{"id":1132,"date":"2013-03-16T13:41:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T04:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephta.me\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2016-01-10T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T07:51:24","slug":"radio-interview-on-bunka-housou-kunimaru-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josephta.me\/en\/2013\/03\/radio-interview-on-bunka-housou-kunimaru-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"[Radio] Interview on Bunka Housou: Kunimaru Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With this month marking the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, a lot of media are focusing on stories connected to the events of that March 11th.<\/p>\n

Back in 2011 I took The Art of Running to Tohoku, teaming up with Jamie of It’s not Just Mud<\/a> and Dean of Intrepid Model Adventures<\/a> to run a 30km map of Ishinomaki (full story here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It was against this background that I was invited to appear on Kunimaru Japan<\/a><\/em> on the Bunka Housou radio network. (Listening to it now makes me laugh – my habit of saying ‘ano’ because much worse when I’m a little nervous!). It was a lot of fun to do though – we’d had a meeting beforehand in which we’d discussed the contents of the interview so I could prepare to a certain extent. On the day itself I was in two minds as to whether or not I should wear the iRun or any part of it – and in the end opted for the helmet. I’m glad I did as it had quite an impact upon everyone in the studio, and really set the mood for the whole thing. <\/p>\n

In the interview we discussed the Tokyo Marathon project, before going on to focus on the Ishinomaki run. <\/p>\n

I’ve thrown in some photos and a little video footage from the marathon to illustrate the story.<\/p>\n

Enjoy (if you understand Japanese).<\/p>\n