Japan: Run Uncle Yamashita! · Global Voices
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A 62-year-old Japanese man, known as uncle Yamashita, rollerbladed across the United States from the east to the west coast.
During his 6000 km journey he tweeted @kenyamashita62 [ja] and was in contact with his supporters through Facebook [ja, en]. A group of friends also followed his adventure at two blogs ( Japanese and English).
Ken Yamashita reportedly arrived to Cape Cod [en] on September 03 and plans on getting back to Japan in October.