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Bunka Fashion College was the backdrop for May 15th’s RUNWAY FOR JAPAN Event sponsored by Shiro Furukawa-president of Six Inch Inc. and Dr. Sena Vafa, Runway for Hope. This co-sponsored charitable event was fueled to raised funds and awareness for the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake on March 11, 2011.

Yuriko Koike (Representative for Tokyo’s 10th District–and briefly, but stylishly, Japanese Defense Minister for the Abe administration) opened the Event. It was heralded as a celebration of design and collective ambition for the future, not merely mourning for the past.

The gala featured designs by Hiroko and Junko Koshino as well as other upcoming fashion luminaries on Japan’s horizon.

For more information, please contact sena@runway-hope.org

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….or so ‘they’ say (not sure who, but someone does…..). Well, In this case, perhaps there is truth to the adage.

LUSH, the Brit-based specialty soap company, is promoting charitable donations via the sale of ‘Rising Sun’ soaps ($5.95 a bar) and Charity Pot Lotion.

These are part of their designated JAPAN RELIEF COLLECTION—100 percent of the proceeds will benefit Rescue Stock Yard, the NGO Collaboration Center for Hanshin Quake Rehabilitation, Animal Peace and Peace Boat.

Yumyumcherry has popped into one of the LUSH venues in Shibuya near the massive train station previously—pretty easy to find because if you follow your nose you’ll either wind up at LUSH or Yankee Candle (enough said).

LUSH has an active commercial presence in Japan–it operates 145 shops, a factory and has 1,600 staff members in country—but after the earthquake on 11 March, the company also lost some of its own staffers and stores. Many employees have lost everything they owned in the Earthquake (dubbed ‘Hanshin’) and the ensuing tsunami which hit a mere 15 minutes after the quake subsided.

Donations will also be accepted at the above link—so many people and pets are now in need—and your generosity is genuinely appreciated.

Of course, we think this campaign by the boutique soap company is very apt as the Japanese typify a love of Onsen and Bathing!
お風呂
arigato!

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Want a Birkin BIRKIN? Well, this is your chance.
Jane Birkin has long participated in different charitable efforts and this crisis in Japan is no exception.

Through the courtesy of EMI—the proceeds of this will be donated to the Red Cross’ Relief Work in the devastated Earthquake/Tsunami areas of Japan.

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