China decides to tentatively approve a number of visas for citizens from both countries, while Ehime prefecture begins harvesting its crop of ‘Kanpei’ orange in Matsuyama. And with January 17th marking the 28th anniversary of Kobe's Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, the Ikebukuro Life Safety Learning Center gives a sense of what future earthquakes might feel like. Elsewhere in Ikebukuro, Chinese 'Gachi' restaurants give an authentic flavour to Chinese food and Aloha Whisky demonstrates its rare, unfiltered array of Whisky from the comfort of a small 3rd floor bar nearby. — Get in touch: notebook.podcast@gmail.com Leave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook Instagram: @notebook_pod Twitter: @notebook_pod —