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On March 11th, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit North Japan, taking the lives of countless people, leaving many survivors homeless, in the cold, with no gas, no electricity, no running water, and in fear of radiation leaking from a nuclear power plant.
This is the biggest natural disaster recorded in Japanese history in a thousand years.
After the earthquake I gave 400 ml of my blood to a blood bank, and made a donation to Japan's Red Cross. At times like these, we need to help one another, do what we can the each of us. Please help Japan, it doesn't matter how much you give. One way to make a donation is through your country's Red Cross, by specifying its use for Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims.

There is something we can all learn from what is happening in Japan. For decades we have depended on nuclear power. It has made possible quick economic growth and a "convenient" society, but also a lifestyle that is very wasteful.
This catastrophe has made many of us in Japan realize that we have been taking many things for granted---food, energy, daily supplies, running water, resources, life.
You don't have to wait until you lose everything, to learn that what you have is precious. If we all save energy, use only what we need, and live responsibly for what we consume, we can make the world a safer, more peaceful place, for us all.

All of us in Japan are very grateful, we are all touched deeply, by the support we have received from overseas. Thank you. I wish you all love, and peace.

Hi, I wrote about this on twitter but I figured I ought to do the same here.

I'm doing a show tonight (in about 6 hours) in Yokohama, and for those of you overseas, or just people who can't come to the show, I wanted to let you know that the entire show will be broadcasted live on Ustream. Yeah, baby!

I guess most of you know already, but just in case...

Live Broadcast Time: 2010/12/8 (Wed.) 19:00 JAPAN TIME (GMT +9 - be sure to calculate your local time )

Ustream "WILD LIFE" Live Broadcast Account Page Main Channel (700kbps; recommended for users viewing the concert on a PC)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wl1

Sub Channel (300kbps; recommended for users viewing the concert on an iPhone/iPad)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wl2


See ya soon!

After recovering my "HP" somewhat in London, I took the Eurostar to Paris. I wonder how many years it's been since my last visit...?

Over the few days I stayed in Paris, the weather was almost like London, with rain showers every now and then.

But look at this nice rainbow! I don't remember seeing a rainbow like this over the backdrop of gray skies before, pretty sweet :)

Au revoir!

Kuma guarding the Buckingham Palace :)

The second night at the O2 Academy Islington was amazing, a very very nice ending to the tour. Great crowd, thank you all so much!

I can't believe the tour is over! Looking back it feels really short, but the first show in Honolulu feels like AGES ago. The show evolved quite a bit over this one month, and I learned A LOT and grew with each show, it was a great experience and I'm so glad we were able to make it happen. I really enjoyed it.

Now I think I'll rest a bit.

Good night!

I found this awesome little piano in a piano store in London! How could I not ask for a photo to be taken?

OK, there's one thing I'd like to clarify, for the honor of a certain lady who's a friend of mine and works for me as well!

She's on my tour, and she keeps getting mistaken for my Mom... which is REALLY ridiculous because she just turned 40, and she actually looks really young for her age (I don't know how she does it but she has like, no wrinkles whatsoever), and she has really short hair right now which makes her look like a young Japanese boy lol

I couldn't believe it at first, but I guess you Americans seriously cannot tell our age!

On top of that she's pregnant right now and her stomach is getting pretty noticeable LOL

So if you see her be gentle with her :)


Yes, so, my first ever concert in the Eurasian continent tonight was a blast, and tomorrow night, same place, same time, will be the final show of this tour. We'll make it a good one!

By the way, I was surprised by how many Chinese folks came out tonight! Are you guys like taking over Europe? lol

PunKuma!!

Oh man, I just realized I have to do another set of illustrations for tomorrow's show...

Don't wanna do the same thing so I'll have to think of some other idea for London...

hmmmm...

Kuma Of Liberty


Off to London!

Kuma Kong!

Can you tell that he's holding a blond woman in his left hand?

It's Kuma with a Boston bag, looking fabulous in a pair of Red Socks!

I also tried to throw in the music motif, to refer to The Berklee College of Music... but the melody marks just made Kuma seem like a happy, melodious bear lol

I'm finally in NY, my hometown, and it's good to be back!!

This "vehicle" was parked right outside the Art Institute of Chicago.

It was really cute, that's why I snapped a photo of it, I wondered what it was and on the back I sort of made out the words "Puppet" so I'm assuming it belongs to a man called Jack who does puppet shows with this set up.

I wish a show was on when I passed by it! I love watching stuff like this on the street, even if it's cold.

Watching performers on the street reminds of when I was a kid and my mother always always stopped to watch. Especially musicians. She would watch forever, and in the end she sometimes even brought them back to our home! She's really an artist and loves other artists. Very temperamental too, the way a lot of artists are, I guess... God bless, I love her.