Expo links for the week of 29 July

Before heading to Tokyo, let me inform you about some interesting and recent Expo-related articles/blog posts.

Kyodo News - FOCUS: World Expo, new airport give momentum to Aichi Prefecture

The six-month expo, which runs until Sept. 25, and the opening of Centrair (Central Japan International Airport) on Feb. l are giving a boost to the economy in the prefecture. But the region, which includes Nagoya, does not have enough workers. The problem is not only affecting Toyota, Japan's top automaker, but also companies in the service sector like department stores. Personnel departments are stressed out over the problem and they have their eyes set on the about as 10,000 people who may be looking for new jobs after the expo ends.

It's true. Everybody has to find a new challenge after the Expo. I'm in the same boat. But I hope most of us can first take one month of travelling and relaxing... :) And then probably back to a more normal life style, no?

Trenton from The 6 Billionth Voice reports on his weblog about one day expo. It is fun to read!

Before I left I decided just to take a look in the gift shop. It was bedlam. I am used to crowding in Japan. On the trains you are sometimes chest to back with other people, and it is not really a problem because if you push a little eventually you will get through. But this gift shop was just as crowded, just with children half my size. I didn’t want to push because I was afraid of crushing one of them. At the same time, old grandmothers were pushing me from behind. It was stressful, to say the least.

Another weblogger, Noomai, was also at the expo, and wrote therefore Aichi Expo part 1. More parts will probably follow later.

The US one was quite inspiring drawing its theme upon the discovery of Benjamin Flankin. I like his saying 'I was born too soon (to see the magnificant world of change).' It must be very stunning for those born a couple of hundred years ago to see how the world is now.

Next post will probably be from Tokyo. Hasta luego!