KAZdoramma wrote:

uni in UK, london

So ka.

Do you have any relatives in the quake/tsunami-stricken areas?

bmwracer wrote:

So ka. Do you have any relatives in the quake/tsunami-stricken areas?

well i hve a few friends up in sendai that i cant get hold of yet and my fam was feeling the after shock for a few days as well but nothing too serious thankfully.
i'll be able to know the full details of everyone when i get bck i think
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KAZdoramma wrote:

well i hve a few friends up in sendai that i cant get hold of yet

Oh my.

Hope they're OK.

bmwracer wrote:

Oh my. Hope they're OK.

thanks, me too
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KAZdoramma wrote:

well i hve a few friends up in sendai that i cant get hold of yet and my fam was feeling the after shock for a few days as well but nothing too serious thankfully. i'll be able to know the full details of everyone when i get bck i think

Perhaps they are ok and just have no access to phone/email, hopefully they survived and are ok. There is over 1,500 shelters in northeast Japan, according to NHK world.

I have friends in Hiroshima, trying to live out their lives normally, despite all the happenings in Japan.

qilver wrote:

Perhaps they are ok and just have no access to phone/email, hopefully they survived and are ok. There is over 1,500 shelters in northeast Japan, according to NHK world. I have friends in Hiroshima, trying to live out their lives normally, despite all the happenings in Japan.

yep i know thats what i think as well, i'll be able to find out when i go bck
its crazy that some parts are not affected at all, my cousins in osaka didnt feel a thing!
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^ Haha.

A descendant, no doubt.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Haha. A descendant, no doubt.

Gives new meaning to the phrase, "He comes from money."

Just a heads up, the travel alert has been reduced to just within 50 miles of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant:http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_5437.html

qilver wrote:

I have friends in Hiroshima, trying to live out their lives normally, despite all the happenings in Japan.

Isn't it a little ironic that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are among the safest places right now?
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Some of you may know these familiar faces representing all the prefectures of Japan:

Fukushima Ganbarou!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQJuAN2BEY

^ I only recognized Abe Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, and Nishida Toshiyuki.

Takoyama wrote:

Some of you may know these familiar faces representing all the prefectures of Japan: Fukushima Ganbarou! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQJuAN2BEY

Thanks for that video. It was very cool. I enjoyed watching it. I'll share it.

For anybody next time they go to Japan, here's a restaurant guide, in English!! http://www.gnavi.co.jp/en/

gaijinmark wrote:

For anybody next time they go to Japan, here's a restaurant guide, in English!! http://www.gnavi.co.jp/en/

You've become the restaurant concierge for Japanese cuisine, both domestic & foreign, over the last couple of days!

Nice resource.

gaijinmark wrote:

For anybody next time they go to Japan, here's a restaurant guide, in English!! http://www.gnavi.co.jp/en/

sadly, my fave place 'kanda' in osaka has gone as i discovered last year.
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http://yowayowacamera.com/

^ Cool.

Though the last pic makes her look like she's been hit by the train.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Cool. Though the last pic makes her look like she's been hit by the train.

Haha. I dunno but to me the last photograph looks a lot like Satomi Ishihara from afar. Trippy.