Found mom, she's ok!

What a crazy night. i'm sure you all know about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. There was a tsunami warning here in Hawaii as well but i was up all night trying to get hold of my mom who lives in Yokahama.

Deep inside i knew she was ok since Yokohama is far from where the earthquake was centered but i was still worried. My brother is in Japan now and he was online the whole time so at least i had communication with him.

around 4am over here in Hawaii, i got an email from my brother telling me that mom is ok. she showed up to his place. I was so mad at my mom.

She was at grandma's house in Toyko when the earthquake happened. Some damage to grandma's house but nothing major so mom decided to go home to Yokohama! Is she nuts? She ended up walking for miles, some how caught a cab but after hours in the cab because of the chaos, she got out and started walking for miles to my brother's place.

I guess she was trying to call my brother but cellphones weren't working and eventually her cell's battery died. good thing my brother was at home.

i'm stoked mom is ok but was so mad for her to leave where she was safe (grandma's house) and left in the middle of chaos by herself!

lot of new photos and videos are being released today. This photo is nuts! shows the amazing power of tsunami. you can't really see but behind all the trees, there's a 30 ft tall wall to protect the town from tsunami. so crazy to see how 30ft wall wasn't tall enough.

I found my mom but i know there are tons of people who haven't got in touch with their families and friends. i really hope they all find each other.

There are so much damage everywhere, i know Japanese government is having a hard time allocating rescue workers and funds. Japanese are tough when it comes to disasters, but i really hope they can recover from this.

Hawaii and Japan have a strong relationship. There are different companies trying to raise funds to help Japan already.

Hawaii’s based GRP HOME CO. has gotten together to raise money for our friends and family in Japan. They are releasing Aloha For Japan Ts on March 14th. $20 each and ALL PROFITS will be donated to Red Cross Hawaii towards rescue effort in Japan.

The shirts will be available at Booti-Groove Hawaii, In4Mation Ward, FITTED Hawaii, and Barefoot League.

When i went surfing yesterday before the earthquake, i met Takeshi-san of HIC Japan and his friends. Everyone was so happy when we took this photo about 2 hours before the earthquake.

I have no idea if his HIC in Chiba survived the tsunami. I really hope it's ok.

I stopped by Kewalos after tsunami warning has been lifted here in Hawaii. It was crazy there with bunch of little tsunamis. it was like watching tide drop to super low exposing the reef and filled into full high tide win 5 minutes.

The ocean was doing the whole time i was there.

i know Japan is still getting lot of after shocks. if you are in Japan, please be safe and don't get nuts and leave by yourself like mom did if you are somewhere safe already.

Kaz

Novus Swell