Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Two years on from the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, tourism to Japan is back to pre-tsunami levels and InsideJapan Tours are assisting more people than ever in discovering the beautiful culture, countryside and people of Japan. In this anniversary week, the InsideJapan blog will focus on […]
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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
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It's Not Just Mud cat
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 […]
6 months on – Part 4: Kinoya and the cans of hope
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A crate full of cans of hope!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! “Look around you” begins Ito-san, a manager from Kinoya fish processing company as he gestures to the devastated buildings on either side . “Before the tsunami there were twenty companies here – only two have started up again and are trying to get back on their feet”. […]
6 months on – Part 3: Kadonowaki elementary school
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The tunnel that cuts through the mountain to the coastal area of Ishinomaki is around 500 metres long; a short distance yet one that divides two different worlds. On the west side, is the city, largely charmless in its proliferation of concrete buildings and prefabricated houses, roadside […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The tunnel that cuts through the mountain to the coastal area of Ishinomaki is around 500 metres long; a short distance yet one that divides two different worlds. On the west side, is the city, largely charmless in its proliferation of concrete buildings and prefabricated houses, roadside […]