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Event Recap: Tohoku Springs Back!
April 21, 2016
I'm happy to report that we had a successful fundraising event for Tohoku last month....
Upcoming Event: Tohoku Springs Back - Commemorating 5 Years of Positive Change in Tohoku, Japan
February 9, 2016
For the fifth anniversary of the Tohoku disaster, we are teaming up with the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley to bring you TOHOKU SPRINGS BACK, an evening of food, drinks, music and dancing.
Tsuchi-yu Onsen Town in Fukushima
March 10, 2015
Japan is a country full of people who work hard and play hard. Many put...
An Afternoon in Fukushima City
March 3, 2015
If you try Googling "Fukushima" you'll get pages and pages of links with words like,...
Upcoming Event: Fukushima Now: Relief Effort to Support Children in Fukushima
March 21, 2013
Two years after the Tohoku disaster in 2011, memories have faded and conversations about the...
Kinpou Sake from Fukushima
June 12, 2012
By Shizuka Wakashita One day I had to run errands near a local wine shop...
Remembrance
March 9, 2012
Spring is just around the corner, and plum blossoms are bursting all over Japan, California,...
Umamimart @ Pecha Kucha 1/24 (SF)
January 17, 2012
Yoko and I have been invited to give a presentation at the world-renowned Pecha Kucha...
Radiation + Japan: Drinking Water
December 16, 2011
After spending three weeks in Japan, the subject of radiation in the water remains a mystery...
Tokyo JUNKtion: Cateriam Cat Cafe
November 22, 2011
A cat cafe is not a place that serves cat sandwiches. It is a cafe......
November 16, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-tTX5ktHFc *This is a part of an ongoing exclusive series on Umamimart, Radiation + Japan....
November 4, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wWPEHuTbYo&feature=channel_video_title