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A short essay on Yoshizawa Masami and his "Ranch of Hope", in Namie, Fukushima.

https://www.engage-japan.com/post/keeping-vigil-in-namie

希望の牧場・ふくしまま

Keeping Vigil in Namie Namie is a town about 10 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant. It feels deeply deserted; not because people don’t live there (they do--about 1,000 no

Had the opportunity this week to visit two towns in Fukushima: Namie and Tomioka. Namie is about 10 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, whereas Tomioka is 10 km south. The national government declared large swaths of both towns safe-for-return in 2017. Yet, 95% of former residents have yet to return to either town. As one activist in Tomioka put it: "[the town] is starting over from scratch."

More stories and thoughts later via the Engage Japan newsletter, but for now, some photos...

The 2019 Edo Tokyo Akari Exhibition, featuring the stellar yokai kokeshi of Tree Tree Ishinomaki!

Learn more at: treetreeishinomaki.com @ 神田明神

Pieces of a “mobile art lounge”
made by Nitehi Works / Minoru Inayoshi, on display at 北中BRICK in Yokohama.

See more here: http://kannaigai.yafjp.org/kannaigai11/event/2633

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NEWSLETTER | Engage Japan Bradly Hammond 11 hours ago 6 min Humility & Waffle Fish in Post-Tsunami Japan "…I think there’s more self-empowerment in serving others than in serving yourself." That’s how Mori Mitsumasa (he goes by “Mitsu”) summed up one of the early lessons of his life as a small business owner in Ish...

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Humility & Waffle Fish in Post-Tsunami Japan "…I think there’s more self-empowerment in serving others than in serving yourself." That’s how Mori Mitsumasa (he goes by “Mitsu”) summed up one of t