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Replying to @chadkoh
Difficult to celebrate this occasion considering all the hell the world has gone through, but I am sure glad looking back. We have been relatively free on our lucky island. #gratitude
Thanks for following us on our adventure! 4/4
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Replying to @chadkoh
It took a couple more months before we could make it to Ikijima. We huddled in our apartment in Kyoto and completely missed the cherry blossom season going on outside. 3/4
http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/05/13/moved-to-ikijima-the-lucky-island/
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Replying to @chadkoh
We got out of Canada Just days before they shut down all flights. Since we had moved out of house at the end of Feb, I dunno what we would have done if we weren’t able to leave.
But we made it on the plane. Things were very tense. 2/4
http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/04/11/moving-to-japan-during-a-pandemic/
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One year ago yesterday we packed up all our belongings and moved to Japan ✈️ 🇯🇵
4 suitcases, 3 big boxes, and an iMac box stuffed full of equipment. 1/4 https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1237735055469887492
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Replying to @wesinjapan
なまんだぶ
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Replying to @wesinjapan
I found his dog to be the most terrifying to be honest. 😅
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Replying to @wesinjapan
I was at Purebred Kyoto somewhere around 2004 for a year or two. It was my first BJJ gym. Enson was always nice when he came down. One highlight was a seminar with Yuki Nakai.
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @dwvcd, @ozAntinnippon, @AlfieJapanorama and @davidrmunson
✋ yep, I can pitch in.
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Replying to @machiko798
Super smooth. That pen just glides! 💯
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City came on the island broadcast system and rang a siren for the one minute of silence in memoriam
https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/01/08/island-emergency-broadcast-system/
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RT @AonghasCrowe: 30 Years of Earthquakes in Japan: 1990 - 2019
https://youtu.be/EeTMw4d1uaw via @YouTube
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Replying to @ide_chanpon
Welcome to Iki! 🥳
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Replying to @chadkoh
In closing, my experience was on the very edge, the tiniest ripple almost the furthest from the emotional epicentre. But I will be pausing today at 2:46PM to remember those lost, and the continuing struggle. I hope you will too. 🙏
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Replying to @chadkoh
10 years on, I am in Japan. We plan to visit Fukushima during summer break. The media keeps the memories alive, but I’m more touched by the remembrances of friends — old & new — that were here on that terrible day, and did the work, volunteering & contributing.
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Replying to @chadkoh
5 years later we were living in Kelowna and at a local Japan-related event I put together a short film to remind Canadians about what happened, and what was STILL happening with regards to displaced people and ongoing cleanup. A sobering reminder.
5/7
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Replying to @chadkoh
My wife+daughter came back to Canada in mid April. I was SO relieved they were back! But it would take months, if not years, for me to realize how scarred my wife was (not to mention the whole country).
4/7
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Replying to @chadkoh
I worked with a bunch of Canadian Apple employees and Apple stores to make a video message to send to colleagues back in Japan. We fundraised, and walking around Vancouver there were shops and people all over collecting for the Red Cross. (Some pics from then)
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Replying to @chadkoh
They were in Kyoto, but still, this thing was HUGE and nobody was sure about the fallout from the nuclear power plant. I was worried about many friends and coworkers. It had only been 6 months since transferring from Apple Japan to Apple Canada.
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10 years ago I was alone in Vancouver working long hours because my wife+daughter were visiting Japan for spring break. Hearing about the earthquake, which soon turned into the “Triple Disaster”, I was glued to the news… I remember how nervous I felt.
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Classic gems 🧵 https://twitter.com/daveckang/status/1369341272511684615
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RT @JFrankensteiner: Cynthia Rothrock vs. Karen Sheperd for International Women’s Day
https://twitter.com/XianMSG/status/883153014546087936/video/1
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Replying to @omhboyd and @japantimes
This was interesting. Did you use a drone for those high shots?
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RT @toranosukev: The 森の図書室 branch in Shibuya isn’t quite as cool a space as the one on Iki Island looks from @chadkoh ’s photos, but I’m st…
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Replying to @toranosukev
Wow! You went! Amazing! Thanks for the photos. I think our log cabin thing is pretty nice, but I can imagine a “book forest” in the middle of Shibuya could be quite an oasis. /cc @morinostaff
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Replying to @SarahStang
Yes! I am very interested in the trials & tribulations of island living having experienced it. There are lots of layers, eg in East Asia there is the whole security angle and ensuring remote islands are populated to protect EEZ claims. Not a common issue for Sunshine Coast! 😊
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Replying to @ChrisWalkerCBC
It’s been pretty wild so far. Tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of leaving Kelowna
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Replying to @chadkoh
Related:
http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/05/26/what-are-japans-remote-islands-rito/
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An FAQ on why I moved my family to Ikijima, a remote island 離島 off the coast of Japan in the Korea Strait: https://chadkohalyk.com/2021/02/12/why-iki/
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@Bec_Edo Thanks for popping by and being brave enough to ask a question! 😉
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Enjoyed talking to Randy Channell 宗榮 on Clubhouse about his THE BOOK OF CHANOYU and upcoming ZEN TEA CEREMONY. You can learn more at his shop @ranHotei: https://ranhotei.com/books/
If you listened to the conversation, please give us your feedback here: https://forms.gle/hWY5zYZM8kGovjEn7
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In an hour we are going one-on-one with 🍵 tea master Randy Channell 宗栄 on Clubhouse to talk about his new books. Join the conversation and ask questions about the Japanese tea ceremony!
https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/PYorwL3M
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@ConnellyAL thanks for another interesting chat on SEA politics on CH tonight. Some really impressive speakers, and you do a great job facilitating.
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This is in about 12 hours. Come join us and learn about the Japanese #teaceremony #chado
Check out Soei-sensei in this cool campaign from the Japanese government on CNN http://advertisementfeature.cnn.com/2021/japan-cultural-harmony/ https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1367994262017646592
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Replying to @chadkoh
Here are some more pics of Mori no toshoshitsu from my last trip https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1368471853660917764
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Replying to @chadkoh
#NowReading2021 “Providence was with us: How a Japanese doctor turned the Afghan desert green” by Nakamura Tetsu. Reading in comfort with a tea and chiffon cake at 森の図書室
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Replying to @HelloFrmJapan
Hey thanks!
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Replying to @ranHotei
Link here: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/PYorwL3M
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RT @AonghasCrowe: The cherry 🌸 blossoms are going to start blooming much earlier than originally expected.
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Replying to @laurie_ljg
🙌 Yup! I been hearing the same joke about my last name since kindergarten.
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RT @BooksOnAsia: Don’t miss our soon-to-release interview with Alex Kerr about writing “Finding the Heart Sutra.” Subscribe to the Books on…
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Replying to @toranosukev
It is pretty cozy! I have not been to their Shibuya branch. Let me know if you stop by.
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Replying to @SD_Tatsushu
It was pretty great! The 11yo and 8yo just hung out in their cubbies reading books and doing homework, while I could catch up on some writing. An oasis in our typically chaotic and noisy weekend! 😄
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Replying to @chadkoh
Just want to point out their logo. Look close at the “Mori” kanji. 👀 🎯 📚🌳
(This is the main website for their location in Shibuya. Mori moved to Iki a few years ago and is active in the small biz space here.)
https://morinotosyoshitsu.com/
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Spent the afternoon at the 森の図書室。Everyone got their own booth, got some books and bottomless drinks, and just enjoyed some quiet time.
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Replying to @KyotoConnection
http://chadkohalyk.com/2020/07/27/keychron/
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Yes!!!! More of these 楷行草 series please 😍 Just beautifully done 👏
[Gawd I wonder how many takes this took] https://twitter.com/machiko798/status/1368173760721936390
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Replying to @ssiddiqui83
On the one hand, you have a point, but this isn’t to say that I didn’t enjoy reading the tweet. 🤷♂️
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Did myself up a matcha while prepping for my interview with @ranHotei next week. Tea is from the local 八女 Yame fields south of Fukuoka. https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1367994262017646592
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Replying to @chadkoh
Check out his new commercial spread! (video near the bottom) http://advertisementfeature.cnn.com/2021/japan-cultural-harmony/
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