Fukuoka bound

Cirque du Soleil is taking extra safety measures and sending us to Fukuoka, Japan which is around 500 miles West of Tokyo along the East China Sea and away from the Pacific tsunamis and earthquake epicenter near Sendai.  Some Cirque members are heading to Macau, China where there is a permanent Cirque show called Zaia, however a group of us do not have our re-entry permit so we can not leave and return to Japan.  Scott will be leading our group of about 20 people to Fukuoka by plane tomorrow morning.    


There is fear of the nuclear power plant exploding in Fukushima (about 200 miles north of Tokyo), additional "big" earthquakes in the making since the aftershocks have been growing in size and frequency, but most of all they need to calm down the artist and clear their heads.  Their acts are already challenging and death defying on stable ground so they can not possibly run shows on a shaky stage with possible power outages on the way.  


Only mother nature can answer most our questions so in the meantime we're going to go and enjoy the beaches of Fukuoka at the Hilton Sea Hawk Resort.  We're hoping to be back to Tokyo by this Thursday to resume a more normal life and running shows.  We will try to let you all know if anything else changes.  Miss you all!

Little Japanese "Grease Lighting" dude dancing in Yoyogi Park.  He has nothing to do with this blog topic, just thought he was cute :)