Here are a couple more photos of my home, Midorii. The first shows the local train station in the foreground; as you can see, bicycles are still a very popular form of transport in Japan! The mountains in the background are beautiful, but can be dangerous. Four years ago, unusually heavy rainfall caused massive landslides that crushed many houses and killed dozens of people. The second photo shows the opposite direction, with its large department stores and pedestrian bridges.