Japan Station: A Podcast About Japanese Culture & the Japanese Language Extreme Weather in Japan (Storm Chaser James Reynolds) | Japan Station 106
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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Check out James Reynolds' work on Twitter and YouTube.
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