Japanese people at Osaka CastleShortly after news of last week's earthquake in Japan broke, I wrote about my own tiny earthquake experience and tried to send my best thoughts and wishes over to my friends in Japan. Almost a week on, and amidst catastrophic news of thousands of deaths, …
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Japanese earthquakes and sending good thoughts
I certainly shuddered this afternoon when I looked at some news sites after seeing Facebook and Twitter fill up with messages about an earthquake and tsunami in Japan. During the two years that I lived in Japan, I must have been particularly lucky - I only ever felt one small earthquake, so small …
No need to beware of Japanese bearing gifts!
Speaking of Japan - which I was just yesterday, reminiscing about my Fuji-san adventures - I was lucky enough to have a visit last weekend from one of the students I taught in Japan. It's almost eight years ago that I left Japan, so I figure it's quite impressive that we've kept in touch - but Mieko …