Today, actress Ueto Aya visited the city of Ishinomaki in the Miyagi prefecture and participated in making food for the earthquake victims.

At first the actress only went to the city to provide the people with footwear, underwear and other relief supplies, but then she met Watari Tetsuya, actor and president of Ishihara Promotion, and Tachi Hiroshi, also a board member of the said agency, who were making some fried soba and rice for the victims for the second day in a row, she decided to help them out a bit.

After the Kobe earthquake, this agency, which only focuses on actors and singers, made food for the victims as well. Watari also played Ueto’s father in the drama “Kekkon“.


While Ueto was making the food, a three-year-old girl at the end of the queue started to call out her name and was eagerly anticipating getting closer to her. When it was finally time, she did not only find out the girl’s name – Shuri-chan, but also that she lost her three years older sister during the earthquake. Her mother explained that Shuri-chan’s sister was on her way home from kindergarten when the earthquake struck and caused the bus to flip over, going up in flames and taking her life. Shuri-chan is still missing her older sister a lot and wants her to come back.



When Ueto heard this story, she started to tear up and gave Shuri-chan a big hug and said, “Cheer up, okay!” The hug immediately replenished her energy and she was ready to make even more food.





source: tokyohive