Foreign Volunteers Japan – Kizuna International: A Meiji University-based Student Volunteer Group’s Experiences in Tohoku

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MAY 21, 2012 While volunteering with Meiji University students in Ishinomaki City in August of last year, I experienced a rite of passage for Ishinomaki volunteers: the early morning tour of the seafront district of Kadonowaki, demolished by tsunami waves and fire on 03/11. The tsunami sludge and debris piles were still deep then, and I took every sight in. The thick litter of artifacts testifying to the advanced age of many former owners – a Bach concerto record, geta sandals, the Showa era pho
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Foreign Volunteers Japan – Kizuna International: A Meiji University-based Student Volunteer Group’s Experiences in Tohoku
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MAY 21, 2012 While volunteering with Meiji University students in Ishinomaki City in August of last year, I experienced a rite of passage for Ishinomaki volunteers: the early morning tour of the seafront district of Kadonowaki, demolished by tsunami waves and fire on 03/11. The tsunami sludge and debris piles were still deep then, and I took every sight in. The thick litter of artifacts testifying to the advanced age of many former owners – a Bach concerto record, geta sandals, the Showa era pho
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