On March 11, 2011, Japan was shaken by one of the largest earthquakes ever felt leading to a massive tsunami. At over 15,000 deaths, 6,000+ injured and 2,000+ missing it is one of Japan’s worst disasters to-date, costing untold billions to the economy. Since 2013 (and apparently until 2037) a new reconstruction tax means that […]
My first connection with Gifu was in the autumn of 2015, having finished some meetings early and waiting for my pre-booked shinkansen train out of Nagoya and back to Tokyo. At the station shop, some interestingly-shaped traditional Japanese sweets called Kurikinton were in season and I duly snapped up a pack of 6 to try […]
Travellers headed east and north from Yamaguchi soon arrive into Shimane Prefecture, where automated driving efforts are focused on the Akagi Kogen Michinoeki (or local roadside stations that we covered in a previous post). This Michinoeki was designated by the Ministry of Land and Transport as one of 5 locations nationwide to test basic concepts […]
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