On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, James Reynolds tells us about documenting extreme weather in Japan and around the world..
About James Reynolds
James Reynolds is a professional storm chaser who spends his days documenting extreme weather events in Japan and around the world.
Topics Discussed
- About moving to Japan and learning Japanese
- How James Reynolds got started chasing storms and documenting extreme weather in Japan
- Extreme floods in Kyushu
- Typhoons in Japan
- Extreme weather in the Ryukyu Islands/Okinawa
- The architecture in Okinawa and how it holds up against in extreme weather
- Landslides and flash floods in Kyushu
- The extreme cold and snow conditions seen in Japan in January of 2023
- The large amounts of snow some areas of Japan get
- Covering Japan’s most active volcano Sakurajima in Kagoshima
- Covering volcanoes in Indonesia
- Covering the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami
- About traveling
- About James’ YouTube channel
- And much more!
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Full Show Notes
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