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Tokyo’s first blizzard!

Posted in disasters, Japan, Life, Photos on January 18, 2013 | 7 Comments »

Monday, we were hit by something that I’ve never seen in the 8 1/2 years that I’ve lived in Tokyo.. A blizzard! It snows every year, but only enough to stick for a day or so at the most. Tokyo doesn’t really get very snowy. But on Monday, thanks to mother nature, global warming, or [...]

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Ganbarou! The tsunami memorial in Ishinomaki.

Posted in 2011 earthquake, disasters, Japan, Japan travel, Life, Photos on November 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »

When Tamara and I came to Ishinomaki to see the tsunami damage, we had no idea that there was a memorial set up there, in remembrance of the devastation. Information about Ishinomaki’s current condition is remarkably hard to find, even searching in Japanese. There are plenty of articles and photos in every language about the [...]

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Kadowaki Elementary School

Posted in 2011 earthquake, disasters, Japan, Japan travel, Life, Photos on November 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Now, I’m traveling mentally back to Ishinomaki, land of destruction and devastation. Hang in there though, because although I’m almost done, this is the eeriest part of our journey. It was cold, and the rain was drizzling slowly down onto us. Even though it was more or less still summer, the wind and rain were [...]

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Ishinomaki: 19 months later.

Posted in 2011 earthquake, disasters, Japan travel, Life, Photos on October 27, 2012 | 7 Comments »

Tamara wanted me to take her up north to see the area where the tsunami had hit last year, and so one night we found ourselves on an overnight bus, heading to the little city of Ishinomaki way, waaay up north. It was a weird, somber, and a little bit silly trip, since Tamara and [...]

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My story, two years in the making.

Posted in disasters, Japan, Life, Mangaka ni naritai, The past, tagged , , , on April 13, 2012 | 62 Comments »

Hi. Everybody who is reading this probably knows me, at least a little bit. I moved from America to Japan years ago, and am trying desperately to make it in the manga industry. I want to draw comics. It might be accurate to say that I just want to tell stories, and inspire people. I [...]

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Tokyo on Fire

Posted in disasters, Japan, Photos, tagged , , on November 28, 2011 | 22 Comments »

If I tell you a story, can you forgive me for not updating? A week ago,

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