An ode to Japanese resilience, and why you should still visit Hiroshima and Kurashiki

July 14, 2018 11:27 PM

KURASHIKI (Okayama)/KUMANO (Hiroshima) – The first sign that something was amiss during my drive from Kurashiki to Hiroshima came at highway pitstops and in some convenience stores, their shelves stripped entirely of bottled water.

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