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We want to help needy people from the bottom of our hearts.

2011-04-24

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi & Katsutoshi Ito Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Sri Lankan Curry Kitchen Project Today we introduce you to a group of Sri Lankans, who set up soup kitchens for the earthquake victims. They contacted devastated areas and municipalities which received evacuees right after the earthquake, then headed to sites in the disaster area of Fukushima with tons of curry meals. They’ve visited three shelters in Fukushima and dished out 2000 meals. Also they distributed about 330 portions to people in Asahi City, which is located at the far end of Greater Tokyo area. What is

The crisis situation made Japanese people more courageous and united to rebuild the country.

2011-04-08

Tasnoova Tahia March 11, 2011 – Alone on the 45th Floor During the Big Earthquake Tasnoova Tahia, a Bangladeshi woman who lives in the waterfront area of Tokyo, will be our guest on My Eyes Tokyo radio program on 84.0 ChuoFM on April 16 and April 23, 2011. She has written an essay about her experience. *Tahia on radio: 4/16/11　4/23/11 日本語 “I’m going to die” We got earthquake alert from the emergency center of our building 20-30 seconds before. I just got back home when the alert went on, on 11th march, around 14:45. As always, I

Niki’s Kitchen is a great opportunity to make Japanese friends.

2011-02-21

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Tasnoova Tahia Bangladeshi cuisine instructor (She’s been in Japan since 2007) About a month and a half has passed since a big earthquake hit Japan. Many foreigners left Japan to avoid aftershocks and radiation, but many foreigners still stay here without hesitation. Cooking instructors of Niki’s Kitchen are the same. They were obliged to cancel their classes due to the earthquake, but some have been already returned to normal. Tasnoova Tahia, a young Bangladeshi instructor, had the earthquake on March 11 on 45th floor of a high-rise apartment in Tokyo. She’s closed

I feel like my students are my daughters when I see them enjoying dishes that I cooked.

2010-11-24

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Sohon Se (Taiwan) Taiwanese-Chinese cuisine instructor (She’s been in Japan since ’97) My Eyes Tokyo brings you interviews with teachers from “Niki’s Kitchen“. It’s a cooking school in which foreigners teach their homeland dishes to Japanese people. The 2nd interviewee is Sohon Se from Taiwan. She holds cooking classes three or four times a month at her home in a quiet residential area. As soon as the info about her class is uploaded onto Niki’s homepage, it’s booked up. She analyzes the reason for it; “Our food culture is close to

Indian cuisine possesses much potential. So I cannot understand why some people don’t want to teach how to cook it.

2010-11-21

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Savari Muthu (India) Indian cuisine chef/instructor (He’s been in Japan since ’94) My Eyes Tokyo brings you interviews with teachers of “Niki’s Kitchen“. It’s a cooking school in which foreigners teach their homeland dishes to Japanese people. The 1st interviewee is Savari Muthu, a managing chef of an Indian restaurant chain called “Muthu“. He owns three restaurants in Tokyo and Chiba. He says on Niki’s homepage; “You may associate India with Hinduism, but I’m a Christian. Therefore I can cook anything including beef, pork and chicken.” We got interested in a Christian

Living your dream is the easiest thing to do in life. What is difficult, is to pretend that your dream does not exist.

2010-07-26

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com I Believe That Dreams Can Come True Part2 (Singapore) Dream-inspiring-dream project Tay & Val, Singaporean girls who carry out the global project called “I Believe That Dreams Can Come True“, said bye to everything in their home and started a long, long journey to inspire people to pursue their dreams, prompt smiles from people and make them happy. They’re going to do this across the globe. They don’t imagine how many people they’ll meet. And they don’t seem to imagine how many dreams they hear and talk to others about.

The moment you tell people about your dream, you have already taken one step closer to it.

2010-07-26

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com I Believe That Dreams Can Come True Part1 (Singapore) Dream-inspiring-dream project We bring you the interviews with “I Believe That Dreams Can Come True”, the global-scale project by little girls. Two Singaporean girls, Tay and Val, embarked on an around-the-globe journey. They didn’t choose to take any public transportation. They decided to travel around the world by tiny, little bicycles. They set out on a journey with no end in sight in order to talk to people about the importance of dreams. They plan to see old and young people all

I feel I’m really happy because I’ve been working on what I love.

2010-02-12

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Weerasakreck Wongpasser (Thailand) Muay thai gym owner (He’s been in Japan since ’93) We introduce you to a man who has experienced the “Japanese dream”. Weerasakreck Wongpasser, who has built up many muay thai fighters. When he left his country, Thailand, he brought only a bag and small amount of money. But now he owns nine muay thai gyms in the Greater Tokyo area and Southern Japan. He had an abundance of energy and a strong will to fulfill his dream. Also his love for his parents powered the success of his

I didn’t want to close my business because I’d worked hard for 20 years to have my own restaurant.

2009-12-28

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com MD Humayun (Bangladesh) Managing chef of a Bangladeshi restaurant (He’s been in Japan since ’87) Have you enjoyed a great New Year’s vacation? My Eyes Tokyo wishes you and your families the best during the year 2010. We bring you the first interview in this year with a guy from Bangladesh. He is MD Humayun, who is managing a Bangladeshi restaurant in Tokyo. Humayun has been living in Tokyo for more than 20 years and he speaks Japanese very fluently. He doesn’t uncap his toque blanche even at lunchtime. He

I felt Japan was better than I expected. But everything is more expensive than I expected.

2009-12-16

Interviewed by Chinatsu Suzuki Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Dilnath Sapkota (Nepal) Indian restaurant manager (He’s been in Japan since 2008) This is the first interview with a guy from Nepal, a landlocked country which is surrounded by two big powers, China and India. Dilnath Sapkota is a chef at an Indian restaurant in Chiba, east of the Tokyo Megalopolis. He is running a shop with his younger brother. Sapkota has been in Japan for only a year and he is still struggling with the Japanese language. But his smile soothes his customers. His smile leaps over any language

Interviews with Tokyo People Achieving Dreams