Mashiko Pottery Foundation by Ken Matsuzaki

[Lee]

Shoji Hamada's Noborigama

by Ken Matsuzaki on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 6:13am

I would like to thank you for your help to rebuild Mashiko. I appreciate very much everyone's favor.

Having talked with the Mayer of Mashiko town, we agreed to set up the foundation between NPOs. It is called as "Mashiko Potter Foundation" to be used exclusively for the pottery. We will use it with care not to waste your favors. Please give my regards to everyone who are involved.      Ken Matsuzaki

Please refer to the following for details:

Please send the amount to MPF account listed below,

Account Name : MPF

Bank Name : The Ashikaga Bank,Ltd..

Mashiko branch

Bank Address : 967 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun

Tochigi-ken, Japan 3214217 Tel:0285-72-2131

SWIFT CODE : ASIKJPJT

Account No. : ordinary account No.195-3009543

http://potters.blogspot.com/2011/03/mashiko-pottery-foundation-by-ken.html

[David McDonald]

Lee,

Thanks so much for that. So how would one go about contributing to this? Can you walk us through it?

Very glad for the information. 

David

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[Lee]

This is apparently by bank transfer.  It is the common way to sending money in Japan.  Your bank can do it for you if you take this information to them.

       I will check, but if your post office is easier, You could send an international postal money order to the account and address below.

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[Mike]

The Intl Postal Money Order would be the way to go, rather than intl bank transfer. Service charges on the transfer are steep. My bank charges flat rate of $30, other banks also charge around this, or percentages of transfer amount. The International Postal Money Order works very well and is MUCH cheaper, but as far as I know must be redeemed at a post office, not the bank.

Mike
in Taku, Japan

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[Lee]

I've mentioned Paypal to Ken.   I'll see if they are open to it.  

Mike, the info looks like enough to get a postal money order to them, don't you think?

[Mike]

Well, that would be to the bank. I doubt the bank will want to take all the money orders to the post office and cash them. Better to send them directly to the address of a responsible person within the organization.

Mike
in Taku, Japan

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[Tatsuo Tomeoka]

I use both Intn'l Postal Money Orders & Wire Transfers for my business. As Lee mentioned, the wire route can be expensive. My bank charges $35. There is often a fee on the receiving end as well. A few notes on Postal Money Orders for those who have not used these.
-Postal Money Orders to Japan run $3.50 each, plus the cost of mailing the check to Japan, and can be written up to U.S. $700.
-They must be purchased with cash or bank money order (no personal checks or credit cards.)
-They need to be written to an individual or business and then cashed at the Post Office.
-However, remember that the post office in Japan is also a bank and most Japanese have a postal savings account. If Matsuzaki-san has an Postal Savings account or can set up an account for the MPF at the Post Office, this would be an easy solution to send Int'l PMO directly to him, or to MPF if needed for tax (donation) purposes. For those wanting to make smaller donations, it certainly wouldn't make sense to pay wire fees. 
If they can set up a Paypal account on the Japan side, so much the better. I can tell you that I have not had much luck with vendors in Japan wanting to set up Paypal due to fees and the unfamiliarity with Paypal. Electronic Fund Transfers have been the standard way to do business in Japan for a long time. Individuals paid bills through  EFT on their ATM's long before "on-line bill pay" in the US became standard. Cultural practices are sometimes slow to change in Japan.
Tatsuo
 
Tatsuo Tomeoka
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[Lee]

Ken was interested, so I sent him the information this morning.

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[Lee]

In Paypal.

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