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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Radiation Level in Kyoto & Tokyo on May 14th, 2011

Kyoto 0.039 microsievert/hour (average background radiation level in Kyoto : 0.033 - 0.087 microsievert/hour)

Tokyo 0.064 microsievert/hour (average background radiation level is Tokyo: 0.028 - 0.079 microsievert/hour)

You can compare with the natural background radiation level in your city or country with the radiation level in Kyoto and Tokyo. Then, you can decide whether you will visit Japan as you planned originally or not.

The radiation levels of some major cities in the world is available on the Japan National Tourism Oganization's website:
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eq/eng/04_recovery.htm#city

More about background radiation on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation

Shunkoin Temple: http://www.shunkoin.com

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