{"id":5334,"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/2012\/11\/jpn_relief-61.html"},"modified":"2017-04-25T09:24:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T00:24:29","slug":"jpn_relief-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/archive\/5334","title":{"rendered":"\u3010JPN Relief-61\u3011 Miyagi : Building a Gazebo, a New Memorial Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donate<\/a> and Volunteer<\/a> to Help Japan Rebuild!
\n\"Natori-Gazebo1.jpg\"<\/a>Yuriage Dristrict in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture is one of the most severely affected areas in Tohoku. More than 700 lives were lost from the district and houses and buildings were washed away or damaged by tsunami. Now almost all debris were cleared and people were scattered to start new lives. However, many people are coming back to Hiyoriyama, a small hill that used to have a shrine with a view of the whole Yuriage to offer prayers to those who were lost.
\nAlthough the visitors keep coming even on the weekdays, there is no place to take seat and make prayers in peace. Even if they wanted to stay, they could do was to stand in the drafty environment. The City of Natori started the discussion with the locals and they decided to make this place a space of memorial and interaction. Consulted by the City of Natori, Habitat Japan started building a gazebo and some benches and tables this October.
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\n\"Natori-Gazebo2.jpg\"<\/a>On October 14, Habitat's volunteers built four benches. A volunteer said, \"I was surprised to see how many people kept visiting this place. I think it is very useful and also meaningful to build a gazebo here.\" A week after on October 21, those benches were used at the festival of the shrine. The visitors not only made prayers for those who were lost but also shared the joy of reunion at Yuriage. They enjoyed talking with their old friends sitting on newly built benches.
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\nHiyoriyama is now a symbol of disaster recovery. Habitat Japan aims to complete the gazebo, benches and tables by the end of this year and continue to work to create this new memorial spot for the locals to pray in peace.
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\n\u25c6 Back Number
\n2012.11.12\u3000Iwate : Housing Consultation on the Local Paper<\/a>
\n2012.10.15\u3000Miyagi : Renovation of a New Community Center<\/a>
\n2012.10.14\u3000Iwate : Storage and Steps at Temporary Shelter<\/a>
\n2012.10.13\u3000Miyagi : Building Storage at Temporary Shelter<\/a>
\n2012.10.10\u3000Miyagi : House Rehabilitation Continues On<\/a>\u3000
\n2012.10.09\u3000Iwate : 95 House Repairs Completed<\/a>
\n2012.09.22\u3000Miyagi : Building Sheds for Fishermen (2)<\/a>
\n2012.09.20\u3000Iwate : House Rebuilding Consultations<\/a>
\n2012.09.19\u3000Iwate : Building Storage Units at Temporary Shelter<\/a>
\n2012.07.31\u3000Iwate : Building a Storage for Shopping Street<\/a>
\n2012.07.27\u3000Miyagi : Building a Future via Community Center<\/a>
\n2012.07.24\u3000Miyagi : Building Sheds for Fishermen<\/a>
\n2012.07.13\u3000Miyagi : Rehabilitating the Community Center (4)<\/a>
\n2012.07.06\u3000Iwate : Home Partner Story (2)<\/a>
\n2012.06.07\u3000Miyagi : Rehabilitating the Community Center (3)<\/a>
\n2012.06.05\u3000Iwate : Homeowner Story (1)<\/a>
\n2012.05.29\u3000Miyagi : Rebuiding a Home with Volunteers <\/a>
\n2012.05.10\u3000Miyagi : Rehabilitating the Community Center (2) <\/a>
\n2012.05.07\u3000Iwate : Storage Cabinets for Community <\/a>
\n2012.04.26\u3000Iwate : Habitat Japan featured on Tokaishimpo <\/a>
\n2012.04.20\u3000Miyagi : Rehabilitating the Community Center (1) <\/a>
\n2012.03.22\u3000Iwate : Flyer Distribution on its 2nd Stage <\/a>
\n2012.03.13\u3000Iwate : Program Flyers to 600 Families <\/a>
\n2012.03.12\u3000Iwate : Habitat Japan on Chinese National TV <\/a>
\n2012.03.11\u3000Rebuilding Japan Program Goes On <\/a>
\n2012.02.24\u3000Miyagi : Building a Gazebo for Community<\/a>
\n2012.02.22\u3000Miyagi : Painting Pictures of Hopes<\/a>
\n2012.02.11\u3000Miyagi : Volunteers are Back on Sites<\/a>
\n2012.01.13\u3000Miyagi : Winter Items for 1,338 Families<\/a>
\n2012.01.11\u300010 Months after the Disaster<\/a>
\n2011.12.23\u3000Miyagi : Distribution of 2,400 Hot Carpets<\/a>
\n2011.11.17\u3000Habitat Staff Featured in Ofunato Newsletter<\/a>
\n2011.11.05\u3000Distributing 278 Futon Sets in Onagawa<\/a>
\n2011.10.22\u3000Support for Fishery Industry<\/a>
\n2011.10.21\u3000Campus Chapters Raising Funds for Tohoku<\/a>
\n2011.10.20\u3000Corporate Volunteer Teams<\/a>
\n2011.10.12\u3000Futon for the Disaster Survivors<\/a>
\n2011.09.12\u3000KLA-Tencor Donates over 3.7m yen<\/a>
\n2011.09.12\u3000First Volunteer Team in Ishinomaki<\/a>
\n2011.08.14\u3000Quarterly Report (Apr to Jun, 2011) <\/a>
\n2011.06.30\u3000Standard Chartered Raises over 32m yen <\/a>
\n2011.06.30\u3000Volunteer Recruitment Started! (July departure) <\/a>
\n2011.06.13\u3000Oakwood Tokyo Lends Support to 'Rebuilding Japan' Program<\/a>
\n2011.06.07\u3000Volunteer Stories <\/a>
\n2011.06.06\u3000Homeowner Story<\/a>
\n2011.06.06\u3000Reports from the Volunteers \uff08June 4-5\uff09<\/a>
\n2011.05.20\u3000Volunteer Recruitment Started!<\/a>
\n2011.05.14\u3000Disaster Response Team Started <\/a>
\n2011.05.03\u3000First Volunteer Team Finished Its Work<\/a>
\n2011.05.02\u3000\"I Never Imagined that I Would Smile Again\"<\/a>
\n2011.05.01\u3000What Habitat Volunteers Bring to the Victims <\/a>
\n2011.04.30\u3000Children Return to a Cleaned Gym<\/a>
\n2011.04.29\u3000Volunteers Taking Action in Tohoku<\/a>
\n2011.04.28\u3000First Volunteer Team Heads Out to Tohoku<\/a>
\n2011.04.19\u3000Toiletries Delivered to Ofunato city, Iwate<\/a>
\n2011.04.13\u3000Toiletries Delivered to Soma city, Fukushima<\/a>
\n2011.04.10\u3000Thousands Support HFH's Response in Earthquake-Hit Japan<\/a>
\n2011.04.04\u3000Campus Chapters Fundraise for Rebuilding Japan <\/a>
\n2010.03.31\u3000Donation from APP Japan <\/a>
\n2011.03.14\u3000Donate to Help Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victim\u3000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donate and Volunteer to Help Japan Rebuild! Yuriage Dristrict in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture is one of the most […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,47,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity-reports","category-japan","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}