Seijin no Hi: What Happens on Coming of Age Day in Japan
Coming of Age Day in Japan or Seijin no Hi (成人の日) is an important Japanese holiday held annually in January each year marking the rite …
Coming of Age Day in Japan or Seijin no Hi (成人の日) is an important Japanese holiday held annually in January each year marking the rite …
Every year for the past three years I have written something on this day. I have talked a lot about the ongoing situation in Tohoku …
Within the first few weeks of moving to Japan, we experienced our first earthquake. It was getting close to dinner time at our homestay family’s …
Today is a day of remembrance and reflection. The destruction endured by this great country two years ago was immense, the loss of life unfathomable. …
So by now you probably know how much re-building Japan’s Tohoku region after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of 2011 means to us. If …
Almost two years after the earthquake/tsunami that triggered the Japanese nuclear disaster, those from the Fukushima exclusion zone remain refugees. It’s a little known fact …
Ishinomaki. A place with such heart that I will always come back. ~ As we approached Ishinomaki Station, we starting recalling the memories of these …
Part Eleven of my volunteering accounts in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011. ~ The next morning we emerged early …
Part Ten of my volunteering accounts in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011. ~ Something didn’t quite sit right after returning …