For Japan

16 years ago, Kobe was hit by a grave earthquake of approx level 7 magnitude. I experienced the earthquake through huge screen video and real recordings during the trip to Japan last year. すごい残酷。。。I dropped my tears when I look at the flashback. But the Japanese are strong. They believe firmly that hope is there. And the reconstruction after the earthquake took almost 3 years.

Now Japan was strucked by 8.9 magnitude. In case you do not know, level 8 earthquake is 32 times stronger than level 7. and 8.9 will be approx 921.6 times of level 7 earthquake. Aronud 6000 were killed in the previous earthquake, and now...? I cannot feel anything but sad, yet amazed, that they are able to stand up strong. I thank god that my Japanese friends are all right. For the victims in Japan, I will pray for them. みんなあきらめない！

The photos above were took when I went to Japan last year. Japan is such a beautiful country. Don't you agree? I like how the way they treat others, I like their culture, I like their personalities. Stay strong!

Here's a video to share:

konna ni tsumetai tobari no fukaku de

anata wa hitori de nemutteru

inori no utagoe  sabishii nohara wo

chiisa na hikari ga terashiteta

    Beneath a veil so cold,

    You deeply sleep, all alone

    The melody of prayer; on the lonely fields,

    a little light shined

anata no yume wo miteta

kodomo no you ni waratteta

natsukashiku mada tooku

sore wa mirai no yakusoku

    I watched as you dreamed

    You laughed like a child

    So dear, and yet so far -

    That is the promise of our future

itsuka midori no asa ni

itsuka tadoritsukeru to

fuyugareta kono sora wo

shinjiteiru kara

Fields of hope

    That one day, on a green morning,

    One day, we will make it there

    Because in this wintered sky

    We still believe

    Fields of Hope

umarete kita hi ni dakishimete kureta

yasashii ano te wo sagashiteru

inori no utagoe hitotsu kiete mata hajimaru

tayorinaku setsunaku tsuzuku

    On the day we were born, we were embraced

    And now we search for those gentle hands again

    The melody of prayer; one vanishes,

    And all begins again; a powerless, painful continuation

itsuka midori no asa e

subete no yoru wo koete

sore wa tada hitori zutsu

mitsukete yuku basho dakara

    One day, to that green morning,

    We'll cross through all these nights

    Because that is the place each one of us searches for

ima wa tada kono mune de

anata wo atatametai

natsukashiku mada tooi

yasuragi no tame ni

Fields of hope

    Now, within my own heart,

    I want to keep you warm

    So dear, and yet so far -

    In the name of peace

    Fields of Hope

natsukashiku mada tooi

yakusoku no nohara

Fields of hope

Fields of hope

    So dear, and yet so far -

    The fields of promise

    Fields of Hope

    Fields of Hope

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