Can I Travel to Japan Now? What to Know Before You Travel to Japan for a Wedding
We first wrote this page in January 2022, when the answer was no. The answer now is yes. What couples and their…
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March 11
Fifteen years after the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, we reflect on what those months of volunteering along Japan's devastated coastline taught…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan…Ghost towns, a miracle tree + the August view
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” ~ Maya Angelou There’s a chinese proverb that says…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan… Recovery road + that glittering sky
“I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.” ~ Author Unknown Summer. The season of Festivals in…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan… Back on the Tohoku Road: Light + Lanterns
“For some moments in life there are no words.” ~ David Seltzer August 6th. Peace day in Japan. A year certainly defined…
37 Frames : Tohoku Update + Thanks, big thanks…
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” ~ Jean Baptiste Massieu Meeting new people, greeting new smiles and receiving warm hello’s. This…
37 Frames : Entering the Unknown + coming back…
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~ Christopher Reeves We are currently in a room full of TED’s in Tokyo entering…
Tohoku
“If tears were words…” Japan has simply given us so much. Following the devastating Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami, March 11th,…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan… Strangled blossoms, Trespassing & The One about Sinking Towns…
Ha-ha-no-hi. What a lovely few syllables in Japanese. It was Mother’s day when we started this post. Finishing a week of holidays…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan… Dark, Heavy & The One about the Drum…
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe We debated at…
37 Frames : Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami 2011 Japan… Children of the Tsunami, Lady Gaga & The One about the Clock…
With Kodomo-no-hi (Children’s Day) today in Japan, May 5th, it is perhaps fitting that this post is dedicated to the littlest survivors…