The Itako Team’s Visit to Hinode Junior High School

September 25, 2012

The goal of this visit to Hinode Junior High School is to plan and promote the School Festival Ornament Project. The gymnasium is to be the main event hall of the festival; the bazaar, food corner and flow paths (such as hallways and hatches) are to be taken into consideration as well. The pupils’ association and art department gathered in the meeting room after school to hear our proposals and offer their input regarding the festival’s overall objective. Hereafter, we will exchange ideas and mobilize to put a definitive plan into action.

In order to support the recovery, it is especially necessary to understand and consider the feelings of the afflicted persons of the area. Presently, we must also recognize that limitations exist as far as time and distance are concerned. We hope that this project will be the first step in building new relationships with local residents, including the teachers, their pupils as well as the parental guardians. (Kamiura)


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Hinode Junior High School Meeting

October 17, 2012

The members in charge of the Itako area convened at the university to hold a debriefing session on the situation in the Hinode district and exchanged opinions about the investigation. On October 24th, the team traveled there to have a meeting with the faculty of the junior high school. It was an occasion to discuss the concrete objectives of collaboration between the school and the university as well as to update everyone on the real condition of the area. This meeting proved to be the origin of a deep reflection on the attainable goals of the project.

We also took a look at the surrounding environs of Hinode. Here and there, construction was taking place to repair damages from the liquefaction phenomenon — however, it seemed to us that there is still a great amount of time and progress before the area would return to the way it appeared prior to the disaster. (Kamiura)

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WEBSITE INAUGURATION

Launch of the CR project’s webpage

We are proud to present the website for the Creative Reconstruction Project! This page will serve as a platform for announcements and reports related to the program. For reference, this project will be commonly called the « CR Project », as an abbreviation of « Creative Reconstruction Project ». (Kataoka)