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At last, the death toll from the triple disaster in Japan has passed 10,000 – with 17,000 more unaccounted for. Many people like myself are tremendously saddened by the tragedy.

Here’s a simple collection of photos that I’ve taken over the years in Japan – photos that bring back pleasant memories of a beautiful country with a wonderful culture, and most importantly hospitable and kind people that I’ve had the privilege of encountering.

In the sea of depressing scenes depicting the horrors of the disasters, hopefully these photos will help remind us of the beautiful Japan.

I love visiting Japan. It is a wonderful place to bring a family with young kids. It is clean, safe and systematic. No need to worry about food poisoning, walking late at night, or the trains to be late.

As you can guess from the many photos taken in Japan that I’ve used as illustrations for my photo-editing stories, I visit Japan an awful lot – almost every year with the family. My wife and I have lived in Japan before and we love the culture and the food, and especially – the sincerity of the people we’d met during our stay.

Most of the photos had appeared in previous photo-editing articles. I know there are a lot of workers and volunteers out there risking life and limb to help with disaster relief right now. This is just a little something that I’d like to contribute in my own way.

Each of the photo contains a link to a charity for victims of the disasters to make it convenient for you to make a contribution should you wish to. None of the charities linked to are related to me in any way. Please do your own checks on those charities before contributing.