Thursday, March 31, 2011

Setsu-den in Tokyo




May not look like much, but it's pretty impressive to me that shops & restuarants across Tokyo are trying to help conserve electricity--setsuden--volutarily... I guess it's all a part of the sense of "jishuku" or self-restraint people feel is necessary in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11th....


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Another Terrifying Look At 3/11 Tsunami


RT@tokyoreporter @Mulboyne You'd think the woman running to her car couldn't possible have made it...but NTV found her alive.


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Prayer Song From Children in Kibera, Kenya



Monday, March 28, 2011

Post-Quake Hisashiburi Blog Entry

http://joeisjapanese.com/manga/kogaquake/1/

The above link goes to a cartoon illustration of an e-mail a US based artist received from his Japanese colleague after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami hit eastern Japan.

Very well done--the rest of the site is hysterical to boot :))