Category: Japan

Ofunato – One Year After

Back on March 11, 2011, the port town of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture saw its levees over topped...

MurasamaMar 22, 2012

Around 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) north of Sendai Airport is the small town of Yuriage. Most of the...

MurasamaMar 22, 2012

Back on March 11, 2011, Sendai Airport in Iwanuma City was first damaged by the M9.0 earthquake, and...

MurasamaMar 19, 2012

This latest quake took place at 4:20 AM on Friday (local time) and registered a 3 on the...

MurasamaMar 15, 2012

… at around 9:05 PM Wednesday evening in Japan (local time) around 10 minutes prior to this entry. ...

MurasamaMar 14, 2012

NHK news is in emergency broadcast mode now and reporting a major earthquake off the northeast coast of...

MurasamaMar 10, 2011

Maki guso is the term used for the curlicue poop made popular in Japanese manga (and has since...

MurasamaDec 1, 2007