Podcast: A “deep dive” into a journey across Japan and its connection to Milwaukee in 2026
This episode explores how a return to Japan in 2026, three decades after a formative 1996 trip, reshaped a Milwaukee journalist's understanding of memory, place, and the slow arrival of perspective. As detailed in the article "A look at my journey across Japan 30 years ago and how it paved the way to Taiwan in 2026," this episode traces a linear crossing from Tokyo to Nagasaki, with stops in Nagoya, Okazaki, Himeji, Hiroshima, Shimonoseki, and a small town near Saga where a reunion with a long-lost host family became the emotional center of the trip.