As some of you may remember our article on 8th June, Sanriku region has been busy with the project producing and selling lucky bracelets of the fishermen’s net, “MISANGA”.  …

  September 1 is National Disaster Prevention Day in Japan and various related events took place all over Japan around the date also this year. Japan is always subject to…

  With the ongoing minor tremors, it is reported that Japanese islands have already shown signs of becoming seismic active. It is also said that another huge earthquake will hit…

Fukushima is famous for high quality fruits, and some of those very best ones are taken to Tokyo as tributes to royal family.  There seems to be a man who…

Today, I would like to introduce an article about a unique Japanese art centre just opened last year in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Pref.  What makes this art centre unique is…

  Finally it’s New Year’s Eve. 2011 has felt like a long year, yet it also seems to have passed in a flash for me. How was 2011 for you?…

  In Japan radiation fears after the 3.11 disaster affect not only adults, but also children. Even small children in elementary grades use special terms such as “internal exposure to…

  One of the things that you want to keep in your emergency bag is battery, which is indispensable to use important equipments in time of disaster. Dry cells, however,…

Living in a seismic country, we have a variety of earthquake safety products. For example, children keep disaster hoods on their chairs at school so that when an earthquake occurred,…

For women, dressing up is very important. Just wearing their favorite clothes and accessories can make them happy (*^_^*). However in disaster stricken areas, it is still very difficult to…

  This is an episode that happened at a Japanese language school in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.  The massive Tohoku earthquake hit Japan on 3.11 at 2:46 in the afternoon. It was…