March 2011
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Earthquake and tsunami
By the mouth of the Kushiro River, lumber washed away from a mill near my house is floating out to sea as higher-than-normal swells continue to lap at the shores here in Hokkaido. Roads are closed and some towns further east towards Nemuro and southwest towards Hakodate have been flooded by the tsunami, but none of it compares to the damage and loss of life down in Tohoku.
The earthquake here...