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Remember 3.11
Today is the three year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Tohoku – the northern area of Japan. Outside of Japan, the disaster is fairly well forgotten, except for the periodic report on the nuclear power plants. Today’s update: they’re still down and nobody knows if they are safe or will be operational. […]
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Mount Odake: My Favorite Day Hike from Tokyo
The hike to Mount Odake is easily my favorite day hike from Tokyo.
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Halloween in Tokyo: A mistake or brilliance?
Halloween in Tokyo is a great hullabaloo – but is it worth the baloo?
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Climbing Mitake-san
We have a three-day holiday weekend coming up so I asked Lisa what she wanted to do. “No hiking,” she said. We have done an inordinate amount of hiking in Japan this past summer, not all of it pleasant. We got stuck in a thunderstorm in Okutama. We got stuck in the blazing heat in […]
a Nick in Time 