［Tohoku Support: Now recruiting volunteers!］On August 24th and the 25th Cleanup Activity at Tsukinoiura on the Oshika Peninsula, Place of San Juan Bautista’s setting out on a voyage 400 years ago.

On August 24th and the 25th, 2013, JEN will recruit volunteers to clean up beaches, side ditches and weed at Tsukiura on the Oshika Peninsula as reconstruction assistance. Tshukinoura is well known as a port where Japanese senior envoy to Europe in the Keicho era led by Tsunenaga Hasekura, a feudatory to Sendai Domain, put out to sea aboard San Juan Bautista, a tall ship, and ventured across the Pacific Ocean 400 years ago in order to launch trade negotiations with Spain.

【San Juan Bautista(replica) exhibited at Sasunohama on the Oshika Peninsula.】

This year marked the quardricentennial anniversary of San Juan Bautista’s sailing from Tsukinoura and so many tourist have been visiting Tsukinoura, But some of the rubbles caused by the Tohoku Earthquake have been left unremoved.

【The cleanup activity was first carried out on July 24.】

In Tsukinoura, there are many relics from the past such as Nanban Well (It’s been told San Juan Bautista was loaded with drinking water from this well), a stone monument and so on. JEN conducts the upcoming activities by request from a local community in Tsukinoura district. Your cooperation is needed. We hope that you will be joining us!

The activity plan is as follows:
1. The work days are from 8:30 a.m. on Saturday 24th August to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday 25th August.

2. The designated meeting place; in front of JEN Ishinomaki Office.

3. What to bring; Towel, Rubber Boots, Shoe soles to prevent nails from running into your feet, Rubber gloves.

4. The timetable of the work is shown below;
8:00 Rally in front of JEN Ishinomaki office, Departure for Tsukinoura.

9:00 Arrival at Tsukinoura on the Oshika Peninsula, Beginning of working hour.

12:00 Lunch.

13:00 Beginning of working hour.

15:00 End of work.

16:30 Arrival at JEN Ishinomaki Office, Disbanding.

5. How to apply for registration;
- Registrations (for the event) will be accepted via JEN’s website until 6:00 p.m. August 16, 2013.
- Observe basic precautions in participating JEN volunteer activities as well.

6. The number of participants is 20.