Fukushima farmers rebuild by planting indigo, dying fabric By CHISATO TANAKA, Associated Press
Published: March 7, 2021, 6:04am
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4 Photos Kiyoko Mori, 65, the head of indigo dye group called Japan Blue, points out at one of displayed indigo dyed artwork Feb. 20 at a community center where residents evacuated when the 2011 earthquake hit the area in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Chisato Tanaka/Associated Press) Photo Gallery
MINAMISOMA, Japan Because of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster a decade ago, farmers in nearby Minamisoma weren’t allowed to grow crops for two years.
After the restriction was lifted, two farmers, Kiyoko Mori and Yoshiko Ogura, found an unusual way to rebuild their lives and help their destroyed community. They planted indigo and soon began dying fabric with dye produced from the plants.
March 4, 2021
Chisato Tanaka
MINAMISOMA, Japan (AP) Because of radiation released by the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster a decade ago, farmers in nearby Minamisoma weren’t allowed to grow crops for two years.
After the restriction was lifted, two farmers, Kiyoko Mori and Yoshiko Ogura, found an unusual way to rebuild their lives and help their destroyed community. They planted indigo and soon began dying fabric with dye produced from the plants.
“Dyeing lets us forget the bad things” for a while, Mori said. “It’s a process of healing for us.”
The massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, caused three of the reactors at the nuclear plant to melt and wrecked more than just the farmers’ livelihoods.
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