[Schedule update] Tohoku Tea Relief Caravan

01/16/2012 – 01/18/2012 – FUKUSHIMA -
From Sendai in Miyagi, we will move to Fukushima at 7 am and we are schedule to arrive at our first stop at around 10 am. We will visit a temporary shelter in Matsukawa-cho and on the second day we will another one in Aizuwakamatsu. On 18 January, we will go to Minami Soma for a stop, finishing our event tour in Fukushima.

01/19/2012 – 01/20/2012 – IBARAKI & SAITAMA -
We will reach Mito in Ibaraki on the evening of January 18th and we will spend the night there to rest and get ready for a big day the next morning. On 19 January, there will be a charity “Tea” event to help raise fund for the rebuilding of Kairakuen and Kodo-kan, both of which are important historical and cultural sites of Japan. To start our tour in Saitama, we will begin in Sayama and then hold a tea event there to encourage victims of the March 11th disaster.

01/21/2012 – 01/21/2012 – KANAGAWA & TOKYO -
On 21 January, we plan to arrive in Minami-Ashigara late at night to spend the night in there. In the morning, before we head back to our final stop, Tokyo, we will hold a tea event there to share our love and hope with the victims in the area. In Tokyo, we will hold a meeting to share information on the project and current conditions of Tohoku. We will hold a similar meeting in Kyoto, too on 22 January.

Read more here – Tohoku Tea Relief Caravan

Let’s put our effort together and help with the rebuilding of Tohoku through Tea!

Events

(Sorry still needs translation)

• 1/7 釜石『インターネットを活用してお店を復興し、地元に活気を取り戻そう！』
  1/7 Kamaishi, Iwate Pref / “Seminar: Recovering from disaster through e-commerce” (Obubu and other online store operators will share their knowledge with local businesses to help them reach out to new markets around Japan.)
• 1/8 遠野 昼『仮設住宅の方にお茶でほっこりしてもらおう！』、夜『復興最前線でボランティア活動されている方のお話を聞き、できることを考えよう！』
  1/8 Tono City, Iwate Pref / Afternoon: “Tea relief for people living in temporary housing”, Night: “Listen to the experiences of volunteer workers, and brainstorm on how to continue helping”
• 1/9 大船渡『仮設住宅にお住まいの障がい者の方にお茶でほっこりしてもらおう！』、『被災してるけど仮設住宅にお住まいでない方にお茶でほっこりしてもらおう！』
  1/9 Ofunato City, Iwate Pref / ”Tea relief for physically and mentally disabled living in temporary housing”, “Tea relief for disaster victims not living in temporary housing” (lots of people are now living with family, though their own homes are gone)
• 陸前高田『落語とお茶で仮設住宅の方に楽しいひとときを届けよう！』
• 陸前高田『北限の茶畑に行って、茶畑を守るためにできることを考えよう』
• 気仙沼・大島『大島の小・中学生に京都・和束の小・中学生の想いを届けよう！』
• 南三陸『老人介護施設や仮設住宅の方にお茶でほっこりしてもらおう！』
• 石巻・渡波『日本茶、紅茶、中国茶のお茶会を現地の方たちに楽しんでいただこう！』
• 石巻・雄勝『雄勝の仮設住宅の方100人にご当地炊き出し＆ライブを楽しんでもらおう！』
• 塩釜『被災地の現場を現地の復興最前線にいる方にご案内いただくバスツアー』
• 塩釜『復興最前線にいる方による講演会＆ビジネスマッチング商談会』
• 名取・閖上『被災地視察＆仮設住宅の方100名様を温泉に招待して一緒にゆくバスツアー』
• 仙台『日本茶カフェでお茶を飲みながら語りあう お茶会』
• 福島・松川町『飯舘村の方が避難する仮設住宅で地元・松川の方と親睦をはかるイベント』
• 水戸『茨城のシンボル偕楽園・弘道館を復興するためのチャリティーお茶会』
• 狭山『風評に苦しむ狭山茶を激励し、共に立ち上がる仲間が集まるお茶飲みイベント』