More than five years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami devastated much of eastern Japan in March 2011. Looking back on the past half-decade, we are listening to some stories and recollections from those we have been “walking together with,” one by one, since the devastation.

• “My three years as a volunteer—What I am thinking now”
  Junko Hata, volunteer at Support Center Shinchi Gangoya
• “Volunteering in Year 5 since the 2011 Disaster”
  Yoshiko Elisabeth Nakahara, St. Timothy’s Church, Onahama
• “Here in a Comfy Café“
  Chikako Nishihara, Resident of the Izumi-Tamatsuyu Emergency Temporary Housing Complex Member of a group of volunteers named “Hokkori (comfy)”
• “Driving Tours to Stay Aware of Fukushima”
  Masayuki Ogawa, Tsukishima Anglican Church, Tokyo Diocese
• “Features of Support Center Shinchi”
  Dr. Keiko Kitagawa, Volunteer at Support Center Shinchi-Gangoya
• “Working with comfy cafes” (Cafes at temporary housing sites for those affected by the East Japan Earthquake of March 2011) Toshiko Tani, The Nara Episcopal Church
• “We are together”
  Rev. Naoto Iwasa, Director, Disaster Relief Office, Okinawa Diocese
• “One Family — in Union”
  Ms. Yoshiko Maeshiro, Okinawa Diocese
• Working with the “One Family” program to “walk with” Fukushima
  Ms. Minako Sakihara, All Saints’ Nursery, Okinawa
• My experience with the “One Family” program
  Ms. Naoe China, All Saints’ Nursery, Okinawa
• What I learned from the “One Family” program
  Ms. Nanako Nakata, All Saints’ Nursery, Okinawa
• “With children’s smiles”
  Ms. Yukari Zayasu, St. Matthew’s Kindergarten, Okinawa
• “So, what are we going to do in the years to come? ”
  Mr. Chuichi Hino, from Aichi St. Luke’s Church, Aichi