https://matthewkomatsu.com/2019/03/15/so-it-goes/2019-03-15T14:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/09/07/the-drowned-and-rubbled-land/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_4952.jpgIMG_4952A building that survived the 3/11 tsunami in Kesennuma. If it looks strange, it's because the quake dropped the land in this area by a full meter+. Reconstruction has required filling the area back in to bring it up to sea level.2018-09-07T13:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/06/05/so-many-words/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_5044.jpgimg_50442018-06-05T15:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/06/04/uncertainty-visiting-yasukuni-and-yushukan/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4999.jpgIMG_4999So close, yet so far away: Standing the closest I've ever been to my grandfather's service as an Imperial Japanese Army aviator in WWII. 2018-06-06T04:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/06/03/the-kaze-no-denwa/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4934.jpgIMG_49342019-10-27T14:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/06/02/remnants-of-the-tsunami/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4828.jpgIMG_4828I'm not sure where I end and the picture begins.2018-06-16T03:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/06/01/a-tsunamis-stone/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_4754.jpgIMG_4754Hanōkizawa-san (left) and myself at the Yoshihama Tsunami-ishi2018-06-01T14:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/05/31/what-remains/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4722.jpgIMG_4722Obā-san two and a half years before she died2018-06-01T14:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/05/30/ubiquity/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4698.jpgIMG_4698Dragon Matsu2018-05-30T13:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/05/29/see-with-your-own-two-eyes/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4587.jpgIMG_4587First step: orient yourself.2018-05-29T13:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/05/28/the-vacant-land/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4538.jpgIMG_4538This vacant lot was the site of the home my father grew up in.2018-05-28T22:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2018/05/27/the-violin-maker-of-yamanashi/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4520.jpgIMG_4520Just a few of the tools Naruo uses.https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4513.jpgIMG_4513https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_4507.jpgIMG_4507My cousin, Naruo Komatsu, in his 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This Book.2015-07-01T05:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/06/22/reading-war-michael-herrs-dispatches/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/41v0ckz825l.jpg41v0Ckz825L2015-06-22T20:48:46+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/06/08/reading-war-tim-obriens-if-i-die-in-a-combat-zone/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ifidieinacombatzone.jpgIfIDieInACombatZone2015-06-06T23:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/06/07/running-month-4-of-the-5k-training-plan/2015-06-06T22:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/29/running-month-3-of-the-5k-training-plan-for-time-scrooges/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scrooge-patrick.jpgscrooge-patrickScrooge says his 5k PR is faster than Jean-Luc's. 2015-05-29T14:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/25/putting-we-back-into-memorial-day/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/soldierantlers.jpgSoldierAntlers"Soldier Antlers" by Lydia Komatsu2015-05-25T16:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/22/running-second-month-of-the-5k-training-plan-for-time-misers/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscf0019.jpgDSCF0019Not an approved 5k training workout.2015-05-21T23:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/15/running-1st-month-of-the-5k-training-plan-for-time-misers/2016-01-20T22:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/11/reading-war-tobias-wolffs-in-pharoahs-army/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/x8217.jpgx82172015-05-10T22:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/05/08/running-training-sans-time/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0332-e1430950923125.jpgDSC_0332Marine Corps Marathon 2013: On my way to a PR of 2:44. Feels like forever ago.2015-05-17T04:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/04/10/go-tell-the-tsunami/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/red-cloud.pngRed-Cloud"Cloud and City" by Lydia Komatsu2015-04-10T15:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/03/30/guest-post-by-amalie-flynn-excerpts-and-thoughts-from-wife-and-war/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bye-and-stuff.pngbye-and-stuff"Bye and Stuff" by Lydia Komatsu2015-03-29T18:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2011/12/09/the-road-not-taken/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wpid-2011-12-09-08-54-12.jpgwpid-2011-12-09-08.54.12.jpg2015-03-23T05:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/09/remembering-pedro-66/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0178.jpgIMG_0178Mike and Ben2015-03-23T05:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/09/14/remember/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/20120914-125426.jpg20120914-125426.jpg2015-03-23T05:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/11/12/moon-dust/2015-03-23T05:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2011/03/09/what-i-know-on-the-34th-anniversary-of-my-birth/2015-03-23T05:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2013/06/23/the-burden-of-command/2015-03-23T05:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2013/07/15/the-human-performance-bubble/2015-03-23T05:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2013/08/13/catching-up-with-megs-lederer-r4v-ed/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo.jpgphotoMegs (+1!) at "The Office"2015-03-23T05:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2013/12/26/christmas-music-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bonnaroo.jpgbonnarooHappy Trails!2015-03-23T05:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2015/03/23/renovations-underway/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/owl2.pngOh Well (2) by Lydia Komatsu"Oh Well (2)" courtesy of Lydia 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out there...Somewheres out there in the wurld...2015-03-23T03:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/09/27/making-it-count/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/wpid-2010-08-27-11-29-37.jpgwpid-2010-08-27-11.29.37.jpg2015-03-23T03:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/11/20/intolerant-don/2015-03-23T03:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/03/7-for-7-philosophy/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/8k-deep-in-thought.jpg8k deep in thoughtI must be very deep in thought in this moment.2015-03-23T03:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/08/7-for-7-delayed-bummer/2015-03-23T03:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/11/race-update-reindeer-run-5k/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wpid-received_1.jpgwpid-received_1.jpg2015-03-23T03:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/16/once-a-runner/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/once-a-runner-cover.jpgOnce A Runner 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a day of crevasse rescue technique training.2015-03-23T03:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/11/09/bonnaroo-training-partner-extraordinaire/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_1416.jpgIMG_1416Bonny-Buddha getting her Zen on...2015-03-23T03:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/home/2015-03-22T04:31:44+00:00weekly0.6https://matthewkomatsu.com/2013/06/26/five-things-i-hate-about-pete-magills-rt-article-ten-things-i-hate/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/grouch.jpgJacko21p5Oscar knows the deal with Michael 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center.2012-06-27T01:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/22/race-tomorrow/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/20120622-093450.jpg20120622-093450.jpg2012-06-24T11:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/16/the-race-against-time-by-alex-hutchinson-the-walrus-july-2012/2012-06-24T11:31:07+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/16/the-sounds-of-science-strength-for-endurance-part-2/2012-06-24T11:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/11/mobilitating/2012-06-23T19:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/06/01/foundations-strength-for-endurance-part-1/2016-06-14T04:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2012/05/15/low-pro-for-yo-go-go-nb-mr00/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_0165.jpgIMG_0165If I took dozens of artsy photos of my new kick reviews, but never actually ran in them...I'm sure this blog would be, like, super popular. Check out the outsole Vibram pattern. 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I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am!"https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pearl-izumi-ad.jpgPearl Izumi adSometimes advertisers don't lie...2010-12-14T04:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/12/race-report-laurens-ymca-reindeer-run-5k/2010-12-14T06:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/09/practice-what-you-preach-a-brief-confession/2010-12-10T03:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/07/209/2010-12-08T03:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/07/7-for-7-recovery/2010-12-07T04:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://matthewkomatsu.com/2010/12/05/196/https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ice-bath.jpgIce BathWho doesn't like a good kick in the junk?https://matthewkomatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ba-k-47.jpgBA-K-47The latest in the fight against the Taliban...the BA-K-47. 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