My departure was on Sunday evening, the 10th of April together with Gerrit, my father, on a flight to Tokyo. Tokyo Broadcasting Company invited me for a TV show so I took up the idea and opportunity  to support the Japanese people  after the terrible Earthquake  on March 11th  followed by a huge tsunami which resulted in a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant which is still not under control and now is in the most dangerous state of worst nuclear disaster in history.

Because of my idea to arrange another activity next to this TV event, the Golden Glory management contacted several other contacts in order to plan some other activities in which I could play a role for the people that were affected by this disaster. 

After my performance  at the show from TBC  I visited the Saitama community centre and assist in a helping program for the victims from the Futaba city.
Once I arrived in the studios  the schedule was settled by Tokyo Broadcasting Company.  For the first time in my life I had to turn up in a Sumo tournament which will be on Japanese television later this year. Really funny outfit and a new experience.  Nevertheless it was a great experience and fun to do.

The next day was something very impressing to me and my father.
Like I mentioned, Golden Glory prepared something special for the victims in Japan during this last month.  Along with Fight Game and the Golden Glory management collected money for the last month and purchased supplies such as  a large quantity of surgical masks, bottled water, assorted snacks, sanitary goods, diapers,  instant foods and second hand clothing worth over € 120,000.00 which we delivered personally.
We drove to Saitama to deliver the goods, we helped out with loading some of the  goods.

It was very impressive to see how the situation was and how people where dealing with the circumstances.
I felt that they appreciated my help and support. I really admire the people who are hard at work to address the major problems and risking their lives. They really are heroes and deserve all the credits in helping doing these hard jobs.

My father and I witnessed 2 earthquakes in Japan measuring over 6.2 each when we where in our Hotel. Our room was at floor 20, we saw the buildings outside move from the left to the right, this together with seeing the streets of Tokyo empty (for Tokyo standards as I know it) all together it was a frightening experience.

But we are glad that we had the opportunity to give something to the Japanese people.
We have witnessed  that still a lot has to be done before all misery will be resolved.
I’m convinced that Japan with his big history and strong attitude from all the people will fight back and survive this nightmare.

Semmy Schilt / Gerrit Schilt  April 2011