{"id":549,"date":"2012-01-07T03:01:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2012-01-21T03:26:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:26:17","slug":"fukushima-1-year-after-the-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/07\/fukushima-1-year-after-the-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima 1 Year After the Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why do Fukushima farmers stay on contaminated land? \u798f\u5cf6\u306e\u571f\u5730\u306b\u6b8b\u308b\u8fb2\u5bb6\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XYjLRsqZvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Fukushima farmers&#8217; rice harvest sits in stockpiles, mostly unsold after radioactive cesium was detected in samples in and outside of the prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to sell their rice, Fukushima organic farmers have become educators, promoting understanding among their customers about the interconnections of land use, energy consumption, and traditional culture.<\/p>\n<p>Despite staggering odds, most of the farmers remain committed to preserving and recovering their land for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>We return to Fukushima this March to capture the recovery efforts a year after the 3\/11 tsunami, earthquake and nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.highconceptlaboratories.org\/assets\/images\/hcl-logo.png\" alt=\"High Concept Laboratories\" \/>To support this endeavor, nonprofit arts support organization <a href=\"http:\/\/highconceptlaboratories.org\" target=\"_blank\">High Concept Laboratories<\/a> presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/127366690714464\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fukushima: 1 Year After the Meltdown<\/a>, a benefit reception for <em>Uncanny Terrain<\/em>, Sunday, Feb. 5, 5-8 p.m. at <a title=\"High Concept Laboratories\" href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/yvbhd\" target=\"_blank\">1401 W. Wabansia<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The MIYUMI Project\" src=\"http:\/\/miyumiproject.com\/img\/2010sep2_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"169\" \/>From 6-7 p.m. we&#8217;ll screen a preview video with live accompaniment by our composer <a title=\"Tatsu Aoki\" href=\"http:\/\/tatsuaoki.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsu Aoki<\/a> and his band <a title=\"The MIYUMI Project \" href=\"http:\/\/miyumiproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">The MIYUMI Project<\/a>, which performs a fusion of jazz and Japanese classical music.<\/p>\n<p>Tatsu is a jazz bassist and a leader of the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival and Tsukasa Taiko Legacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musashimixinq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/revolutions-in-spring1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Revolutions in Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musashimixinq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/revolutions-in-spring1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><a title=\"David Tanimura\" href=\"http:\/\/musashimixinq.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Tanimura<\/a> will showcase his digital collages inspired by the nuclear crisis. Refreshments will be served. The reception is free but <a title=\"RSVP\" href=\"mailto:uncannyterrain@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">rsvp<\/a> is required, and <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\" target=\"_blank\">tax-deductible donations<\/a> to the film are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Not in Chicago? Can&#8217;t make it? Want to help today? We continue to gratefully accept online <a title=\"donate\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\" target=\"_blank\">tax-deductible donations<\/a> in support of <em>Uncanny Terrain<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why do Fukushima farmers stay on contaminated land? \u798f\u5cf6\u306e\u571f\u5730\u306b\u6b8b\u308b\u8fb2\u5bb6\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XYjLRsqZvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Fukushima farmers&#8217; rice harvest sits in stockpiles, mostly unsold after radioactive cesium was detected in samples in and outside of the prefecture.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to sell their rice, Fukushima organic farmers have become educators, promoting understanding among their customers about the interconnections of land use, energy consumption, and traditional culture.<\/p>\n<p>Despite staggering odds, most of the farmers remain committed to preserving and recovering their land for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>We return to Fukushima this March to capture the recovery efforts a year after the 3\/11 tsunami, earthquake and nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.highconceptlaboratories.org\/assets\/images\/hcl-logo.png\" alt=\"High Concept Laboratories\" \/>To support this endeavor, nonprofit arts support organization <a href=\"http:\/\/highconceptlaboratories.org\" target=\"_blank\">High Concept Laboratories<\/a> presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/127366690714464\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fukushima: 1 Year After the Meltdown<\/a>, a benefit reception for <em>Uncanny Terrain<\/em>, Sunday, Feb. 5, 5-8 p.m. at <a title=\"High Concept Laboratories\" href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/yvbhd\" target=\"_blank\">1401 W. Wabansia<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The MIYUMI Project\" src=\"http:\/\/miyumiproject.com\/img\/2010sep2_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"169\" \/>From 6-7 p.m. we&#8217;ll screen a preview video with live accompaniment by our composer <a title=\"Tatsu Aoki\" href=\"http:\/\/tatsuaoki.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsu Aoki<\/a> and his band <a title=\"The MIYUMI Project \" href=\"http:\/\/miyumiproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">The MIYUMI Project<\/a>, which performs a fusion of jazz and Japanese classical music.<\/p>\n<p>Tatsu is a jazz bassist and a leader of the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival and Tsukasa Taiko Legacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musashimixinq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/revolutions-in-spring1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Revolutions in Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musashimixinq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/revolutions-in-spring1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><a title=\"David Tanimura\" href=\"http:\/\/musashimixinq.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Tanimura<\/a> will showcase his digital collages inspired by the nuclear crisis. Refreshments will be served. The reception is free but <a title=\"RSVP\" href=\"mailto:uncannyterrain@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">rsvp<\/a> is required, and <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\" target=\"_blank\">tax-deductible donations<\/a> to the film are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Not in Chicago? Can&#8217;t make it? Want to help today? We continue to gratefully accept online <a title=\"donate\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\" target=\"_blank\">tax-deductible donations<\/a> in support of <em>Uncanny Terrain<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,364,367,167,200,16,370,363,6,361,145,107,17,9,358,368,359,104,366,360,18,19,11,365,80,7,14,12,15,71,369,362,274],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-agriculture","tag-art","tag-bass","tag-cesium","tag-chicago","tag-contamination","tag-daishichi","tag-david-tanimura","tag-documentary","tag-ed","tag-farm","tag-film","tag-food","tag-fukushima","tag-health","tag-high-concept-laboratories","tag-independent","tag-japan","tag-jazz","tag-junko","tag-kajino","tag-koziarski","tag-meltdown","tag-music","tag-natural","tag-nuclear","tag-organic","tag-radiation","tag-rice","tag-safety","tag-sake","tag-tatsu-aoki","tag-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}