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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! On Thursday, a 4.8-magnitude jishin, or earthquake, shook our Tokyo-based office - a great reminder that the following day would be Disaster Prevention Day! Today we bring you a Japanese culture class about this day, why it exists, what happens, and some good information about disaster preparation. Tune in and then drop by JapanesePod101.com for accompanying PDFs, and be sure to leave us a post!



This entry was posted on Saturday, September 2nd, 2006 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Japanese Culture Classes . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

23 Responses to “Japanese Culture Class #25 - Disaster Prevention Day”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, we hope you are having a great weekend!
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

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Norgus says:

You should recieve an instant ban for comments like ‘First post lol!’ sort of stuff. Its incredibly annoying to see such trolling.

Interesting podcast guys, I didn’t know much about disaster prevention.

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Naz says:

I dont think there’s much harm in having ppl trying to claim first place in the comments’ page. it just shows how much they look forward for the new podcasts. but that’s just my opinion. cant wait to listen to this one. ;p

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JockZon says:

Norgus, don’t be such a grown-up. It is comfortable to play and be childish once in a while. :cool:

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katie says:

i’m on vacation…i thought i would be okay but i’m going through japanesepod101 withdrawal, seriously

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Mark says:

So many lessons to catch up on.

Katieさん - seems like many people are on vacation this week. Hope you’re having a good vacation! :D

Eranさん - I didn’t get an e-mail notification about today’s JCC.

Have a great weekend everyone. :D

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Daniel Beck says:

Peterちゃん、

Around here we use さん. :wink: You kept adding it to Yoshiさん’s name, but not to Chigusaさん. And if either of the two deserve respect… :lol:

Oh, and do you think your wife really wants you to be broadcasting to the world how unprepared you are for a disaster? Get on the ball man! D’oh, I better do the same. :oops:

Yoshiさん、

Weak sauce there with the “very nice.” :roll: Don’t you know it’s “very very nice”? :lol: And next time Peterちゃん asks you 「お元気ですか?」, be sure to answer 「せいこちょ」(not 絶好調). :twisted:

Oh, and don’t worry. I was able to read your “missing” comment. :lol:

Norgusさん、

Something tells me that you don’t know what “trolling” means. Pretty ironic, I thought.

Katieさん、

Hope you can get your fix of JP101 soon! :smile:

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Yoshi says:

Daniel Beck-san,

Oh good you saw it! :wink: I was wondering where it went… I’m still learning how far I can go with this :roll:

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Peter says:

Yoshi-san, we’ll chat Monday. :wink:

Daniel-san, we used to use san around here, until someone starting using chan. :wink: Also, I am proud to report that today we will build our natural disaster stock. We’re starting with food and water supplies. :wink:

Katie-san, ima doko desu ka?

JockZon-san, we filmed the other day, and Chigusa and Yoshi saw the video! Can’t wait to release the upcoming videos! :grin:

Naz-san, what did you think of today’s lesson?

Norgus-san, disaster prevention is something that I really only looked into as a result of this lesson. It is quite interesting, and at the same time, quite scary. My wife and I actually talked about what to do in the case we are seperated or in seperate locations at the time of such a event. I did some independent poling of Japanese friends, and most had no idea what to do if there was a major disaster and they lost everything. They asked me the same question, and I also had no idea! Very, very sobering.

Anne-san, welcome to the site.

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Daniel Beck says:

Yoshiさん、

Uh oh! Looks like you may be in trouble. :shock:

Peterちゃん、

Touché! :razz:

Good work on getting your stock together. :smile: I’ve got the water (thank you Costco!), and food. Flashlight too. But, I think we need to get some first aid type things together as well as securing some rather heavy bookshelves to the wall! :shock: 頑張ろう!

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Peter says:

Mark-san, thanks for the heads up about the e-mail notification! :grin: BTW, what lesson are you up to?

Daniel-san, let’s compare notes tomorrow, as I’m doing some last minute inventory. :wink:

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Alan says:

I’ve got most of that except the helmet and the instant ramen. No eathquakes to worry about here though. I wonder how you prepare the ramen with the power out though.

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Hugo says:

Hai guys, well I think what I survive to the last friday test :shock: I can’t wait for the qualification. :twisted:

すごい lesson as always, in my country the earthquakes are very rare except in some regions of the north, but one never knows. :smile:

Great week to everybody, very good luck for the people in vacations :razz: I really need one, but I must keep going until Christmas. :cry:

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Liz says:

Here’s a little story about Disaster Kits:
Apparently, it’s the custom in Japan for the bride and groom to give favors to each of the wedding guests. My Japanese friend was married about 10 years ago. For favors, they gave each guest a Disaster Kit!! :shock: To make up for the “oddness” of this favor, they also gave the guests something more traditional. (don’t ask me what!) :smile:

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Daniel says:

Alanさん、

Indeed, instant ramen is not a good idea. :neutral: Food that doesn’t need to be heated or refrigerated is the way to go.

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Liz21 says:

Peanut butter? :smile: Do they have that in Japan? :lol:

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Daniel says:

Liz21さん、

We have Costco here! That means we have everything! :grin: PB isn’t very popular though.

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Bob1 says:

I was born on Disaster Prevention Day. I’m not quite sure how to spin that; it’s a bit like having a hurricane named after you.

As for peanut butter, one can find it but not in every supermarket. There are many stories of foreigners who have purchased what they thought was peanut butter, until they bit into their miso sandwiches.

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Liz says:

What’s another food, (OK, not peanut butter — I said that as a joke,really) that people in Japan could stock up on?

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mikuji says:

携帯電話の勧め:ICE

イギリスで七月七日のテロ攻撃後で国の官庁は携帯の番号のリトに急患の特に身のICEと言う番号を銘打ことを勧めました。 その番号は急患中見出された犠牲者そばに携帯から家族とかにかけられています。ICE と言う言葉はIn Case of Emergencyの省略です.

日本でその勧めがありますか。

ミクジ

In the UK, after the 7/7 terrorist attacks, the goverment issued the advice to mark one or two numbers on one’s mobile memorised list as ICE, standing for In Case of Emergency. This numbers can be used to call family or friends during an emergency from phones of victims that may have been found.

Is there a similar provision in Japan?

mikuji

PS: At least I hope this is what I wrote in Japanese - I hope I got my passives right!

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Nate says:

Have to admit I haven’t done anything about earthquake prevention. Then again, I live in Texas and the liklihood of having an earthquake is pretty slim. However, it could happen since there is a fault zone nearby (about 100 miles or so to the west of me). Nathan-さん did you know this? Check out Ranger hill on your next drive to Eastland, TX. Ranger Hill is fault scarp. Pretty cool stuff, speaking from a geological viewpoint.

Anyway, thanks for the great lesson. I learned alot and will start putting my kit together today, or at least this week.

Arigatou gozaimasu.

ネイト

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katie says:

Bob-

I bought what I thought was peanut butter, but was really Peanut Creame and it was the best stuff i have tasted….its like the japanese version of nutella….but better

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