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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