Zuma and Roka Japanese earthquake fund raises £150,000

Published: 28 April, 2011

Guest donations across the worldwide Zuma and Roka restaurant have now raised £150,000 for the Japanese earthquake relief fund with the figure expected to rise further over the coming months.

The fund raising effort, started by Zuma and Roka owners, Arjun Waney and Rainer Becker, is particularly poignant for the group as so many of its customers, staff and suppliers have been directly affected by the disaster.

As well as guest donation boxes been put up in all its establishments all proceeds from its most popular dish, edamame, which is ordered by almost all guests, is going towards the emergency fund.

In respect of Japan's rich culture of tradition and symbolism, the staff at Zuma and Roka London have created a thousand origami cranes (known as a Senbazuru) to send to the Red Cross in Japan. Each crane has been signed by a guest with a special message of support.

Legend has it, that anyone receiving a thousand of these paper cranes held together with string will be granted a wish by this mystical bird and receive a long life, a recovery from an illness or an injury. Hanging a Senbazuru is believed to be an enormously lucky and benevolent charm.

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