Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Journeys to the edge: Tourism in Fukushima makes more sense now

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 04:55 — Anonymous Iwaki City is a cluster of exurban
hamlets about 200 kilometers north and east of Tokyo, on the coastal Hamadori
region of Fukushima Prefecture. A few years ago I rang for a taxi from my
apartment in Iwaki to the train station in the middle of town. I forget where
I was going, but I do recall with great clarity the conversation I had with
the cab driver. It was a windy day. From my veranda I could see the metal
marquees of the neighborhood shops flailing in the wind. Power lines and
traffic signals, too, swung wildly in the breeze. From above, I saw the taxi
park in front of the red brick walk-up, a placed called Maison Kuramae, that
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