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Travel Blogs from Kurihara
Bay of Many Islands
... who did everything from cleaning tanks to cleaning fish and other sea life. Pretty amazing story told in the pictorial display. ......I suppose I would have learned more if I could read Japanese :o)
The area we walked through was the Zuiganji Temple with it's interesting caves. Actually more like carved out areas for storage of the ashes of the deceased. These caves date ...
First day in disaster region - oshima island
... also talked about 72 hour packs which she calls an emergency pack. We also did t shirt printing. That was fun. Following dinner we headed back to elementary school for Taiko (Japanese drumming) all four countries also got to perform. Our kids were great and were a big hit with the ...
First day in disaster region - oshima island
... also talked about 72 hour packs which she calls an emergency pack. We also did t shirt printing. That was fun. Following dinner we headed back to elementary school for Taiko (Japanese drumming) all four countries also got to perform. Our kids were great and were a big hit with the ...
Travelling again
... was surprised by the disaster site. It looked a lot better than I expected. The recovery efforts are progressing a lot faster than I thought. There was still a lot of evidence to prove the disaster did hit Kesennuma/Oshima but the people were still all smiles. Rather than typing each students entries, I have copied their journals so please check out the photos to read their ...
Sendai, Shiowaga and Matsushima
... around the area-espacially in Shiogama which was more exposed. Construction and abandoned buildings are reminders left behind.
The ferry ride was nice-with descriptions of the island names-man ...