Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Published: 4 March 2020

This trilogy of events marks the 9th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Events take place on 5, 11 and 19 March. Free and open to all.

This trilogy of events marks the 9th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The events are part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20.

 

Japanese cultural workshop

Thursday 5 March, 5.30pm-7pm

Ground Floor Teaching Room, 4 The Square (drop in)

 

Come along for tasters of calligraphy, sake, origami, drum, Kimono, regional culture and cuisine.

Film screening: ‘Life - The Untold Story of the Fukushima Evacuation Zion’

Wednesday 11 March, 5.30pm-8pm (doors open 5pm)

Gilmorehill Halls (cinema)

 

Director Chikai Kasai presents the untold story of the Fukushima evacuation zone. Free but registration necessary.

Real Fukushima: the nine-year journey

Thursday 19 March, 5pm-7pm

Ground Floor Teaching Room, 4 The Square (drop in)

Talks by:

  • Dr Alan Cresswell, ‘Environmental remediation following the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor accident’
  • Dr Leslie Mabon, ‘The sea food and fishers: Lives in Fukushima’
  • Yuya Kawamata, ‘Reconstruction and people in Fukushima’

First published: 4 March 2020

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The ‘Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami’ events are free and open to all.

For more details and to register for the film screening of ‘Life’ on 11 March, please visit: https://peach3221arupaka.wixsite.com/japanevent   

 

If you have any questions, please contact:

Yuya Kawamata (2500848K@student.gla.ac.uk)  

Momoka Yamada (2500723Y@student.gla.ac.uk)

For more information about the Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20 and full events listings, please visit: https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/SeasonCulture/index.html