May 31, 2012
May 30th – we rented an 8 seater van with the intention to travel towards Sendai to see some of the coastal areas that had been completely destroyed. As we are on the Tsunami Debris leg of the voyage we thought it would be a good opportunity to see the actual...
May 31, 2012
We left Tokyo on Monday the 28th of May on the overnight bus to Fukushima. Being a Japanese bus it was quite comfortable and most of us slept relatively well. Another bus trip first thing in the morning (followed by a taxi ride) we arrived in Minamisouma at the...
May 28, 2012
Our scheduled departure date has now been changed to June 2nd. Tonight we will be leaving Tokyo to head to Fukushima to see the area of devastation caused by the tsunami. We will be volunteering to help out for a couple of days in any way we can as there is still so...
May 28, 2012
Held at TUAT (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology) the Plastic Symposium was a day to hear about the latest research findings on plastic issues, new research that is happening and findings from the first leg from Majuro to Tokyo. Our first speaker was...
May 28, 2012
It is Monday 28th of May and I have been in Tokyo for 2 days. On Saturday I settled into our accommodation ‘Fight House’ and met some of my crewmates. We went out to dinner at a local restaurant with the whole crew from leg one (who sailed to Tokyo) and all of the...
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