#tohoku

[petitworld]

Oirase, Aomori, Tōhoku, Japan by Mitsuo Mukao

[unbfacts]

The massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 was so powerful it physically shifted Earth's mass. NASA scientists calculated this change caused Earth to spin faster, permanently shortening our days by 1.8 microseconds.

[redsamuraiii]

Japanese Culture x Car Culture: BTS w/ Forza Horizon 6

[sarahalainn]

15 years on and still the shock and pain remains

Remembering all that was lost, all that is dear

15年前のこの日を、けして忘れません

あの人、あの街、あの日々を

悼むことは、忘れないこと

[yomogi-trip]

Matsushima, one of the three most scenic views in Japan.

The contrast between the blue sea and the green pines was breathtaking.

I can also see the red Fukuura Bridge in the distance.

[coffeenuts]

[hijolehijola]

自転車でお花見

Yokote, Akita

2025.4.25

[riversidewings]

“On February 4, Bizen troops were passing through Kobe from the early morning, and about two o’clock in the afternoon the retinue of one of their karō shot an American sailor who had crossed the street just in front, which according to Japanese ideas was an insult that deserved mortal chastisement.” -Sir Ernest Mason Satow One: Disaster at Hyōgo The battle was over. Poorly coordinated and…