Toppled buildings, buckled roads, capsized boats and coastal districts devastated by fire or tsunami brought home the scale of destruction from a series of earthquakes on New Year’s Day.
KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture On a recent early morning, a member of the Picchio wildlife conservation group searches for bears with a radio receiver on a pitch-dark forest road here.
While the phrase “snack bar” might seem a little odd in English, cozy “sunakku” drinking establishments have long been an iconic part of the Japanese nightlife.
Tamaki Koizumi’s older brother, Takeshi, relayed the news in a tense voice in early spring five years ago. Their mother had collapsed at her home in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture.