Love Letter for Tomorrow at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham UK

It says 'Love Letter for Tomorrow'.

Broadway Cinema in Nottingham on the opening day of The Japan Foundation Japanese film  touring kindly offered us  a place to display some photos of 'Love Letter for Tomorrow', a project that the community of Akasakicho, Ofunato city in Tohoku and to engage with visitors to talk about what's happening in Tohoku five years after the tsunami.

We would like to extend our special thanks to Mr Yu Niimura to share the photographs and the story of the project.

About the project: 

This is a sculpture called 'Love Letter for Tomorrow', which is designed by Mido Harada, a sculptor and an artist and has been constructed since after the Tsunami 2011. The project was created by Shuichi Shida, a local person from the town to bring hope and revitalise the area, which was totally destroyed by the disaster. All the tiles used to make this human DNA shaped sculpture are all from debris collected after the tsunami. The colours represent the nature of the earth: blue sky, white clouds, blue deep sea, red fire and autumn leaves. It's a collaboration between the people of the town and  anyone visiting the area. There have been many people visiting from other places in Japan and overseas and lending a hand with the project. It is due to be completed by the end of 2016 and will become a place for the local community to get together. 

More stories about the project visit Facebook page. 

due to complete by the end of 2016

lending a hand with the project 

This place was once totally destroyed by the tsunami but 

it's becoming a place for the community to get together. 

Visitors and Ganbare Japan volunteers

Origami and bookmarks of names in Japanese were given away to visitors.