Funakoshi's ogatsu charm

One of Funakoshi's initiative: making charms and memento using the broken roof slates found in the tsunami debris. It comes from a famous rock in the area, thus making these memento a strong symbol of the events. The women making them are now famous, we call them the Funakoshi Ladies.

Tohoku disaster : Because It’s Not Just Mud...

May 6th 2012
...it’s also hope, overwhelming problems, determination, love, and lingering frustrations. All mixed together. Because some days it’s more of one feeling, and the next, it’s more of another. Everybody has to cling on something to not feel disouraged. When you pass by one of the too numerous mountains of garbage or cars or tires, the ones they still don’t know where they’ll get rid of, yo ... read more

Asia » Japan » Miyagi » Ishinomaki

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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