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"As we attempted to escape our crumbling buildings, the electricity cut out, and we were left scrambling in the dark."

In Tremors from Kumamoto, from PKN Tokyo Vol. 135, PechaKucha Night Kumamoto team member Mari Nasaki recounts the days and weeks following Kumamoto's largest earthquake in centuries. She speaks of destruction, lack of sustenance and supplies, but also of hope. 

The was "PechaKucha of the Day" Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016.

Rimiko Yanai shares gives an facinating and highly informative glimpse into life in the modular temporary housing provided for residents in Kumamoto who lost their homes to the 2016 earthquakes. Her creative inginuity of using available materials and goods in unlikely ways shows how she has transformed a temporary house, into a temporary home. 

Pechakucha Night Kumamoto organizer, Yoshiharu Nakayama, shares all about the comminity that has been cultivated around their creative series there and how PechaKucha had made an impact for those affected by the earthquakes of 2016. 

 林田豊さんは、震災後の「写真で伝えたい熊本の現状」を紹介いただきました。

森本ひとみさんは、熊本地震後の写真を記録として、次の世代に残したいという思いを話していただきました。

片山広大さんは、チーム熊本として、前震発生後より物資配送に始まり多岐にわたる復興活動を行っています。中でも5,500tの支援物資の話は圧巻です。

ショーマーさんは、熊本とファッションとアートを融合させたファンタジーなアート作品を通じて被災地を応援する活動を話していただきました。

中村こどもさんは、こどもがピアノを弾けるように、一眼レフもきちんと教えれば何歳からでも写真が撮れるということを教えてくれました。