[Carlos]

No need to be embarrassed. Here in the States, nothing has been said yet. If I hadn’t gone in ’82, I wouldn’t have known World Expos even exist.

Thanks for the dates to avoid. I don’t want to go during Opening Week, as I want to go when all the glitches are fixed. Closing Week could have some good bargains, as vendors want to get rid of stock so they don’t have to transport it back.

I’ll have to see when the accompanying friend can go. I do have a friend in mind, as he’s helped me on a few past trips and he lived in Shinjuku for a few years. He even started an LGBT square dance club in Tokyo that is still going on years after he left.