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Livable Home: Gamou, Watanabe’s house

Livable Home: Gamou, Watanabe’s house

  Gamou, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Due to the massive damage caused in the area by...

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A Look at the Yamamoto Town Hall During the Five Days Following March ...

A Look at the Yamamoto Town Hall During the Five Days Following March ..

Yamamoto, a town located on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, suffered 633 deaths and total destructio...

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A story of the sea and the tsunami, Utatsuyoriki

A story of the sea and the tsunami, Utatsuyoriki

Nanao Takahashi of Marushichi Suisan, Inc. in Utatsuyoriki, Minamisanriku, Miyagi. Mr. Takahashi’s h...

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Livable Home

Livable Home

Before the tsunami, there were many houses and stores along the Miyagi Prefectural Route 58 running ...

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Arahama Elementary School, Sendai City

Arahama Elementary School, Sendai City

In the Arahama area, tsunami-conscious local people evacuated to Arahama Elementary School following...

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recorder311 Stories 041  Another Take

recorder311 Stories 041 Another Take

Yoshimi Akama works as a receptionist and a guide at the Miyatoko Historical Village that operates t...

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recorder311 Stories 041

recorder311 Stories 041

On the day of the earthquake, I was at home with my mother. After the tremor stopped, I made rounds ...

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Arahama Elementary School

Arahama Elementary School

Gathering clues to find the route for tomorrow. Arahama Elementary School is located about 700 meter...

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Evacuation Route Research Institute; Ogatsu (Part 2)

Evacuation Route Research Institute; Ogatsu (Part 2)

Heading for Higher Ground Gathering clues to find the route for tomorrow. People went up the mountai...

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Evacuation Route Research Institute; Ogatsu (Part 1)

Evacuation Route Research Institute; Ogatsu (Part 1)

Heading for Higher Ground Gathering clues to find the route for tomorrow. People who gathered at the...

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Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (3)

Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (3)

The situation of evacuees varies from person to person. The most important thing is to listen to the...

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Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (2)

Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (2)

All elementary and junior high schools in Sendai City closed after the earthquake, not reopening unt...

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Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (1)

Shichigo Elementary School, Sendai City (1)

More than 1,000 pupils evacuated safely. Based on the lessons of the 2010 Chile Earthquake, about 2,...

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Higashirokugo Elementary School 2

Higashirokugo Elementary School 2

[School and the Earthquake Disaster] After the tsunami ebbed away, I took on the management of the e...

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Higashirokugo Elementary School 1

Higashirokugo Elementary School 1

[School and the Earthquake Disaster] I was at the driver’s license center renewing my license when t...

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Interview with Ryoichi and Yayoi Suzuki living in temporary housing in...

Interview with Ryoichi and Yayoi Suzuki living in temporary housing in..

Ryoichi Suzuki and his wife Yayoi lost their house in Arahama, Sendai in the Great East Japan Earthq...

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recorder311 Stories 031 Another Take

recorder311 Stories 031 Another Take

I felt such strong vertical shakes that I almost bit my tongue in the aftershock on April 7. My hous...

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recorder311 Stories 031

recorder311 Stories 031

I was driving to the office when the earthquake struck. Roads and buildings were shaking like curtai...

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recorder311 Stories 034

recorder311 Stories 034

Soichi Sawachi is the owner of surf shop "Full Speed" and the Sendai Surf Shop Union chair person. "...

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Onagawa Town Association of Commerce and Industry (Part 2): Onagawa Cu...

Onagawa Town Association of Commerce and Industry (Part 2): Onagawa Cu..

Having been born from the distribution of meals in Onagawa, "Onagawa Curry" is a new specialty produ...

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Onagawa Town Association of Commerce and Industry (Part 1): Onagawa Cu...

Onagawa Town Association of Commerce and Industry (Part 1): Onagawa Cu..

Having been born from the distribution of meals in Onagawa, "Onagawa Curry" is a new specialty produ...

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[Evacuation Route Research Institute] The Case of the Omagarihama Chil...

[Evacuation Route Research Institute] The Case of the Omagarihama Chil..

athering clues to find the route for tomorrow. Ms. Dodo abandoned her car as she evacuated and lead ...

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[Evacuation Route Research Institute] The Case of the Omagarihama Chil...

[Evacuation Route Research Institute] The Case of the Omagarihama Chil..

Gathering clues to find the route for tomorrow. Ms. Shizuka Dodo took care of the class for two and ...

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Livable Home

Livable Home

Mr. Nihei’s house, which has been passed on from generation to generation in this land near the sea ...

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