23 gifts for Sendai Japan from Eau Claire Wisconsin

This week we found out we are going to visit Sendai:

"On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city of Sendai suffered catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 off shore earthquake which triggered a destructive tsunami. It's the largest city in the Tohoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities". 

According to the Kizuna office, because students will be visiting locations where large numbers of people lost their lives, the planning committee asks that school groups refrain from wearing particularly colorful or flashy clothing. Please ask your students to wear more muted and dull colors so as to not offend community members.

One of our ideas to visit Sendai is bringing "a bit of Wisconsin" to Sendai people to share. All 23 Kizuna crew member brought gifts from Wisconsin!  Here is a picture of the items:

Hope Sendai people get know about Wisconsin!

Kizuna T-shirt, Music and Paint

Thank you very much for people who were working hard for trip items:

T-shirt design: Kai Rasmussen

Music CD Directors: Alex DeLakis and Sydney Wolfe

Paintings of Memorial High School for gift for School in Japan: Mikayla Olsen and Aizah Javaid  

We were on Front Page of Eau Claire newspaper!

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Japan trip designed to give EC teens insights on culture, nature's power

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Students to visit Japan

Eau Claire Memorial Japanese language students, from left, Sydney Wolfe, Samuel Jackson, Sheyengphia Her, Alex Delakis and Aiyzah Javaid will travel to two Japanese cities, Tokyo and Sendai. Some North students also are part of the group, which will work on projects related to the 2011 tsunami.

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Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:26 pm | Updated: 8:02 am, Tue Feb 26, 2013.

By Jon Swedien Leader-Telegram staff | 0 comments

Twenty-three Eau Claire high school students are set to embark on a trip to Japan, where they'll assist ongoing efforts to help the nation recover from a devastating tsunami and learn more about the nation's culture.

The students will depart Monday and will spend two weeks in Japan, living with host families and working on community rehabilitation projects.

Although two years removed from the devastating natural disaster, many Japanese communities are still working to return to normalcy, said Hiroko Nagai, a Japanese language teacher at Memorial High School, who help organize and is chaperoning the trip.

"People are still living under harsh conditions," she said.

Students from both Eau Claire Memorial and North high schools who are enrolled in Japanese classes will make the trip. The students said they are excited.

"It'll be fun to use the skills we're learning (in class) in a real setting," said Memorial student Alex Delakis.

Nagai said the students will plant gardens and repair damaged libraries, among other projects aimed at helping communities improve their quality of life after being hit by the tsunami.

Memorial student Samuel Jackson said he's excited to be able to lend a helping hand to folks hurt by the tsunami.

The Laurasian Institution and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, both of which promote cultural outreach to Asian nations, organized and are financing the trip under a program called the Kizuna Project.

The Eau Claire schools are two of just eight in the United States making the trip, said Kristin Craker, Memorial High School partnership coordinator.

The Eau Claire students will split their time between Tokyo and Sendai — a northern Japanese city that was hit hard by the tsunami.

They will be doing volunteer work while they're in Sendai. And they'll have opportunities to do some sightseeing while in Tokyo, according to the Kizuna Project website.

Swedien can be reached at 715-833-9214, 800-236-7077 or jon.swedien@ecpc.com.

Kizuna 2013 # 7 Wed mtg

1.Ideas for games at Middle school visit 

Duck Duck House

Heads up seven up

Bingo

Tic tac toe

Simon says

Hang man

Ninja

Charades

Pictionary

Sound in motion

J-Quiz 2013 Memorial High School 2nd place!

Team: Reed, Sheyengphia, Aizah

On Saturday, February 16, 2013, high school students from all over Minnesota and Wisconsin will gather together to put their knowledge of Japanese Language and Culture to the test! <http://mn-japan.org/2013/01/j-quiz-2013-2/>

Kizuna 2013 #6 Wed mtg

1. We worked on Group speech.
2. We got Kizuna T-shirt!!! Thanks to Kai.
3. We worked on Family picture for hostfamily in Japan.
4. Keep working on your photo album.
5.  Feb 19: (Tuesday) 7pm-8pm (on time, please

Parent’s Mandatory meeting in Little Theatre at Memorial High School

Speech

1.	ミッケイラ グラント	こんにちわ！わたしたちは、アメリカウイスコンシン州からきました。とってもさむいところです。きょう、みんなで、わたしたちのまちをしょうかいします。
2.	ファー ネイソン（N）	アメリカへいったことがありますか？ アメリカから日本までひこうきで、１２じかんくらいかかります。
3.  .	シェンピア タイグ	私たちがすんでいるまちは、ウイスコンシン州オークレア市です。ウイスコンシン州はアメリカのきたにあるので、雪がおおくてさむいです。
4.  .	ジドニー ビクター	12月から4月ごろまで、雪がふります。 だから、冬のスポーツがいろいろできます。スキーとかスケートとかできます。
5.  .	メガン レイ	北海道（ほっかいどう）をしっていますか？行ったがありますか？ ウイスコンシン州は、北海道のようなところです。
6.  .	リア（J3） ネイソン（M）	ウイスコンシン州のチーズはおいしくてゆうめいです。 ウイスコンシン州のゆうめいな物は牛とチーズです
7.	アイザ オーエン	つぎ、私たちが住んでいるオークレア市をせつめいします。 シカゴ市を知っていますか？シカゴはアメリカで３ばんめに、大きいまちです。
8.  .	カイ アナ	オークレア市はシカゴ市のきたにあります。シカゴからオークレアまで車で5じかんくらいかかります。ミネソタ州のミネアポリス市がいちばん、ちかくて、大きい町です。
9.	サム ナイエ	オークレア市は人口六万人の小さい大学町です。 ウイスコンシン大学があります。オークレア市のいみはフランス語できれいな水といういみです。
10.  .	アレックス サマンサ	オークレア市はけしきがとてもきれいです。なつは、日がながくて、ゆうがた、８時ごろまで明るいです。
11.  .	マーティン リア（J2） エリザベス	どうですか？　わたしたちのまちのことが わかりましたか？　こことすこし、ちがいますが、とてもいいところです。 ぜひ、いつか、あそびにきてください。