Japan is small. Fukushima fall out has reached most secluded areas far from Tokyo.
Even if you feel like it is far, it’s not far for radiation at all.
In Nagano prefecture, they measured 350 Bq/Kg of cesium from a wild mushroom.
On 8/24/2012, Sakuma city government announced they measured 350 Bq/Kg of cesium from a wild mushroom beside Asamayama.
It’s about 256 km from Fukushima plant.
According to the city government, a male citizen took 3 ~ 4 kinds of mushroom on 8/22/2012. They measured cesium from the sample by a simple equipment on 8/23, and brought it to Toshin Kogai laboratory in Ueda city to verify the radiation level.
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This is the space to show how much donation I received since 8/26/2012.
Thank you for your support.Recently a lot of recurring donators are leaving, this worries me a little.
Tomorrow I’m going to fly back to Toronto. will stay there for 2 nights and get to NYC by train on 9/1.
There is nothing illegal of my going there, but I’m being a little nervous about that.
The huge sum of expense is for the hotel in Toronto etc.. I have already booked a hotel, but I heard it’s in a bad district (full of drug abusers etc..) and I’m supposed to arrive there after 2am. didn’t want to be eaten by a zombie. so I booked a new hotel but it was rather expensive and I had to pay the cancel fee as well. booo
While I’m moving, the update of Fukushima Diary might be a bit slow. Please wish me the best luck and wifi connection.
Iori Mochizuki