Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Been looking forward to that first meal in Japan? Well, why not slurp down some delicious noodles at Kyoto Station straight off the train from Kansai Airport? Surely there could be no better welcome to Japan than a chilled plate of ‘zaru-soba’ in summer, or a steaming […]
November 2012
Photos from It’s Not Just Mud
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you want to donate to ItsNotJustMud and help with the incredible work they are doing in Tohoku, please follow this link http://www.justgiving.com/insidejapantours-ishinomaki This is my final blog post from Ishinomaki where I have been very privileged to spend a week volunteering with It’s Not Just Mud. […]
The Tsunami Coast
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Although my time volunteering with It’s Not Just Mud is drawing to a close, we managed to find time between shifts to venture down to Onagawa Port where the tsunami devastation is most evident. The hospital. The waves reached up to the first floor, 18 metres in […]
Life in the It’s Not Just Mud community
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hello again from Ishinomaki. Today I thought I’d share photos of life in the It’s Not Just Mud volunteer house. It’s very much communal living here, with around 20 volunteers staying in two neighbouring Japanese style houses. It’s been amazing to get to know volunteers from Japan, […]
Volunteering with ‘It’s Not Just Mud’
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Konbanwa! I’m currently in Ishinomaki, a fishing port on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture that suffered the full force of the Tohoku Tsunami 20 months ago. I’m spending four days volunteering with the non-profit organisation, It’s Not Just Mud. Here’s my photo blog: Day 1 was on […]