Yesterday on a whim, I emailed the mensa branch in Japan to say that I'm going to visit Tokyo. I sent off the email while chatting on the phone with B12, cos he said that he considered contacting them while he was in Japan, but he didn't. So I thought why not? Today, I received a friendly email reply telling me there's a possible gathering during my visit there, and maybe I can meet up with them. Wow. That felt nice, the kindness of strangers.