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The Great Kanto Earthquake: Postcards of Tragedy

21/09/2022samura

This September marks the 99th year since the Great Kanto Earthquake, which remains one of Japan’s most devastating natural disasters. Followed by destructive fires and towering waves from the tsunami, this tragedy led to over 100,000 deaths and urban destruction. Since then, Tokyo has built itself back up, experiencing tremendous changes in many aspects including social, political and urban development.

There are many historical sources through which we can look at the Great Kanto Earthquake, including postcards. Unlike the postcards of today depicting beautiful tourist spots these were prints depicting ruins, dead bodies and people walking through rubble.

Just a

Beyond the Label: Chubu’s Best Local Craft Beer

11/09/2022samura

For our latest projects, Chubu Weekender, we went around the region to find the best local brews for die-hard or casual fans of craft beer. Attractive designs and delicious: Why settle for anything less?

Toyama: Johana Beer

Located in Toyama Prefecture’s Nanto City, Johana Beer makes some of the most creative concoctions — both in terms of design and flavor — in the country. From herbal and spicy tipples like Earl Gray with notes of bergamot to the invigorating citrus flavors of Tropical Pink and Great Blue (using grapefruit and lemon respectively), Johana Beer aims to make any kind

The place to See Izu Metropolis’s Fall Foliage and Winter Cherry Blossoms

30/08/2022samura

Residents of Japan have lengthy seen Izu fondly as an idyllic getaway. From sizzling spring inns to white seashores, the peninsula overflows with diversions for all seasons.

Izu Metropolis, specifically, teems with picturesque pure surroundings, providing a wide range of vistas from which to expertise the altering seasons. Preserve studying for 3 peerless factors from which to look at fall foliage, in addition to three extra places the place you may awe on the blossoming Toi cherry bushes.

3 Locations to See Izu Metropolis’s Fall Foliage

Koyo (“fall foliage” in Japanese) is simply one of many pleasures of autumn in

5 Issues To Do in Tokyo This Week: August 29–September 4

29/08/2022samura

As we slip into September, the humidity and excessive temperatures are slowly reducing, making it that rather more comfy. With the right climate we’re having, you may have a fantastic day whether or not you resolve to spend it indoors or outside. Right here we have now a listing of exhibitions, festivals and dwell performances the place you may benefit from the final of the summer time breeze.

1. Ryugu Competition

Tokyo Ladies Assortment and Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa collaborated for the primary time on The Ryugu area impressed by the Dragon’s Palace from the Japanese fairytale “Urashima Taro.” The

Highlight: Mika Yamamoto — The Tragic Story of a Heroic Journalist

20/08/2022samura

On today (August 20) 10 years in the past, Mika Yamamoto and her boyfriend and colleague Kazutaka Sato had been touring in a van with the Free Syrian Military in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest metropolis. The couple had been overlaying the civil conflict within the space for Nippon TV once they had been abruptly caught in the course of an armed battle between Syrian opposition and pro-government forces. Yamamoto was shot within the neck. Tragically, her loss of life was confirmed at a close-by hospital shortly after. She was simply 45.

“Mika was vastly respected amongst journalists

Recipe: Tuna Tataki And Mango Salad

19/08/2022samura

Who would’ve thought that tuna and mango would match this nicely?!

Tuna — the fish king and all-time favourite dish to all Japanese, is one addition to your day by day menu that makes a distinction each time you style it. However in summer time, it could exceed your expectations — and it simply wants a mango to cook dinner an awesome cooling-off salad, good for the new season.

That is certainly one of my favourite recipes to make in the course of the summer time season. It does not take lengthy to arrange so you do not have to

Arienai Demo: Grassroots Protests for Trans Rights in Japan

17/08/2022samura

“They do not need you to have kids.”
“They need you to endure surgical procedure.”
“They need you to interrupt up along with your partner.”
“It is unbelievable, it is unbelievable.”

Non-binary activist Tanomi Yamamura started the Arienai Demonstration in December 2021 after Japan’s Supreme Courtroom upheld a ruling that meant transgender individuals with kids couldn’t legally transition.

“Certainly one of my buddies was closely affected by the legislation,” Yamamura says. “She’s a trans girl, married and has little children. She labored for a corporation with poor LGBTQ insurance policies whereas additionally present process hormone alternative remedy. She was depressed,

Kim Hak Introduces Us to Japan’s Cambodian Group

12/08/2022samura

American photographer Ansel Adam is commonly attributed the next quote: “Pictures is an austere and blazing poetry of the true.” For a panorama photographer, this definitely rings true, however it might be tougher to see simply how correct this philosophy applies to Cambodian photographer Kim Hak.

Hak has put collectively his personal and took part in a number of exhibitions all over the world, from South East Asia to Europe, however “Alive IV” is his first solo exhibition in Tokyo. Hosted at Omotesando’s Spiral Backyard“Alive IV” is a continuation of Hak’s career-long “Alive” collection, which options objects that carry