Fashion & Accessories
GAMBARRE Tote Bag, Helping Kesennuma's recovery after 2011
- Item Number
- 223
- Estimated Value
- 70 USD
- Sold
- 60 USD to keithkoji
- Number of Bids
- 8 - Bid History
Item Description
After the earthquake and tsunami devastated the coastal fishing town of Kesennuma, residents began to explore ways to revive and support the town and people whos lives were so tied to the sea. GAMBAARE is one of those success stories-it is a small gallery shop along Route 45 in Kesennuma. GAMBAARE sells a wide array of tote bags, aprons, tissue box covers and pouches made using thick and sturdy canvas used to make sails on fishing vessles. The shop owner operated a small food processing plant but in June 2011 started this new business by gathering garnment factory workers who lost their workplace from the tsunami. The motifs featured on the indigo cavbas include Kesennuma's symbols such as rododendrons, pine trees, black-tailed birds, skip-jack tuna and also has the names of the districts that were hit hard by the tsunami. By writing the location names on the bag, the hope is that those places won't be forgotten over time. (excerpt from the JCCCNC Nothern Japan Eathquake Relief Fund Summary Report March 11,2011 to March 31, 2014).
Item Special Note
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