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 […]
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6 months on – Part 4: Kinoya and the 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
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Teddy Bear memorial at Kado no Maki
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 […]
6 months on – Part 2: “Jambo”! Kenyan dancing and some very cute kids
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I don’t get on well with early mornings. But with jet-lag still erratically winding my body clock, I find little trouble raising my head from the pillow at 5:45am despite a rather inconsistent nights sleep. The kindergarten in Ishinomaki is small. But then I don’t have many […]
Return to Japan- 6 months After the quake
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Happy days with the "hotate" (scallops)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I have been back in Japan for 10 days and it feels good. It is hot, humid and sweaty. Not to everybody’s taste but I love it; an escape from the impending and inevitable drawing in of the nights in the UK and the prospect of a […]
Sludge shoveling in Ishinomaki
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I recently completed seven days volunteer work with the Japan-based non-profit organization Peace Boat. I was part of an international group of 6 volunteers – British, Japanese, Irish and Vietnamese. Complete strangers at the start, the nature of our work and life in Ishinomaki brought us together. We barely lost […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I recently completed seven days volunteer work with the Japan-based non-profit organization Peace Boat. I was part of an international group of 6 volunteers – British, Japanese, Irish and Vietnamese. Complete strangers at the start, the nature of our work and life in Ishinomaki brought us together. We barely lost […]