TsukuBlog Their Long Hard Run Is Over – Ibaraki`s Salmon ( and salmon in Japanese culture) 17 November, 2020 By Avi Landau It was early one November morning. Michael Frei, Thomas Mayers, and I were still laying, eyes open, within the warm and snug confines of the futon mattresses which had been kindly laid out for us the night before by our host Takayama-san. The light shining through the windows of the old farm-house suggested a beautiful day, but still we hesitated to get out from under the covers, as our exposed faces gave us a hint of the frigid air which would hit us as soon as ...