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Hey guys. Sorry it's been such a long time since we made a video on our channel.
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As you can see, we're traveling right now.
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We're in a hotel so it's kind of difficult for us to make and upload content right now.
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But few days ago there was a large earthquake in Kyushu in the city of Kumamoto.
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It was pretty far away from us so we didn't feel anything, but
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Kumamoto the city suffered quite a bit.
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More than 40 people have died and there's been a lot of damage and people misplaced from their homes.
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We really wanted to make a video in support of them right now.
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We wanted to wait until we could find some good and trustworthy sources that people could donate to
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before making this.
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And in the time that we were waiting there was actually another really bad earthquake in Ecuador
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where hundreds of people have died.
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It's really awful. This has just been so horrible
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And so we have some good sources that if you want to contribute and help people out
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I'll put the information down in the description box of ways that you can donate to both Japan and Ecuador.
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For Japan, our friend Micaela lives down in Fukuoka
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which is a city near Kumamoto, and she's lived in Kumamoto in the past before.
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She's collecting donations through a crowd-funding source that she will give directly to Kumamoto.
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There are also other ways that you can donate here.
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There's also a Yahoo page in Japanese that's run through run an NPO and
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they are matching all the donations that they receive and will give that to the relief effort as well.
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Jun and I are of course donating as well
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and in addition we're also going to give all of the revenue that we earn through this video to the relief funds.
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We feel really awful for the people who are suffering right now
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and there's nothing we can say that will bring back the people who lost their lives
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but we really want to show our support in any way that we can to the people who survived and need help
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and that's why we're making this video now.
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This is also a good reminder that Japan is a country that sits on a lot of active faults.
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They've always had large earthquakes here and they always will.
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We're actually waiting for a really large earthquake that's supposed to happen around where Jun and I live.
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It's going to be called the Tokai earthquake.
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I think that's what most people are expecting the next really large earthquake to be.
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And if you come to Japan, it's something that you should prepare for.
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I wouldn't say necessarily that earthquakes are something you should fear.
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You shouldn't panic during them, but it's something that you should expect.
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The chances of a really large one happening while you're here aren't that great,
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but no matter what you should definitely be prepared.
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If you study abroad, a lot of places will teach you what to do in an earthquake first thing when you get here.
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So just make sure you really pay attention and understand what to do.
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It's hard to say "Try not to fear it" because I'm sure they're absolutely terrifying.
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You can see on twitter the people who went through the earthquake,
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you can tell how scary it must have been for them.
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But it's something to prepare for here
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and it's a country that's worth it.
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It's worth being here despite that.
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It's a horrible thing but it's also a fact of life here
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and it's something that we should not only prepare for experiencing ourselves,
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but it's also something we need to prepare to help others when they go through it here as well.
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If you want any more information or you want to keep up to date on how things are going,
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Micaela's very active in this. She lives close by and went through this earthquake herself.
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I'll put her contact information down below the video.
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And I know she's also planning on making a video talking about different ways people can help, too.
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So please check that out as well.
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If you're able to donate something, please do.
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Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected, and please stay strong.
