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Re-building Tohoku Part 5: The Search

Re-building Tohoku · September 1, 2011

Japan, Ishinomaki, Kobuchi-hama, Kobuchihama, fishing, oysters, 3.11, 2011, March 11, recovery, efforts

Part Five of my account of working as a volunteer in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011, as part of clean-up and recovery efforts. ~ 8/3 – A dreary and rainy day. While the others continued to work on the oyster ropes at our usual spot, a few of us […]

Re-building Tohoku Part 4: My Oyster Education

Re-building Tohoku · August 31, 2011

Japan, Ishinomaki, fishing, 3.11, 2011, March 11, tsunami, earthquake, recovery, efforts, oysters

Part Four of my account of working as a Peace Boat Volunteer in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the events of March 11th 2011, as part of earthquake/tsunami clean-up and recovery efforts. ~ 8/2 – Well now that the festival was over, it was back to Kobuchi-hama to assist with oyster cultivation. Experiencing the festival […]

Re-building Tohoku Part 3: The Fight Back

Re-building Tohoku · August 28, 2011

boat, Japan, Ishinomaki, street, earthquake, tsunami, 3.11, 2011, March 11, debris, Tohoku

Part Three of my account of working as a volunteer in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011, as part of clean-up and recovery efforts. ~ 8/1 – Early-morning task for today: cleaning the portable volunteer toilets: scrubbing, disinfecting, re-stocking toilet paper and refilling the water tanks. While not the most […]

Re-building Tohoku Part 2: 10,000 Lanterns

Re-building Tohoku · August 18, 2011

lanterns, water, Japan, Ishinomaki, ceremony, earthquake, tsunami, Kawabiraki Festival, 2011, 3.11, March 11, river

Part Two of my account of working as a volunteer in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011, as part of clean-up and recovery efforts. ~ 7/31 – 4am: awoke to a strong aftershock. Movement and whispers in tents. Ready to go. Shaking halts. 6.4 in Fukushima. No tsunami alert. We […]

Re-building Tohoku Part 1: Rising Tide

Re-building Tohoku · August 12, 2011

Tohoku, Japan, Ishinomaki, fishing, oysters, re-building, recovery, efforts, 3.11, March 11, 2011, tsunami, earthquake

Part One of my accounts of working as a volunteer in Ishinomaki, a town hard-hit by the earthquake/tsunami of March 11th 2011, as part of clean-up and recovery efforts. ~ Mountains of memories. Walking the road ahead, a glance to the side: a silent monument, a ship. A laughing child. Monks chanting. A hill-top view […]

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