New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy Air Jordan 6 Retro For Sale , flanked by a Japanese school child, uses a brush to write a Japanese word or character meaning "Friends" as she tried a calligraphy lesson at Mangokuura Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, in this photo released by Kyodo November 25, 2013. [PhotoAgencies] New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shows her work of a Japanese word meaning "Friends" as she participated in a calligraphy lesson with children at Mangokuura Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, in this photo released by Kyodo November 25 Air Jordan 4 Retro For Sale , 2013. [PhotoAgencies] New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shows her work of a Japanese word meaning "Friends" as she participated in a calligraphy lesson with children at Mangokuura Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, in this photo released by Kyodo November 25, 2013. [PhotoAgencies] New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) chats with a tsunami survivors at Nakasemachi temporary housing complex in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecutre, in this photo released by Kyodo November 25, 2013. [PhotoAgencies] New US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) chats with a tsunami survivors at Nakasemachi temporary housing complex in Minamisanriku Air Jordan 11 Retro For Sale , Miyagi Prefecutre, in this photo released by Kyodo November 25, 2013. [PhotoAgencies] Caroline Kennedy is making a two-day visit to areas devastated by the 2011 tsunami to meet survivors and highlight America's commitment to supporting its ally. Caroline Kennedy is making a two-day visit to areas devastated by the 2011 tsunami to meet survivors and highlight America's commitment to supporting its ally. Caroline Kennedy is making a two-day visit to areas devastated by the 2011 tsunami to meet survivors and highlight America's commitment to supporting its ally.
Just 10 days after arriving in Japan as the new U.S. ambassador, Caroline Kennedy is making a two-day visit to areas devastated by the 2011 tsunami to meet survivors and highlight America's commitment to supporting its ally.
The appointment of the daughter of President John F. Kennedy has been popular among Japanese, and it was no different at a temporary housing site in Minamisanriku, a city mostly destroyed by the tsunami.
Kennedy sat down for tea with women still living in tiny temporary housing units nearly three years after the disaster. Of 197 homes in their district, only nine were left standing. A project started by volunteers makes crocheted and knitted dish scrubbers shaped like sea creatures for sale Air Jordan 1 Retro For Sale , and Kennedy asked to buy some to give as Christmas gifts.
"Working on these things, we have to concentrate, or we drop stitches. That helps us to forget what we've lost," said Akiko Sugawara, 64, one of about a half dozen residents who spent much of an hour chatting with Kennedy.
"Until I came here it was hard to really comprehend the extent of your losses. I admire your courage and resilience," Kennedy said.
