Friday Roundup: March 13, 2015

Welcome to the second edition of the Unique Japan Tours Friday Round Up. The purpose of this post is to collect in one place the best things we've shared on social media during the week. Follow us on Twitter,Facebook, Google+ and Instagram to get great Japan content from around the web we think is worth reading!

This week marked the anniversary of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. I was in Japan at the time, and even though I was far from the epicenter, I was still rattled, shocked and I'll never forget that day.

The BBC posted an article about Japan marking the anniversary.

Japan marks tsunami anniversary http://t.co/ChWM6oKG6c pic.twitter.com/YBo2deRl4Q
— Unique Japan Tours (@toursofjapan) March 12, 2015

But it's not all gloomy, as there are plenty of shoots of recovery in Tohoku, as these two article show.

Japan fisherman in post-tsunami town sees hope in 'dream oysters' http://t.co/fmhcBHLwZg pic.twitter.com/OuF1OSuu0o
— Unique Japan Tours (@toursofjapan) March 11, 2015

Areas affected by the 2011 tsunami are slowly recovering. Soy sauce makes 'miracle' comeback in tsunami-wrecked Japan http://t.co/e84hXMHTRR
— Unique Japan Tours (@toursofjapan) March 10, 2015

In other Japan related news, there was a Fire Walking Festival in Japan last week, and there's a pretty cool video about it.

Cool video about Japan's Fire-Walking Festival which happened last week. http://t.co/jxXjCvuH09 pic.twitter.com/79uR6V1umo
— Unique Japan Tours (@toursofjapan) March 11, 2015

Lastly, we would like to thank the Irish Wedding Diary for this shout out on Instagram. We've talked about how we feel Japan is a great honeymoon destination, and they agree!

We are big fans of Japan here at IWD and think it would be an amazing honeymoon destination. Our good friends @uniquejapantours would love to hear from anyone who thinks the same. This is Lake Kawaguchi with Mount Fuji in the background, what stunning scenery. #iwd #IrishWeddingDiary #honeymoonjapan #uniquejapantours #honeymoon #mountfuji #lakekawaguchi #weddingtravel

A photo posted by Irish Wedding Diary (@irishweddingdiary) on Mar 10, 2015 at 2:52pm PDT