Fabulous photos from another age.
50-year storm.
Japan Times | Bloomberg (complete with pictures of pedestrians struggling with broken 500-yen brollies).
Sat on loo. Opened mag at this page. It’s fate.
A nice surprise today, marking what would have been Akira Yoshizawa’s 101st birthday. He died in 2005. (And no, I didn’t know about him either.)
There is something precise and serene about origami that is particularly Japanese.
BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme today: Japan, Fukushima and food.
“… as Richard Johnson discovers, confusion and lack of information in the early weeks of the crisis has led to suspicion and mistrust among large sections of the Japanese population. For this reason, the disaster is likely to not just change Japan’s relationship with its politicians, but also its food culture.”
Available (globally, I think) until March 19.
Back from the Alps. Geneva to Tokyo Narita via Vienna.
