一般財団法人　連帯　東北・西南　RENTAI　TOHOKU-SEINAN

by Iino, Staff, Rentai Tohoku

As announced in the article on the 28th July, the exhibition of a wooden temporary house was presented by Sumita-town and a general foundation, more trees, at Roppongi Hills Arena and I visited the site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could smell the aroma of Kesen cedars from the distance I was taking photographs.
Four Kesen carpenters who arrived the day before and some carpenters in Tokyo built the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The house made of Kesen cedar timbers provides good thermal insulation, and eventually, when it ends its service and is knocked down, the timbers will be used as fuel. As a merit of local production for local consumption, the building cost is only 3 million yen per house.
The event "Tohoku Marche and Food Stalls" took place at the same time and was run by volunteers from Sumita-town.

The exhibition was filled with vitality and humane spirit of people of Sumita-town proud themselves in Japan's best forestry business and more trees staff who are working together toward reconstruction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wooden temporary housings in Sumita-town are being built by the wise decision made by Mayor Tada, and LIFE311 has set a goal to provide 300 million yen as a fund. LIFE311 (more trees) is accepting contributions to "build even more temporary housings and help reconstruction of disaster areas"(Mayor Tada).

 

[About donations] LIFE311(Support Project for afflicted areas of the Pacific coast by Tohoku Earthquake) by more trees

http://life311.more-trees.org/

 

 

 

by Nagayama, Staff, Rentai Tohoku

 

The latest event related to Tohoku disaster relief activities has been announced.

 

LIFE311, a support project for afflicted areas of the Pacific coast by Tohoku Earthquake, is going to organize an exhibition of a wooden temporary housing at Roppongi Hills Arena from 29^th (Fri) to 31^st(Sun) July, 2011. LIFE311 has been building wooden temporary housings using local timbers from affected areas.

The reporter visited a building site in Sumida-machi, Kesen-gun, Iwate, and met staff members of more trees and local carpenters. They told the reporter that more funds were needed to build houses.

If you have some spare time over the weekend, why don't you drop in on the exhibition and experience the warm atmosphere of the temporary house built by skilful Kesen carpenters.

 

[Event details]

more trees - Get to Know Trees, Get to Know Forests. ～See What it's like inside wood temporary housing ～http://www.roppongihills.com/events/2011/07/arn_moretrees.html

 

[Event Organizer]

LIFE311(Support Project for afflicted areas of the Pacific coast by Tohoku Earthquake) by more trees

http://life311.more-trees.org/en

 

We would like to introduce our meeting/lodging house,
which is the center of our activities.
It is located in Sennmaya-cho in Ichinoseki, Iwate prefecture
 (30 mins drive to Kesennuma, 40 mins drive to Hiraizumi,
60 mins drive to Ofunato).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

・It is a two storey house. There is enough space in the living room
 to enable several dozen people to gather for meetings.
・Kitchen, shower, flush toilet
・For bedding we have 10 sleeping bags available.

-Examples of usage-
＊As an activity hub for support workers (in some cases
 the duration of usage will be need to be decided
 following a discussion).
＊As a meeting house for local people.

＊As a lodging house or meeting place for advisors
 from various regions and/or local people.


If you would like to make use of this facility, please contact the staff member
in charge at the email address given below.
（Staff member in charge：Nagayama）
E-mail

Our office is located in Kawasaki-cho in Ichinoseki, Iwate prefecture
(30 mins drive to Kesennuma, 40 mins drive to Hiraizumi/60 mins drive to Ofunato).

Here is a description of the vehicles we have available for rental.
Number of vehicles：6 vehicles（one campervan and five 4WD SUVs）

 

Campervan（Dodge Roadtrek190）

 

•Seats seven, sleeps five
•Shower, kitchen, toilet, fridge, microwave,
 fully airconditioned
•Luggage rack, sufficient space in the rear
 to carry relief supplies
•Left-hand drive

 

 

 

4WD SUV（Chevrolet Blazer）

･Seats five
･The vehicle has a front bench seat which makes
 it easy to rest,
 or change in the car, and transport ill
 passengers from the disaster area.
･Right-hand drive


-Examples for vehicle usage-
＊As accommodation or a means of transport when going to
   temporary clinics in the disaster area for medical support
＊As accommodation or a means of transport for volunteer activities
＊As a means of transport for disaster victims who are having
   difficulties getting around in their daily lives

If you would like to make use of our vehicles, please contact
the staff member in charge at the email address provided below.
(Staff member in charge: Nagayama)
E-mail