Post on 17-Dec-2015
Shimabara Diary
Cities on Volcanoes 5November 19-23, 2007
Portland to Tokyo/Narita – Flight time ~9 hours
Overnight at Hotel JAL City, Haneda
Comfortable accommodations
Early morning stroll through Haneda streets
Haneda reflections
Some things foreign, some familiar
Universal symbol
Haneda benchmark
On to Nagasaki from Haneda airport
COV5 shuttle bus, Nagasaki to Shimabara
These banners were everywhere in Shimabara City
Pre-meeting welcoming ceremony, Shimabara Fukko Arena
Pre-meeting welcoming ceremony, Shimabara Fukko Arena
Pre-meeting welcoming ceremony, Shimabara Fukko Arena
Pre-meeting welcoming ceremony, Shimabara Fukko Arena
Tsukumo Hotel – built on hummock from 1792 A.D. Shimabara Catastrophe
Tsukumo Hotel lobby
Tsukumo slippers
Night view of Shimabara Harbor from Tsukumo Hotel
Feeding seagulls from Tsukumo hotel balcony
School children welcome at Fukko Arena on opening morning of COV5
School children welcome at Fukko Arena on opening morning of COV5
School children welcome at Fukko Arena on opening morning of COV5
Shimabara Fukko Arena, COV5 venue, built on 1990-95 deposits from Mount Unzen
Handcrafting Zori sandals in Fukko Arena lobby
Mount Unzen from near Shimabara Fukko Arena
Agricultural fields, Shimabara City
Shimabara homes
Shimabara cemetery
Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall, adjacent to Fukko Arena
School children visiting Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Young visitor, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Exhibit, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Lobby and gift shop, Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
Dave and Eleanore Ramsey
Intra-meeting excursion, Unzen eruption disaster and recovery
Marta Lucia Calvache and Cynthia Gardner at Nita Pass, Mount Unzen
Jon Major, Glen Mattioli, and George Bergantz at Nita Pass, Mount Unzen
Hiromu Okada and Jack Lockwood
Marti and Jack Lockwood, Glenda and Chris Newhall
Tree planting ceremony, Heisei shinzan Nature Center, 2.3 km from 1990-95 lava dome
Shimabara house buried by Mount Unzen debris flow and adjacent new homes
Sabo channel, Shimabara City
Onokoba Elementary School, destroyed by pyroclastic surge on 15 September 1991
Steel bars bent by pyroclastic surge, Onokoba Elementary School
Pyroclastic surge damage, Onokoba Elementary School
Pyroclastic surge damage, Onokoba Elementary School
Pyroclastic surge damage, Onokoba Elementary School
Pyroclastic surge damage, Onokoba Elementary School
New visitor center adjacent to ruins of Onokoba Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Students welcoming COV5 participants, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Student unicycles, Shimabara 5th Elementary School
Shimabara Castle
Maidake drum performance
Maidake drum performance
Maidake drum performance
Children's kendo performance
Children's kendo performance
Koto (Japanese harp) performance
Shamisen (Japanese 3-String instrument) performance
Taiko (Japanese drum) performance
Helicopter flight to Mount Unzen
Helicopter flight to Mount Unzen
Jon Major and Kyle Anderson aboard Mount Unzen helicopter flight
Jon Major aboard Mount Unzen helicopter flight
Aerial view of Mount Unzen
Aerial view of Sabo channel, Shimabara City
Traditional drum performance, COV5 closing ceremony
Chris Newhall at COV5 closing ceremony
COV5 farewell banquet
COV5 farewell banquet
COV5 farewell banquet
COV5 farewell banquet
COV5 farewell banquet
Kiyomi Nakachi, Shimabara volunteer, at COV5 Farewell Party
Tears of joy from Shimabara volunteer, COV5 Farewell Party
With fond memories of Shimabara City and COV5