SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 18, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 18, 2011 Guide to the Great East Japan Earthquake Today marks 100 days since the earthquake on March 11th. We thought that there was a real need to provide clear and honest information about what happened and how it has affected Japan - and how it might affect next snow season as well. So we have put together a bit of a guide to it all which you can find here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/japan-tohoku-earthquake There are four pages to the Guide: - the events of the day; - radiation concerns; - feedback from over 50 people living in different snow regions of Japan; - links to other resources for more information. We hope that you find it to be a good source of reliable information. I would like to point out that we are very open to ideas on what could be added to the guide to improve it and we also welcome further comments and feedback from other people living around Japan - whether they are areas already covered or places not yet on the list. If you have feedback to go on that page, please use the form that we have linked to in that section. The more the better. So we do plan to update this section as necessary. Anyway, hope you think it fits the purpose and we would like to thank all of the people who took the time to contribute and the people who helped check through it in the last few days. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/japan-tohoku-earthquake If you feel this is a useful resource, please do help spread the word by sharing the link. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
gnarly-dude 1 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Great job there guys. Excellent work. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 A lot of reading there. I like it, very good job chaps. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Really great to read all those comments from people in different areas. Well done, good work. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 That's really good - feedback section is a really good idea to have as well as just saying what happened. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Seriously, you guys are great and deserve nothing less but praise. Really, wow. Simply wow. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hate that name Great East Japan Earthquake. Bloody Awful East Japan Earthquake if you ask me. This guide you have kindly made though is, I would say, great. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 What a fine jou have done with that, very balanced as always. Some interesting comments from people. Seems in some ways the Nagano quake had more 'ski resort region' impact than the Tohoku one. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Ok read it all now. Good stuff, will pass that on. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Great work folks. Information like this is going to be so important this coming season. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Originally Posted By: JellyBelly Seems in some ways the Nagano quake had more 'ski resort region' impact than the Tohoku one. I would say definitely, for those around Nagano-Niigata.... which obviously has a large concentration of skijo. Then again, the only skijo I heard of as actually sustaining damage was Nozawa. I think we can presume the small Sakae resort got hit too. So really however dramatic it all was, very little direct impact. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Oh yes and well done on the guide guys. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 20, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks for the comments. Keen to hear more as well (either here or mail/pm) including any ways to improve it and any further comments to add to that feedback page. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Nicely put together. Will there be a links for places to donate to (especially organizations on the ground who are perhaps quicker than red cross in putting the money to good immediate use)? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 20, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 20, 2011 We can certainly consider that as an addition, the question is.... which places. Please do email me if you can with further info on that sunrise. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 That could easily have come across like a marketing campaign, but it totally doesn't in any way. I really respect that, yappari. Well done. One thing, on the Events page how about adding a bit about the blackouts and hoarding that went on for a while. I think thats part of the story too. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 20, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 20, 2011 Didn't think of that. Can someone remind me of how long those planned blackouts went on for and what regions? I know Niigata had some planned, but they never happened. Curt, we did have a few people submit comments for the feedback section that really did sound like marketing blurb, and a few insisting that we also put their business name and website link if we used their comments. It just did not seem to fit into what we were trying to do (and what they said was basically covered in other comments). Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Very interesting. Thanks for putting that together. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Can't quite remember how it all played out but shortages round these parts didn't really go on for long at all and same with blackouts. Not much help that. Anyone with a better memory? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 20, 2011 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 20, 2011 OK added a short paragraph about the power blackouts and shortages to the main page to make the account of events more complete. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Very well made pages there, thanks for doing that. Link to post Share on other sites
lillowy 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi everyone A friend sent me a link to this last night as she knows we were originally thinking of visiting Japan next winter but wary because of what has gone on. Fabulous information, it really does make the situation clear and it's fantastic to hear from the people who live in those areas. Certainly put my mind at easy. It was getting difficult to know what the situation was now and lots of things that you don't know whether to believe or not. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Originally Posted By: SJ-David OK added a short paragraph about the power blackouts and shortages to the main page to make the account of events more complete. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Showed this to a Japanese friend of mine who owns a hotel - he was pleased to see it. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks for putting that together, good job. Link to post Share on other sites
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