The Big City Still Has It

Which is stranger? That a lost tourist can roam the Upper East Side for two days or that 70 is considered elderly? The Daily News reports, you decide:

An elderly Japanese tourist was reunited with her daughter yesterday after getting lost on Fifth Ave. and spending two days wandering the upper East Side.

Takako Maeda, 70, who speaks no English, was without food, money or any recollection of the name or address of the hotel where she’s staying – the upscale Pierre at Fifth Ave. and 61st St.

“She drank water from a bottle left on the street next to a pay phone,” said Satoru Kuwajima, a Japanese man who found her yesterday.

“She walked by a police station, but didn’t think they would understand her – so she kept on walking,” he said.

Maeda was separated from her daughter on Saturday about 3:30 p.m. as they walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Motoko Maeda, 37, the daughter, told cops that she lost sight of her mother in a sudden rush of people and after a long day of sightseeing.

Police used bloodhounds in an attempt to trace the woman and found a surveillance tape that showed her walking past the entrance to the Pierre.

Yesterday, she walked into the lobby of Kuwajima’s building on E. 63rd St. and was relieved to encounter someone who spoke Japanese.