Hot Curry for Evacuees from Hot Hearted Pakistanis - East Japan

You may be surprised how Japanese, young and old love curry rice here. I love curry myself. So when I took our local newspaper, Hokkaido Shimbun, one special article attracted my attention.

A group of Pakistanis as far as from Kasugai-shi, near Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, drove to Oozuchi cho, Iwate Pref. , one of the most devastated town, with cooking utensils and cooking ingredients on the car(s). From 20th, they are serving for the town people with their warm hearted curry and naan bread for 2,000 evacuees. A 9-old-boy from the town is now helping with those guys, who are all community members gathering at a mosque in Kasugai city, Aichi. Muhammad Shafkatmunier (spelling?) 33, says, 'when we are in a time of trouble, we help each other. That's the spirit of Islam.'

For breakfast, they are serving hot and sweet milk tea. Evacuees are especially happy for the FIRST hot drinks at the camp. A lady, who lost her son, happened to pass by the temporal kitchen, holding her grandson's hand. When sipping the milk tea from a Pakistani, she said 'Oishii, Oishii (good good)' and bowed deeply, with a small smile on her cheek.