Cultural News will send “People to People Tour” to Tohoku disaster areas of Japan from April 10-14. This is a rare opportunity to meet local people and hear their first hand stories about the disaster. English translation will be provided. The tour group will stay at ryokan style Kesennuma Hotel Kanyo, and charter 10-passenger...
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In 2011, the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies presented an exhibition documenting the lives and stories of those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. This year marks the second anniversary of this catastrophic disaster and UCLA hosts a two-part colloquium presented by former chair of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident investigation...
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The Rotary Club of Downtown Los Angeles holds a special presentation by Mrs. Masako Unoura Tanaka, survivor of the March 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014. Renowned architect and the creator...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and Japan America Society present “Restoration of Fukushima from 3.11” lecture on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the Japan Foundation, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Free admission, but registration is required. For reservation, visit www.jflalc.org. “Restoration of Fukushima from 3.11” will...
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Christmas Educational Tour of Japan December 17-31, 2012 15 Days Ten lectures at various universities, and tour: Minami sanriku and Ishinomaki (sites of tsunami damage), Sendai, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kyoto. $2,000 tuition which includes, airfare, rail tickets, hotels, some meals. Partially subsidized by Terasaki Family Foundation. Limited...
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The local group, Families for Safe Energy (FForSE), will have an American-Japanese couple to provide up-to-date information on the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Sept. 13, from 7-8 pm at South Pasadena Library, 1100 Oxley Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030. Beverly Findlay-Kaneko, a former faculty member at Yokohama National University, will share an independent report...
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The public is invited to a panel discussion on the ongoing recovery and relief efforts in northern Japan from journalists and volunteers who have recently visited the devastated areas. Sunday, Sept 9, 2- 5 pm The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 Central Avenue (across the plaza form the Japanese American National...
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A documentary film about March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster will be screened at Aratani / Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo on Saturday, Aug 18 at 4:00 pm. One screening only. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Film “Pray for Japan” is depicting the aftermath in the devastated region...
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Japanese American group The Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress will host a program on Saturday, Aug 18, at 2:00 pm for Mr. Yasuteru Yamada and Mr. Takushi Okamoto of the Skilled Veterans Corps of Fukushima (Fukushima Genpatsu Kodotai) from Japan. Mr. Yamada, founder of the group, is a retired engineer who worked at...
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Ishinomaki
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Illustrated map Hiyori Yama hill in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi prefecture.
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Sanriku Marker: Hiyori Yama hill in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture Initially it was reported that 10,000 people were missing. Actually near 4,000 people died. The casualty in Ishiinomaki is the highest in municipalities along the tsunami stricken Pacific Coast in Japan. Ishinomaki is easily accessible from Senadai by JR train and buses. Ishinomaki was prospering...
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