Beached ship, surviving pine, broken seawall now summer vacation photo opportunities
A 100-meter-long freighter sitting on a pier, a crumbled seawall once dubbed the Great Wall, and the sole surviving pine tree out of 70,000 are some of the remnants of the March tsunami in Iwate Prefecture drawing visitors this summer vacation season.
Regional icon: Tourists visit a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday to view the sole pine tree that survived the March 11 tsunami. The tree has become a symbol of the region’s recovery. KYODO
“I wanted to let my kid know the dangers of tsunami,” said Seiko Obara, a 48-year-old company employee from Tokyo who came to see the 4,724-ton Asian Symphony on the pier in Kamaishi with his 9-year-old son, Taichi, during their visit to his parents’ home in Hanamaki, also in Iwate.

Down but not out.
The only sake brewery in Otsuchicho, Iwate Prefecture, irreparably damaged in the March 11 disaster, has been reinvented by its owner as a liqueur maker, a business that requires less capital and equipment.
Hidemine Furudate, president of Akabu Shuzo K.K., lost his home, brewery and many employees in the earthquake and tsunami and once considered closing his company, but decided to make a fresh start in Morioka, about 70 kilometers away.
“This is the end, I thought, but I somehow managed to start again,” Furudate, 46, said, wiping sweat from his brow as he bottled liqueur in a warehouse in Morioka on Aug. 10. “I want to deliver this liqueur to people in my hometown.”
Established 115 years ago, Akabu Shuzo was shipping about 50,000 1.8-liter bottles of sake a year before the disaster. Its refined sake–Hamamusume–was very popular among Otsuchicho residents.
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the company’s head office and sake storehouse, forcing Furudate to close. He laid off his surviving employees and went to a Hello Work job-placement office to seek employment.
However, he changed his mind and decided to restart his business after visiting customers to tell them he was going to close his company. They encouraged him to carry on. One customer said, “I want to drink Akabu sake again.” Another said, “I’ll remain a customer if you restart [the business].”

清酒「浜娘」で知られる大槌町の赤武（あかぶ）酒造（古舘秀峰社長）は８日、盛岡市で操業を再開する。同社は東日本大震災で明治時代から守り続けてきた蔵が流失。今季の酒造りを諦めかけていたが、市が被災者に無償提供する同市飯岡新田の市新事業創出支援センターの工場を活用し、リキュールの製造にこぎ着けた。従業員らは「いつの日か必ず大槌町に帰り、酒造りを復活させたい」と決意する。

　「また一から始めます」。国に製造場所の移転が認められた４日、古舘社長（４６）は県内の酒造会社などから寄せられた機材を見つめ決意を語った。

パリ発「HOPE and LOVE for JAPAN」（http://hopeandlove.jimdo.com/japan/playtime-loves-japan-in-tokyo)と、キッズとマタニティー専門の合同展示会「プレイタイム東京展」のコラボレイションにより企画運営される、期間限定チャリティストア「PLAYTIME LOVES JAPAN」が、8月23日（火）から8月25日（木）の３日間、ベルサール渋谷ファーストにて開催される。このチャリティストアは、東北地方太平洋沖地震による被災者への支援・協力を目的としたデザイナーサンプルセールとして、一般のお客様を対象にオープンする。

Friday, September 2 at 10:00pm – September 3 at 5:00am
Location FIAT SPACE-フィアットスペース-
東京都港区北青山1-4-5 ロジェ青山　Ｂ１Ｆ
Start:22:00~Midnight　入場料:￥2500-1ドリンク付き
入場料からドリンク代を除いた¥2000は、東日本大震災の被害にあった子供たちへの寄付金となります。

It is already September since then.
It will be nice for you to watch over
the moment when the creators of Tokyo produces something special tonight.

あれから早いもので、もう９月。
東京にいるクリエイター達が、今夜も何かを生み出すその瞬間
見守って頂けたら幸いです。

Sunday, September 11 · 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Location SuperDelux in Nishi Azabu, Tokyo http://www.super-deluxe.com/

September 11th will be the six month mark since the great Pride/Dream FC JMMA ring Announcer Lenne Hardt is your host for The Orphans and Heroes Benefit for Tohoku
Sunday September 11th door opens 5:30 start 6:00 ends 10:00