Road to Recovery: Hiking the Fukushima Coastal Trail
A new 200-km trail connects Fukushima Prefecture to the Michinoku Shiokaze Trail.
Tim Hornyak
Tim Hornyak is a Canadian writer based in Tokyo, Japan, who has worked in journalism for more than 20 years. He has written extensively about travel, food, technology, science, culture and business in Japan for media including The New York Times, Nature, Science, Scientific American, CNBC, CNET, The Japan Times and IDG News. He is the author of Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots.
A new 200-km trail connects Fukushima Prefecture to the Michinoku Shiokaze Trail.
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