Students from Tama University form the Washi Candle Garden –TOHOKU 2015 at Tokyo Midtown on Friday. The 4,000 candles are enclosed in washi, or Japanese traditional hand-made paper, to remind people of the March 11, 2011 disaster in the Tohoku region. Half of the washi candles had messags on them from people who live in Tohoku.
“We just want people to know what it is like today in Tohoku,” said project organizer Ryunosuke Tone. "We have to keep telling people about Tohoku."
Tama University cooperated with seven other universities and gathered massages from 38 cities in Tohoku. They have held this event every year since 2011.
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smithinjapan
So, on 9/11 they wanted people to remember what happened on 3/11 2011? I know it's six months to the actual anniversary of the day of, but after the original six months why not just have it on March 11th? Just curious.
Peace Out
Was thinking the same thing smithinjapan. I thought I was the only one who realized it was 9/11 yesterday. But why a 3/11 remembrance on 9/11?
smithinjapan
Peace Out: Don't get me wrong -- I'm not at all suggesting that 9/11 is a day reserved for commemorating the terrorist incidents of 2001 in the US, or that that is why it might be unusual for people in Tohoku to mark the disasters of that region on that day. I'm saying that, aside from the initial six month anniversary (in the same way that, for example, the 15 year anniversary next year of the 2001 attacks will be somewhat more of an imporant commemoration date than yesterday), which would be very significant by comparison, I don't see why they need to do it every year on 9/11 since it is important to commemorate it on 3/11. I realize that for those who suffered, still suffer, and especially those that lost others not a day passes when they aren't counting how many days since disaster struck, but holding formal commemorations so frequently doesn't serve to help remember or properly commemorate. It's not unusual to mark the six month period after a child's birth (as well as first week, month, two months, etc.), but it IS unusual to hold a ceremony 4 years and six months after they were born. These disasters are of course completely different from birthdays, I know, but you get my point.