By Gentaro Yui | Director
Dear supporters,
Thank you for your support in creating sustainable learning center in Ogatsu. As you know, town of Ogatsu has suffered from tsunami in 2011. As of today, population is still under one thousand people, one fourth of what it use to be. Construction of permanent homes have started. Local government is now creating flat land in the hills.
However, we have been working very hard during this fall. Scheduled to open in summer of 2015, construction as well as hiring staff has been the main focus of our work. Creating outdoor bath has been exciting and engaging many locals as well as volunteers visiting Ogatsu. Using local natural material, clay and straw, combining with tradtitional Japanese technique, wall of the bath is completed. Overall construction will be completed by spring.
Also, we have named our center, MORIUMIUS. In Japanese, MORI means forest, UMI means ocean, and US means tomorrow. We would like to create the future of our children as well as community of Ogatsu in the rich field of forest and ocean. On October 7, announcing the name and schedule of MORIUIMUS. More than twenty media showed up and listen to the update of the project. MORIUMIUS has been featured in Huffington Post Japan!
We hope you have a wonderful holiday sason!
Warm regards,
Gentaro Yui
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