On 11th March I was involved with a Seven Beach Aid charity event in London called You Are Not Forgotten, which commemorated the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. A video of the event has now been put together. Please have a look if you have time: (For anyone who’s curious, you … Continue reading
A friend of Haikugirl’s Japan is selling beautiful origami boxes online, and the proceeds are going to help recovery efforts in Tohoku. The auctions close on Saturday 24th March, so make sure you take a look right now… This site links to a set of eBay auctions of decorative hexagonal origami gift boxes. The auctions mark … Continue reading
Yesterday Seven Beach Aid held the event “You Are Not Forgotten” in Golders Green Parish Church in North London. The event was intended to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and to send the message “You Are Not Forgotten” to the people in the affected areas. I volunteered with … Continue reading
March 11th has come around so quickly. At 2:46pm a year ago, Japan was shaken. An earthquake of magnitude 9.0, which is now referred to as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, occurred approximately 70 kilometres east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. The earthquake, which is the most powerful known … Continue reading
I’ve always thought of churches as quiet places full of whispers, but St John’s Wood Church in London was shouting tonight. I don’t know if I believe in God but, if he is up there I think he would have noticed one Joji Hirota banging on his door tonight. I’ve just come home from “Beyond the … Continue reading
There are lots of events happening in London this weekend to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. I have chosen to support Seven Beach Aid‘s event, You Are Not Forgotten. When I saw a Tweet asking for volunteers for the March 11th event, I didn’t hesitate to get involved. I … Continue reading
NOW&FUTURE: JAPAN commemorates one year since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 11th March 2011 through three simultaneous contemporary art projects: YOKO ONO: MEND PIECE (an audience participatory installation), 2000 CHILDREN (a live auction) and BE/LONGINGS (a silent auction), with a coinciding catalogue publication. The aim of the project is to raise urgent social awareness and … Continue reading
There will be a number of events happening in the UK on or around March 11th to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. Below is some information about the ones I know of (most of which are in London). If you know of any other events, please let … Continue reading
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for Haikugirl’s Japan. (From: Kanzanji: A big Buddha, a beautiful lake, and a lot of walking!) Here are some excerpts from my annual report: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 120,000 times in 2011. If it were an … Continue reading
*UPDATE: Unfortunately this video has been removed from YouTube due to copyright issues (apparently it was uploaded illegally). For more information, see the comment thread on Japan Probe.* I rarely re-post something exactly as it was on someone else’s blog, but I need to share this post with you all. I found this on Japan … Continue reading
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