Though I've lived in Japan for almost 9 years, I've luckily never experienced a major earthquake. Sure, we've had the odd minor tremble here and there but during the major disasters of the last decade (Tohoku in 2011, Kumamoto in 2016), we were always living in a distant part of the country. In a country... Continue Reading →
Returning to Kumamoto
If you follow the Uncover Japan facebook page at all, you may have seen that this past weekend, I returned to Kumamoto for the first trip since the earthquake. Our time there in late March and early April was wonderful, filled with visits to friends' homes, trips to Kurokawa Onsen (my favorite place in Japan)... Continue Reading →