Thursday, March 31, 2011
Earthquake and Tsunami Documentary
This 47 minute documentary explains the science between Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami. I can really recommend watching it. It also shows the size of the earthquake in Tokyo.
5pm Bell
One of the things I miss most about Tokyo is the 5pm bell. Back in the good old days I'd sometimes ride to the park to meet my friend Mark to listen to the bell together. There are different chimes in each area. A favourite of mine is the one at Inokashira Koen. Yesterday I tweeted how much I missed the bell and two sweet friends sent me recordings of the bells. So adorable. Thank you so much Lily and Isabelle!
Isabelle even made this gorgeous video to go with it (above). And she also made the video (below) of the sweet potato van sound...another very familiar sound.
I'm not missing the recycled goods van sound. Anyone who lives in Tokyo will agree!
Love Love
Sandwich
xoxo
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hello Sandwich in VOGUE Japan
When I was flying out of Japan after the earthquake Mr Y said I should pop into Terminal 1 at Narita and spend some waiting time at the Aoyama Book Centre shop (usually one of my favourite places to browse through Design and Craft books). It struck me at that moment that had completely lost interest in anything craft. I was numb after the quake and couldn't imagine enjoying anything like craft when so many people in Northeastern Japan were suffering. A week later I still felt the same. But I began to receive emails from my Japanese clients (who were still working as usual) that said 'I need to continue to stay strong and positive for the future of Japan'. Emails like this brought tears to my eyes and I'm now trying to do my best to bring some part of normal crafty Hello Sandwich back for this reason. I hope you won't mind.
The lovely team at VOGUE Japan commissioned me to make some paper craft for their latest issue (on sale now). I created a paper obento box and a series of okazu (side dishes) for the VOGUE Angels supplement which comes with VOGUE Japan May 2011 issue.
Thank you Mogu for the photographs.
You can also view the Hello Sandwich Paper Bento online at Vogue.co.jp here.
Online you will also find a little bento video I made.
Special thanks to Yasu Hatakeyama for the original music and Rhys Turner for the photography. x
Also in the VOGUE Japan May 2011 issue are two pages of little paper Okazu (side dishes) that I made. So be sure to pop into your bookshop or newsagents and pick up a copy of VOGUE Japan May 2011 or buy online here.
For those of you who like making craft, I also made a little 'Handmade kit' (Japanese only) so you can print it out and make your own okazu! Click here to download and enjoy.
Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xoxo
Monday, March 28, 2011
3-11 Earthquake Japan
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Hello Sandwich Help Japan Relief Support. Together we have raised over $2000 for the victims of the earthquake. Unfortunately I have had to shut down the fundraising now as PayPal have shut down my account :(
(This is also the reason my zines are no longer available online. I am so sorry about this and for everyone who has emailed me, I promise I am trying to get this up and running again as soon as possible.)
My apartment after the quake.
2:46. I was in my Shimokitazawa apartment on Friday March 11 when the magnitude 9.0 quake stuck. At first I thought it was just like any other small quake we often have in Tokyo and I tweeted ‘wa – scary!’ Then my TV started to shake indicating this was not like other quakes. My glassware began to shake loudly so I ran to my kitchen and began to place glasses in a safer location. The floor was shaking. My entire apartment was shaking. I grabbed my iphone and raced down the three flights of stairs and outside.
A man in a van had pulled up as his car was shaking too much to drive. A stranger. I grabbed onto this strangers hands screaming ‘ kowaii! Kowaii!’ (scary! Scary!). He kept saying ‘Daijoubu. Daijoubu.’ (It’s okay. It’s okay.) There are no better words to describe the way that the ground was moving other than a wave. It was terrifying. The land that you know and rely on was moving up and down. A driveway that was recently layed next to my apartment was cracking. Puffs of ground were coming up. A parked car was rolling. Everyone was rushing out from his or her apartments.
A few minutes later the earth stopped moving. My legs and hands were shaking so much I could hardly dial the numbers on my phone. My neighbours and I ran into my landladies shop to check the earthquake size on TV. At this stage it was a magnitude 5 in Tokyo. And shockingly 7 in Sendai. This was later revised to be a magnitude 9 quake. The largest earthquake in Japanese recorded history, and the fourth largest earthquake in the world. Not long after this the first of many after shakes came. The telegraph poles, buildings and cars shook. The ground shook. Everyone was terrified.
My landlady kept speaking to me in Japanese, pointing at the park and repeating the word ‘anzen’. A word I didn’t at the time understand but now understand it to mean ‘safe’. I waited in the park alone with Japanese families. I listened to them speaking Japanese. Shaking. Shivering. We didn’t know when the next earthquake would come. I couldn’t understand much of what they were saying. Eventually the families in the park decided it was time to return to our apartments. I didn’t want to. I didn't want to be alone. A girl in her pajamas and I made plans to reunite in the park if another quake came.
I returned reluctantly to my apartment. Broken stuff everywhere. Glasses, mirror, TV, espresso machine, everything had fallen to the floor. I wore my shoes inside my apartment for the first time and instantly packed my go-bag. I tried to look at information online but was in an absolute panic. I had no idea what to do. With each aftershock I kept looking out of my window to see if my pajama girl friend was back in the park. She wasn’t.
Twitter and email were my savior as all of the phone lines went down after the quake. Messages incoming and outgoing between friends and family to make sure everyone was okay. One message was to my amazing Japanese friend who ended up offering to collect me with her husband’s family car. As we drove along the 246 our car shook with more after shakes. We stayed together and drank beer and ate dinner. We watched the disaster of Sendai unfold on TV. We cried.
You know something is wrong in Tokyo when the trains are late. You know something is terribly wrong when the trains stop completely. I walked from Komazawa koen to Shimokitazawa with thousands of other Tokyo residents. It is one of the strangest memories I have. Streets packed with pedestrians. Roads packed with cars. Everyone on their mobiles. But hardly anyone able to get mobile service. My best friend met me halfway at Sangenjaya station. We hugged on the corner at the lights. She told me the story of when the quake hit her workplace and how evacuated with a man in a wheelchair. She is a hero. We went to the local Lawson and bought wine and tried to sleep. Throughout the night the emergency quake phone alarm kept going off. A haunting sound that we began to get used to. We weren’t sure if we should run or stay.
Constant aftershocks were pretty much the case for anyone in Tokyo the following few days. I was too scared to have showers in case another shock came. I developed a routine of leaving my clothes in an evacuation layout in the bathroom whilst I had 30-second showers. I washed my hair separately in the bathtub in case. I heard friends had slept with their clothes on. These days were spent cleaning up from the quake, buying supplies ‘in case’ and finding what news you could online. I also went through stages of ‘its fine, it’s over, we survived’.
One afternoon my friends and I met at Yoyogi park to try to relax a little from the constant shocks. Soon the Fukushima nuclear plant began to worry us and my friends started leaving Tokyo, either for southern Japanese cities such as Osaka or Kyoto or overseas. Japanese friends started returning to their hometowns. Most people were in the mind frame of ‘should I stay or should I go?’ I ended up edging on the side of caution. By the time I had left more than 20 of my friends had left Tokyo.
Photo Alexis Wuillaume
Photos Mark Drew
Like most of my friends I was dizzy and almost sea sick from all of the aftershocks. Because of this it became hard to tell what was a shock and what was imagination. The pegs on my washing hangers became my marker to see if the ground was shaking. Half of the times I checked it was actually shaking. The quakes came frequently.
Photo Mark Drew
Shelves in convenience stores were emptying out with panic buying. And although the shops were open, the streets had an eerie feeling. Controlled blackouts were expected throughout the week but not a torch or battery was in stock. I rummaged through the mess pile from the quake in my apartment to find my bike light.
I stayed at a friend’s house on the night before my flight out of Tokyo. A level headed friend who was planning on staying in Tokyo. We drank chuhai and painted our nails to try to relax. The morning I was due to leave however, she received a phone call from a friend of hers who was a reporter in Tokyo who suggested she should pack a bag fast and leave Tokyo.
With power cuts and train lines down no one really knew how crowded it was trying to leave Tokyo. The airport bus website was down. I threw things into my suitcase in a panic, didn’t shower, and headed to Shinjuku to take the bus to Narita airport. I was wearing pajamas under my coat. Leggings as pants. And by this time I had the same odango for three days.
On the way to the airport, and as the Odakyu train line was arriving at Shinjuku, hundreds of earthquake phone alarms sounded. Another aftershock. Underground at one of the worlds busiest train stations was not where I wanted to be for a magnitude 6 quake. To my surprise not one Japanese panicked or made a noise. The train doors opened and everyone filed out in a calm and orderly manner. It struck me more than ever how amazing the Japanese are. I began to have mixed feelings about leaving. More than ever I wanted to stay and help in some way. I felt it was my new home and I was abandoning it when things got tough. Taking the good but not the bad. But I continued to leave.
As my friend and I waited for our flights out of Tokyo the entire Narita airport building shook with two more aftershocks. When my flight took off some passengers clapped. Some cried. Heading out of Tokyo we were safe for the time being. Although nothing compared to the horror of Sendai and north Japan, this was an experience that shaped our lives forever.
Some Tokyo people I know have written about their experiences on the quake. You can find their stories below.
Fashimi
Jollygoo
Cameron McKean
Patrick Tsai
Aleister Kelman
Update: Thank you everyone for your comments, twitter messages and emails. They mean the world to me. I am currently in Sydney with my family and friends having a bit of a relax and some down time while hopefully the aftershocks and radiation settles down. I should have mentioned too, that I am absolutely going back to Tokyo! Most likely in mid-April. I hope I can see my first ever hanami!
Love Sandwich
xoxo
(This is also the reason my zines are no longer available online. I am so sorry about this and for everyone who has emailed me, I promise I am trying to get this up and running again as soon as possible.)
My apartment after the quake.
2:46. I was in my Shimokitazawa apartment on Friday March 11 when the magnitude 9.0 quake stuck. At first I thought it was just like any other small quake we often have in Tokyo and I tweeted ‘wa – scary!’ Then my TV started to shake indicating this was not like other quakes. My glassware began to shake loudly so I ran to my kitchen and began to place glasses in a safer location. The floor was shaking. My entire apartment was shaking. I grabbed my iphone and raced down the three flights of stairs and outside.
A man in a van had pulled up as his car was shaking too much to drive. A stranger. I grabbed onto this strangers hands screaming ‘ kowaii! Kowaii!’ (scary! Scary!). He kept saying ‘Daijoubu. Daijoubu.’ (It’s okay. It’s okay.) There are no better words to describe the way that the ground was moving other than a wave. It was terrifying. The land that you know and rely on was moving up and down. A driveway that was recently layed next to my apartment was cracking. Puffs of ground were coming up. A parked car was rolling. Everyone was rushing out from his or her apartments.
A few minutes later the earth stopped moving. My legs and hands were shaking so much I could hardly dial the numbers on my phone. My neighbours and I ran into my landladies shop to check the earthquake size on TV. At this stage it was a magnitude 5 in Tokyo. And shockingly 7 in Sendai. This was later revised to be a magnitude 9 quake. The largest earthquake in Japanese recorded history, and the fourth largest earthquake in the world. Not long after this the first of many after shakes came. The telegraph poles, buildings and cars shook. The ground shook. Everyone was terrified.
My landlady kept speaking to me in Japanese, pointing at the park and repeating the word ‘anzen’. A word I didn’t at the time understand but now understand it to mean ‘safe’. I waited in the park alone with Japanese families. I listened to them speaking Japanese. Shaking. Shivering. We didn’t know when the next earthquake would come. I couldn’t understand much of what they were saying. Eventually the families in the park decided it was time to return to our apartments. I didn’t want to. I didn't want to be alone. A girl in her pajamas and I made plans to reunite in the park if another quake came.
I returned reluctantly to my apartment. Broken stuff everywhere. Glasses, mirror, TV, espresso machine, everything had fallen to the floor. I wore my shoes inside my apartment for the first time and instantly packed my go-bag. I tried to look at information online but was in an absolute panic. I had no idea what to do. With each aftershock I kept looking out of my window to see if my pajama girl friend was back in the park. She wasn’t.
Twitter and email were my savior as all of the phone lines went down after the quake. Messages incoming and outgoing between friends and family to make sure everyone was okay. One message was to my amazing Japanese friend who ended up offering to collect me with her husband’s family car. As we drove along the 246 our car shook with more after shakes. We stayed together and drank beer and ate dinner. We watched the disaster of Sendai unfold on TV. We cried.
You know something is wrong in Tokyo when the trains are late. You know something is terribly wrong when the trains stop completely. I walked from Komazawa koen to Shimokitazawa with thousands of other Tokyo residents. It is one of the strangest memories I have. Streets packed with pedestrians. Roads packed with cars. Everyone on their mobiles. But hardly anyone able to get mobile service. My best friend met me halfway at Sangenjaya station. We hugged on the corner at the lights. She told me the story of when the quake hit her workplace and how evacuated with a man in a wheelchair. She is a hero. We went to the local Lawson and bought wine and tried to sleep. Throughout the night the emergency quake phone alarm kept going off. A haunting sound that we began to get used to. We weren’t sure if we should run or stay.
Constant aftershocks were pretty much the case for anyone in Tokyo the following few days. I was too scared to have showers in case another shock came. I developed a routine of leaving my clothes in an evacuation layout in the bathroom whilst I had 30-second showers. I washed my hair separately in the bathtub in case. I heard friends had slept with their clothes on. These days were spent cleaning up from the quake, buying supplies ‘in case’ and finding what news you could online. I also went through stages of ‘its fine, it’s over, we survived’.
One afternoon my friends and I met at Yoyogi park to try to relax a little from the constant shocks. Soon the Fukushima nuclear plant began to worry us and my friends started leaving Tokyo, either for southern Japanese cities such as Osaka or Kyoto or overseas. Japanese friends started returning to their hometowns. Most people were in the mind frame of ‘should I stay or should I go?’ I ended up edging on the side of caution. By the time I had left more than 20 of my friends had left Tokyo.
Photo Alexis Wuillaume
Photos Mark Drew
Like most of my friends I was dizzy and almost sea sick from all of the aftershocks. Because of this it became hard to tell what was a shock and what was imagination. The pegs on my washing hangers became my marker to see if the ground was shaking. Half of the times I checked it was actually shaking. The quakes came frequently.
Photo Mark Drew
Shelves in convenience stores were emptying out with panic buying. And although the shops were open, the streets had an eerie feeling. Controlled blackouts were expected throughout the week but not a torch or battery was in stock. I rummaged through the mess pile from the quake in my apartment to find my bike light.
I stayed at a friend’s house on the night before my flight out of Tokyo. A level headed friend who was planning on staying in Tokyo. We drank chuhai and painted our nails to try to relax. The morning I was due to leave however, she received a phone call from a friend of hers who was a reporter in Tokyo who suggested she should pack a bag fast and leave Tokyo.
With power cuts and train lines down no one really knew how crowded it was trying to leave Tokyo. The airport bus website was down. I threw things into my suitcase in a panic, didn’t shower, and headed to Shinjuku to take the bus to Narita airport. I was wearing pajamas under my coat. Leggings as pants. And by this time I had the same odango for three days.
On the way to the airport, and as the Odakyu train line was arriving at Shinjuku, hundreds of earthquake phone alarms sounded. Another aftershock. Underground at one of the worlds busiest train stations was not where I wanted to be for a magnitude 6 quake. To my surprise not one Japanese panicked or made a noise. The train doors opened and everyone filed out in a calm and orderly manner. It struck me more than ever how amazing the Japanese are. I began to have mixed feelings about leaving. More than ever I wanted to stay and help in some way. I felt it was my new home and I was abandoning it when things got tough. Taking the good but not the bad. But I continued to leave.
As my friend and I waited for our flights out of Tokyo the entire Narita airport building shook with two more aftershocks. When my flight took off some passengers clapped. Some cried. Heading out of Tokyo we were safe for the time being. Although nothing compared to the horror of Sendai and north Japan, this was an experience that shaped our lives forever.
Some Tokyo people I know have written about their experiences on the quake. You can find their stories below.
Fashimi
Jollygoo
Cameron McKean
Patrick Tsai
Aleister Kelman
Update: Thank you everyone for your comments, twitter messages and emails. They mean the world to me. I am currently in Sydney with my family and friends having a bit of a relax and some down time while hopefully the aftershocks and radiation settles down. I should have mentioned too, that I am absolutely going back to Tokyo! Most likely in mid-April. I hope I can see my first ever hanami!
Love Sandwich
xoxo
Monday, March 21, 2011
Earthquake Map
Watch this Japan Earthquake map which gives a terrifying visual of the quakes as they happened. It's no wonder Tokyo also shook so much. The big one hit at 2:46 but watch also what happened afterwards. Apparently the aftershocks will continue for up to two months. Please stay safe everyone.
While the radiation is also a big concern, the people in Sendai really need our help right now. Please donate to the survivors.
My Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Zine PDF for $5 all proceeds to Japan. Donate here.
Pay for Japan lists many things you can buy to help Japan.
Poppytalk has some ideas on where to support.
My friend Eloise's postcards all proceeds to Japan. Donate here.
Second Harvest is also a good place to donate to. Or if you are in Tokyo, please volunteer.
Thank you to everyone who has donated already especially those who bought the zine. Together we have raised $1400 so far for Japan.
Love Sandwich
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Earthquake Japan - Emergency information and how to help
Information and scroll to the bottom for what you can do to help after Friday's 9.0 earthquake in Japan.
Where to get information:
NHK
NHK world TV Live free app for Iphone
BBC
Japan Meterological Agency / Earthquake information
Google Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Page
The situation now in Tokyo
Bus to narita airport
Information about how to protect yourself in an earthquake.
I have also pasted the information below. If you are in Japan, please print this out for your go-bag especially for the numbers and shelters.
What to carry
Cash
ID - Passport
Water (3 liters per person per day)
Emergency provisions (canned food etc)
Mobile phone and portable charger
Kleenex
Towels (about 5)
Flashlight - Torch
Radio
Rain gear
Seasonal clothes
Gloves
Mask
Garbage bag, the bigger the better (use for protection against cold, precipitation, as a container)
Plastic wrap
Rubber bands (a few will do)
Blanket
Newspapers (protection against cold)
Pictures of family (so you can find them if you are separated)
Whistle
Glasses
Medication
Sanitary goods (feminine hygiene products)
Music player
Packing tape
Cushion/pillow (if possible. To protect your head)
Can opener or small knife (if you plan to remain evacuated for a period)
( I also had wet wipes in my go-bag)
In case of an emergency
Open windows/doors to secure exits
Put your things at the entrance
Wear thick-soled shoes ( I wore mine in my house in case)
Close the main tap (gas)
Charge your phone while you can
In case of a power failure, shut down the circuit breaker (unplug everything before you do this, if possible)
Be prepared for the tremors to continue for 24 hours
Calm down
emergency message board dial 171
leave phone calls to a minimum
ok to use Skype
watch out for fraud calls by people pretending to be police
When evacuating
stay away from: cabinets, refrigerators, bent walls, leaning poles, narrow streets, bodies of water
watch out for broken glass
move to higher ground if you are located near the ocean
wear a helmet or hat
wear a mask or cover mouth with damp towel
go toward the wind in case of fire
stop driving, park at the side of the street
if you have a car, open windows
NTT official information
Connection of public phones are prioritized during natural disasters.
They can be used for free (excluding international calls)
How to make a call for free:
・green analog public phones
Press the emergency button, or insert a jyu-en dama (10 yen). Your coin will be returned after the call.
・digital public phones
No card/cash necessary, just pick up the receiver.
Emergency message board
VICTIMS:
1. dial 171
2. Press 1
3. Dial home phone
4. Record message
FOR INFO ON VICTIMS:
1.dial 171
2. Press 2
3.dial victim’s number
4. Play recorded mesesage
NHK Safety Information Broadcast
NHK will be broadcasting safety information.
We accept any and all info of you and your family’s situaion.
Messages are also welcome.
Please call below,
03-5452-8800 050-3369-9680
Google Person Finder
Safety Information on Google
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=ja
Emergency Message Boards (for Individual phone companies)
au http://dengon.ezweb.ne.jp/service.do
docomo http://dengon.docomo.ne.jp/top.cgi?es=0
softbank http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/information/dengon/index.html
willcom http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/info/dengon/
i-mode http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/disaster/
NTT East Japan http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/saigai/voice171/
SOS Emergency Numbers
Police: 110
Ambulance/Fire Department: 119
In case of emergency near the sea: 118 (Japan Coast Guard)
List: Evacuation Sites
http://animal-navi.com/navi/map/map.html
Manual for Earthquakes
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2129850837113580401
NHK Disaster Information
Disaster Information for Individual Regions
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/saigai/jishin/index.html
Anti-Earthquake Procedures
Very detailed.
http://i.2chblog.jp/archives/2389640.html
Tokyo is currently experiencing shortages on food and supplies. If you are in Tokyo please buy only what you need. My friends Grandmother is elderly and had to walk to three shops to get what she needed so please consider others at this scary time. Be careful of scaremongering and other false information from untrusted media.
I have made a list of the people I am following on twitter for information about the quake. Twitter has been invaluable for me through this disaster. You can also follow Hello Sandwich Twitter
as I am constantly updating and retweeting with information.
PLEASE HELP
I am selling the PDF of my Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping for $5 and all money raised will go to the Red Cross to support survivors and rebuild Japan. PLEASE HELP. Please donate and ask your friends to donate.
Here is some good information about other places to donate. You can also donate through my friends raffles here and here.
Where to get information:
NHK
NHK world TV Live free app for Iphone
BBC
Japan Meterological Agency / Earthquake information
Google Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Page
The situation now in Tokyo
Bus to narita airport
Information about how to protect yourself in an earthquake.
I have also pasted the information below. If you are in Japan, please print this out for your go-bag especially for the numbers and shelters.
What to carry
Cash
ID - Passport
Water (3 liters per person per day)
Emergency provisions (canned food etc)
Mobile phone and portable charger
Kleenex
Towels (about 5)
Flashlight - Torch
Radio
Rain gear
Seasonal clothes
Gloves
Mask
Garbage bag, the bigger the better (use for protection against cold, precipitation, as a container)
Plastic wrap
Rubber bands (a few will do)
Blanket
Newspapers (protection against cold)
Pictures of family (so you can find them if you are separated)
Whistle
Glasses
Medication
Sanitary goods (feminine hygiene products)
Music player
Packing tape
Cushion/pillow (if possible. To protect your head)
Can opener or small knife (if you plan to remain evacuated for a period)
( I also had wet wipes in my go-bag)
In case of an emergency
Open windows/doors to secure exits
Put your things at the entrance
Wear thick-soled shoes ( I wore mine in my house in case)
Close the main tap (gas)
Charge your phone while you can
In case of a power failure, shut down the circuit breaker (unplug everything before you do this, if possible)
Be prepared for the tremors to continue for 24 hours
Calm down
emergency message board dial 171
leave phone calls to a minimum
ok to use Skype
watch out for fraud calls by people pretending to be police
When evacuating
stay away from: cabinets, refrigerators, bent walls, leaning poles, narrow streets, bodies of water
watch out for broken glass
move to higher ground if you are located near the ocean
wear a helmet or hat
wear a mask or cover mouth with damp towel
go toward the wind in case of fire
stop driving, park at the side of the street
if you have a car, open windows
NTT official information
Connection of public phones are prioritized during natural disasters.
They can be used for free (excluding international calls)
How to make a call for free:
・green analog public phones
Press the emergency button, or insert a jyu-en dama (10 yen). Your coin will be returned after the call.
・digital public phones
No card/cash necessary, just pick up the receiver.
Emergency message board
VICTIMS:
1. dial 171
2. Press 1
3. Dial home phone
4. Record message
FOR INFO ON VICTIMS:
1.dial 171
2. Press 2
3.dial victim’s number
4. Play recorded mesesage
NHK Safety Information Broadcast
NHK will be broadcasting safety information.
We accept any and all info of you and your family’s situaion.
Messages are also welcome.
Please call below,
03-5452-8800 050-3369-9680
Google Person Finder
Safety Information on Google
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=ja
Emergency Message Boards (for Individual phone companies)
au http://dengon.ezweb.ne.jp/service.do
docomo http://dengon.docomo.ne.jp/top.cgi?es=0
softbank http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/information/dengon/index.html
willcom http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/info/dengon/
i-mode http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/disaster/
NTT East Japan http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/saigai/voice171/
SOS Emergency Numbers
Police: 110
Ambulance/Fire Department: 119
In case of emergency near the sea: 118 (Japan Coast Guard)
List: Evacuation Sites
http://animal-navi.com/navi/map/map.html
Manual for Earthquakes
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2129850837113580401
NHK Disaster Information
Disaster Information for Individual Regions
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/saigai/jishin/index.html
Anti-Earthquake Procedures
Very detailed.
http://i.2chblog.jp/archives/2389640.html
Tokyo is currently experiencing shortages on food and supplies. If you are in Tokyo please buy only what you need. My friends Grandmother is elderly and had to walk to three shops to get what she needed so please consider others at this scary time. Be careful of scaremongering and other false information from untrusted media.
I have made a list of the people I am following on twitter for information about the quake. Twitter has been invaluable for me through this disaster. You can also follow Hello Sandwich Twitter
as I am constantly updating and retweeting with information.
PLEASE HELP
I am selling the PDF of my Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping for $5 and all money raised will go to the Red Cross to support survivors and rebuild Japan. PLEASE HELP. Please donate and ask your friends to donate.
Here is some good information about other places to donate. You can also donate through my friends raffles here and here.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Update
As a precaution I'm flying to Sydney tomorrow night while the nuclear concerns pass. A lot of my friends have fled Tokyo to Osaka an Kyushu. It's a precaution only. Please be safe everyone.
Earthquake update
Hello Sandwiches,
Thank you for all of your messages.
I'm updating constantly when possible on my twitter. It's still terrifying times here in Tokyo. Tremors all the time and everyone is concerned for a possible number 7 quake within the next three days and the nuclear reactor is a worry. I have my go bag packed. The overall mood in Tokyo is calm.
Our hearts are with those in Sendai.
Please stay safe everyone.
Love Sandwich
xoxo
Thank you for all of your messages.
I'm updating constantly when possible on my twitter. It's still terrifying times here in Tokyo. Tremors all the time and everyone is concerned for a possible number 7 quake within the next three days and the nuclear reactor is a worry. I have my go bag packed. The overall mood in Tokyo is calm.
Our hearts are with those in Sendai.
Please stay safe everyone.
Love Sandwich
xoxo
Earthquake
Thank you everyone for your messages and concerns. My friends and I are all safe at the moment but it's absolutely terrifying. There are still regular tremors and quakes in Tokyo and as terrifying as it is here our hearts go out to those in Sendai.
Please all stay safe.
Sandwich x
Please all stay safe.
Sandwich x
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hello Sandwich Stockists
Hello Sandwiches!
I am sure you all know and love Supermarket Sarah and her amazeballs wall installations (above). And I'm so thrilled to announce that the Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Zine is now stocked in the Supermarket Sarah shop at SELFRIDGES! Wa!
I'm just about to send my second order through to Sarah so if you're in London and you'd like a zine, pop in Selfridges to check in a week or so!
Supermarket Sarah at Selfridges picture thank you very much Alex Loves.
In other exciting news, the lovely Kyoto bookstore Keibunsha are also stocking the Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Zine!
Thank you Keibunsha for writing this lovely review here:
東京を拠点に活動するオーストラリア人デザイナー／アーティストであるEBONY BIZYS。彼女のブログ、”HELLO SANDWICH”ではストレンジャーの視点から発見した東京の日常、そしてクリエイティブにまつわるささやかな情報が満載。本書は、そんな彼女が日本で 見つけた素材を利用したキュートなギフトラッピング法を披露したリトルプレス。テキストは英語ですが、図版入りでとても易しい内容。日本の素材を彼女の目 でミックスすれば、こんなにかわいらしいプレゼントのできあがあり。EBONY BIZYSのブログはこちら（http://hellosandwich.blogspot.com/）
And beautiful Nagoya bookshop On Reading will also stock my zine from next week!
Melbourne and Sydney-siders you can have a flick through the Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Zine at Mag Nation!
Or Melbourne folk can also pop into Third Drawer Down and have a flick through my zine!
The Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Zine is also stocked at:
Nook
Little Paper Lane
Perimeter Books
Uguisu
Newspaper Taxi
Little Shop of Handmade
Blackbird Corner
Little Jane Street
Sweets Workshop
Leeloo
Happy Boutique
Gosto - Design & Lifestyle
Peikonpoika
Thank you so much to all of my lovely stockists!
Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xoxo
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunshine Park Workshop
Today I helped out at the Sunshine to you workshop at Rocket Gallery! It was such a lovely afternoon. Together we made a park out of fabric pieces from Sunshine to You, and paper pieces from Hello Sandwich HQ!
Kihara-san is super talented. Her beautiful zine was also in the Girls Zine book that Hello Sandwich was featured in. Kihara-san makes many beautiful products including garments, bags and these amazing picnic mats. She also screen prints her own gorgeous fabrics. You can see Kihara-san's full range of products here.
ありがとうきはらーさん！今日とても楽しかったです！
Here is a little video I made of the workshop.
Adorable letter set containing seeds to grow vegetables!
The talented Nakamura-san made this bookshelf (and the above hut roof) from recycled timber. And at the end of the day he also made us all hotcakes!
ありがとうなかむらさん！おいしかったです！
I hope you all had a lovely weekend!
Love Love
Sandwich
xoxo
Friday, March 4, 2011
VOGUE Japan Style Blogger
Hello Sandwiches!
Happy Weekend (almost)!
The lovely team at Vogue.co.jp took me out to lunch today and invited me to blog (in Japanese - eeep! but with an English translation!) over at vogue.co.jp as a 'Style Blogger'. I'm so excited!
We are still preparing and setting up the blog but The Hello Sandwich VOGUE Japan blog will be live in just over a week!
Hope you have a lovely weekend Sandwiches! I'm going to see some exhibitions with some friends and I'm also helping out an artist with her craft workshop! I will take some pics for you.
Love Love
Sandwich
xoxo
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