Undercurrent would be something that Japanese over generation has been familiar with, which is surviving the natural disaster and rebuilding after great crisis. We are warned that another big earthquake is due, this time with epicenter of the quake even closer to Tokyo, but this time on the west side of it. We are still in the midst of uncertainty about the affect of nuclear disaster caused by the last great earthquake. We mourn for the victims. Yet those of us that survived it, and who have no choice but to remain and fight, for our children’s sake are trying to somehow make good out of it, and prepare the best we could to face and conquer the next disaster. Saying to ourselves, indeed, what exciting time, what gift it is to be in Tokyo area now! And our feeling spills over in trying to live full life, focusing on what we have at hand in our ordinary daily living.
FUJIKO SUDA 