{"id":25737,"date":"2012-06-17T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=25737"},"modified":"2012-06-17T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T15:11:46","slug":"fukushima-jet-alum-sets-up-kickstarter-fund-to-support-his-fukushima-documentary-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/17\/fukushima-jet-alum-sets-up-kickstarter-fund-to-support-his-fukushima-documentary-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima JET alum sets up Kickstarter fund to support his Fukushima documentary project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Darryl Wharton-Rigby (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753162&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukushima<\/a>-ken, Kawamata-cho, 2005-07)<\/strong>\u00a0has set up a Kickstarter fund to support his documentary project about Fukushima, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1241316848\/don-doko-don-the-yamakiya-taiko-drum-club-project\">&#8220;Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Drum Club Project.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>Darryl was also organized a <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/14\/fukushima-jet-alums-help-bring-fukushima-taiko-group-to-us\/\">project earlier this year<\/a>, together with former JETAA DC President\u00a0<strong>Michelle Spezzacatena (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753162&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukushima<\/a>-ken, Kawamata-cho, 2002-05)\u00a0<\/strong>that brought the Kawamata taiko group to D.C. for the Cherry Blossom Festival.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here&#8217;s a little info about the project from the Kickstarter page:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Don Doko Don: The Yamakiya Taiko Club Story<\/strong>\u00a0follows an award winning Japanese Taiko Drum Troop \u2013 comprised entirely of kids, teens and 20-year-olds \u2013 living in Yamakiya, a small town near the failed Fukushima nuclear power plant. \u00a0The group is forced to flee their homes and beloved mountain community after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster wreaked devastation on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u3069\u3093\u3069\u3053\u3069\u3093\u300d\uff1a\u3053\u306e\u6620\u753b\u306f\u3001\u6570\u3005\u306e\u53d7\u8cde\u6b74\u306e\u3042\u308b\u548c\u592a\u9f13\u306e\u56e3\u4f53\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3001\u5c71\u6728\u5c4b\u592a\u9f13\u30af\u30e9\u30d6\u306e\u30c9\u30ad\u30e5\u30e1\u30f3\u30bf\u30ea\u30fc\u6620\u753b\u3067\u3059\u3002\u5c71\u6728\u5c4b\u592a\u9f13\u30af\u30e9\u30d6\u306f\u5c71\u6728\u5c4b\u5e02\u5185\u306e\u300110\u6b73\u4ee5\u4e0b\u306e\u5b50\u4f9b\u308410\u4ee3\u306e\u5b66\u751f\u305d\u3057\u306620\u6b73\u306e\u9752\u5e74\u304b\u3089\u69cb\u6210\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u305f\u3061\u306f\u5730\u9707\u30fb\u6d25\u6ce2\u305d\u3057\u3066\u798f\u5cf6\u539f\u767a\u4e8b\u6545\u306e\u5f71\u97ff\u3067\u3001\u4eca\u73fe\u5728\u3082\u306a\u304a\u5b9f\u5bb6\u3084\u89aa\u3057\u3093\u3060\u5730\u5143\u304b\u3089\u907f\u96e3\u3092\u4f59\u5100\u306a\u304f\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u72b6\u6cc1\u306b\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Living as refugees and scattered around the countryside outside and within the radiation zone, the brave Taiko troop struggles to stay together and practice; trying to keep alive the spirit of their community &#8211; and the hope of returning home one day. 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