunch, and just finished the orientation meeting for the training program. I am exhausted.

They are telling me they want to visit Asakusa and Kabukicho, now.

This first day, and all others were similarly high energy as we travelled around Tokyo learning about community participation in waste management, and tourism site management.