Golden fireflies in Japan→
I was just in Japan this past summer, but these pictures make me want to go back again! [Digital Photo Blog via PetaPixel]
Japan: Six months later→
Just six months after the earthquake/tsunami, and things are already looking much better. Pretty incredible. [The Sacramento Bee]
Bears on a bench in Kyoto
Stuffed animals on a miniature bench along the Philosopher’s Walk in Kyoto.
Special delivery at the conveyor belt sushi place!
Akio took me to a super cheap conveyor belt sushi place in Kofu, Japan where you can get two pieces of pretty decent sushi for only 100 yen (~$1). You can either grab from the conveyor belt below or order using a touch screen and have your custom orders delivered right to your table via this snazzy “train.” This might be commonplace at conveyor belt sushi places in Japan (I’m not sure since I only went to one) but being the shameless tourist that I am, I just had to take a video. [YouTube]
The lost animals of Fukushima→
A heartbreaking report about the pets/animals left behind in Fukushima. [Gizmodo]
This was the case for Shoichi Akimoto, one of Fukushima’s evacuated residents who had returned for a brief visit to his house. When he searched for John, his dog, he found the pet had died, still leashed, after digging itself a little hole in the ground to rest.
