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A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Remembering the 1886 Sinking of the Normanton (ノルマントン号事件)- in which the British Captain and European Crew Abandoned Ship, Leaving all Asian (including all 25 Japanese) Passengers to Drown
10 December, 2020
Stone Monument in Wakayama Prefecture to the 25 Japanese who drowned when the British ship the Normanton went down. The incident caused widespread outrage in Japan. Not only did the British captain and his crew abandon ship leaving the Japanese passengers to their fate, but at a hearing held at the British Consulate in Kobe, they were all found innocent of any negligence (they claimed the Japanese understood no English!). The public outcry was such that the British agreed to a retrial at their consulate in Yokohama where the captain was given a three-month sentence. No compensation of any sort was ever offered the bereaved families. Now nearly forgotten, the Normanton Incident
TsukuBlog | Enjoy a Bitter Beginning to Spring with Fuki no To- (蕗の薹), One of Japan`s beloved Wild Vegetables (sansai, 山菜)
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TsukuBlog | The Brown-Eared Bulbul ( HIYODORI, ヒヨドリ)- Might Be An Everyday Bird Here In Japan, But You Won t Find It In Many Other Places (again)
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For 18 years (since 1998) the VLBI Antenna stood a few hundred meters from the center of Tsukuba University. At 32 meters in diameter it was long a grand and mysterious Tsukuba landmark. But alas, at the end of 2016, the antenna went out of service- and now, mid-January 2017, it is being dismantled.
By Avi Landau
Long term residents of Tsukuba have gotten used to saying good-bye. Those of us who are sentimental, have had to harden our hearts – or we just wouldn`t be able to keep our emotional sanity. What I`m talking about mostly is the fact that are friend are always leaving ! Amazing, talented people, from every corner of the globe, come here on short-term research or study projects…. you become friends… get close…. and then they`re gone. Sure there is email – but it`s just not the same…