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Tim Hornyak is a Canadian writer based in Tokyo, Japan, for more than 20 years. He has traveled to all 47 of Japan’s prefectures, and written for publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Kinfolk, The Times of London, and The Japan Times. He is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Machine-Science-Japanese-Robots/dp/B001SARCOI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots</a> and has contributed to several Lonely Planet guidebooks.

Samurai Heritage Tohoku. A wide landscape view of the Sendai Daikannon, a towering white Buddhist statue, rising above a lush green forest and residential buildings with a backdrop of blue rolling mountains under a pale sky.

Exploring the Samurai Heritage of Japan’s Northern Tohoku Region

Travel Writer

Tim Hornyak, Canadian writer based in Japan.

TIM HORNYAK

Travel Writer

Japan

Exploring the Samurai Heritage of Japan’s Northern Tohoku Region