Note To Self…

…Never require the aid of an ambulance in Tokyo.  I read today that the average ambulance response time in our lovely city is a whopping 47.2 minutes!!  By comparison, the national average in the U.S. is roughly 10 minutes.  The best Japan can do is 25.4 minutes in Toyama Prefecture, which is about three hours northwest of Tokyo by shinkansen.  Doh!

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