2013: THE HIPPOPOSTMAN ("KABA NO UBINHAITATSUNIN") continues to meet people in Japan. Though over a decade ago, the "hippopotamus postman" television series (Harvest Time, Kenichi Nakagawa-sensei) was seen by over 7 million viewers, people still remember the hippo. One woman in Tochigi came up to me to ask me if I was, indeed, "Dr. Hippo"? She recalled the series. Another man in Yamada (photo below) came to me to tell me how the hippo stories helped him to truly understand God's love. Others discovered the stories of love for the first time and wanted to be couriers of love, as there are so many who need to know of love, real love, love from the heart, true love in action.

Yamada, Iwate, where a small coffee house is built in the "inundation" zone:  "ippo ippo" (one step at a time)

A young Christian girl miraculous rescued from the tsunami who is now a "postwoman" (or "letter carrier" in the USA);  she decided to become a real "hippopostwoman"!

Hope Center in Kesennuma, in the post-disaster recovery area, reaching out to the community.

A young man who first began to find the meaning of God's love through the "hippopotamus" television series by Harvest Time television.

  

A woman who found that there is a loving God and read the stories of love, bringing her to a kingdom where love prevailed!

The "hippo" manga drawn by Tokyo artist Ayah Kakinuma.

Hippo books and DVDs went out to over 7 million viewers in Japan and are still being seen on the internet, through YouTube!

The finest of "udon" shops in Yokohama with none other than the "hippopostman" himself with his "hippofriend"!