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Foster a Friend – Nicki
Posted on April 15, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2012, Foster a Friend, Selena's blogSweet Nicki is a beautiful grey and white girl found in the evacuated area of Namie, Fukushima. She came running up to us extremely hungry, and chowed down while telling us loudly about her personal problems. She was so friendly and personable that we were able to scoot her into a carrier from the road, [...]
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Volunteer spotlight – Takumi
Posted on April 11, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2012, Inawashiro, volunteer spotlighThe fabulous Takumi comes to us from Tokyo, but he quit the big city to lend a hand in Tohoku! Takumi is all around awesome, caring for all the animals around the clock, driving, going on rescue and feeding missions, making phone calls, translating, and being generally indispensable. Takumi has been with us full time [...]
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sacred spaces
Posted on April 6, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2012, Events, Inawashiro, Selena's blogbeautiful food At the beginning of April we had a benefit buffet lunch at Kamejikan (Turtle Time? Whoever named that place wins) in the historic temple town of Kamakura, a rustic old building refurbished into a guesthouse whose owners graciously volunteered the space to hold an event for us. The lunch was catered by [...]
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Volunteer spotlight – Stuart
Posted on April 1, 2012 by jcnadmin in volunteer spotlighWe’d like to use this space to acknowledge some of the stellar volunteers that have helped us out and that make JCN possible! Veteranarian Stuart Easby came to us all the way from England! We first met him a year ago, when he came out to rescue and care for animals shortly after the 3/11 [...]
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Need a chocolate fix?
Posted on March 26, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2011, EventsWho doesn’t? Here at JCN we think there is no better chocolate than Easter chocolate. For some reason chocolate just tastes better when it’s egg shaped. Maybe it’s our affinity for chickens? Regardless, one of our fantabulous JCN volunteers, Janelle, has organized a raffle for some addictive artisan Easter chocolates imported to Japan from the [...]
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3/11 Remembrance Event
Posted on March 12, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2011, EventsMarch 11, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake/tsunami/radiation disaster that forever changed Fukushima Prefecture and all of Japan. JCN hosted a BBQ fundraiser in remembrance of those lives, both human and animal, lost on that day and in the subsequent months. Thousands remain displaced from their homes even after a whole [...]
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Pico’s Rescue and Recovery
Posted on March 7, 2012 by jcnadmin in InawashiroThis is Pico! She was rescued on January 28th from the 20 kilometer zone. She had been left there by a family that had no where else to keep her, and she was found with information attached to her collar. The family has been contacted and are happy that we can keep Pico for them [...]
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Out and About
Posted on February 20, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2012, Inawashiro, Selena's blogIt’s still cold as crikey up in the radioactive north, but spring is starting to rear its head, for which I am hella grateful. This week, my mask-wearing mug is appearing in The Big Issue (Japan), a magazine sold by homeless vendors outside of major train stations. The article is about the work of Japan [...]
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Omedetou!
Posted on January 27, 2012 by jcnadmin in 2012, Events, Inawashiro, Selena's blogChibi found a foster home! King found a foster home! Photo by Anri Harada Fabrot Cleo found a forever home! Photo by Susan Roberts Kangaroo was adopted! Photo by Annabelle Ratcliffe Melanie and Diggory and Hinata went to foster! Paul was adopted! Photo by Sylvia Hatsutani This is the best part. Finding places that these [...]
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Ryoma, the Trans-Pacific Shiba aka Shibathon 2011
Posted on December 16, 2011 by jcnadmin in 2011, Alex's BlogEarly last week I received an email from the amazing Amber (of Bayou Rescue fame). Her friend had a friend (had a friend had a friend…) who was looking for a Shiba Inu and Amber wondered if I knew of any who needed a home. At Inawashiro we didn’t have any shiba who were available (several shiba [...]
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