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Matt Ketchum

Re-entering Japan — A Retrospective

A lot of people have a lot of questions about the process for re-entering Japan from abroad, so I wanted to document my experience.

Jun 18, 2021

Re-entering Japan — A Retrospective

Jun 18, 2021

Matt Ketchum

Dr. JP Coronalove or: Stop Worrying and Get Vaccinated, US Edition

Coronavirus has been crazy across the board, but I can only comment on my experience with it as a US citizen living in Japan. After much…

May 18, 2021

May 18, 2021

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10 Years On: 3/11 in Miyako, Iwate, Day 3

The first two days of the disaster described in brutal detail a new world for those of us on the coast. Our slow life had been perverted…

Mar 15, 2021

Mar 15, 2021

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10 Years On: 3/11 Tsunami in Miyako, Day 2

I woke at 7AM on March 12th in Zenrinji to an austere scene. My breath was still visible as I lay warmly under my pile of blankets…

Mar 12, 2021

10 Years On: 3/11 Tsunami in Miyako, Day 2

Mar 12, 2021

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10 Years On: 3/11 Tsunami in Miyako, Iwate, Day 1

Something that I rarely hear and that I think bears mentioning when speaking about the March 11th, 2011 earthquake & tsunami is that a few…

Mar 9, 2021

March 11th, 2011 tsunami breaches the flood wall at Miyako Bay

Mar 9, 2021

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Minakami Madness: Inaka Luxury

Explore the reaches of rural Japan and see if you, too, begin to redefine what luxury means to you.

Dec 22, 2020

Dec 22, 2020

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Akiya Adventures: The Outer Limits

Take a trip with us to a gem of a vacation house buried deep in Chiba Prefecture’s rural reaches.

Oct 19, 2020

Sitting on the deck of a property in the Nagara area of Chiba prefecture with its owner.

Oct 19, 2020

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Akiya Adventures, Vol. 6: Sweet Seclusion

Matt ventures up to Nikko city to visit Earth Hostel, a previously abandoned corporate retreat converted into a unique hostel.

Sep 23, 2020

Akiya Adventures, Vol. 6: Sweet Seclusion

Sep 23, 2020

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Akiya Adventures Vol. 5: Into the Woods

I’ve recently spent a bit of time out in the Fujino district of Sagamihara in Kanagawa prefecture at Kasamatsu Farms, run by a cheery…

Aug 27, 2020

Akiya Adventures Vol. 5: Into the Woods

Aug 27, 2020

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Akiya Adventures, Vol. 4: Thoreau-ly Interesting

Akiya Hunter Matt explores a secluded Shizuoka cabin with a few friends, and has a delicious barbecue atop a previously abandoned akiya.

Aug 10, 2020

Akiya Adventures, Vol. 4: Thoreau-ly Interesting

Aug 10, 2020

Matt Ketchum

Matt Ketchum

Consultant, curator, musician, amateur documentarian & calligrapher, hovering between Seattle and Tokyo. www.matthewbketchum.com

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