Tsunami evacuation drill at Enoshima, the Olympic sailing competition venue January 20, 19:19

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Evacuation drills were conducted in Enoshima, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, which is the venue for the Tokyo Olympic sailing competition, assuming a large tsunami warning.

The training on the 20th was conducted on the assumption that a large earthquake occurred in Sagami Bay and a large tsunami warning was issued, and about 500 people including `` City Cast '' who guided the audience around the Tokyo Olympic sailing competition venue You have to participate.

When the siren alerted the tsunami warning, participants were trained to escape from around the yacht harbor through narrow streets beside the residential evacuation route guided by city officials.

After that, all of them moved to the entrance of the approach to the Eshima Shrine where the shops lined up, and then evacuated on a hill and stairs to a height of 13 meters above sea level.

According to the prefecture's assumption, if a large earthquake with the epicenter of the Sagami Trough occurred, a tsunami of up to 11.5 meters would hit Enoshima, and many tourists and citizens would evacuate quickly to higher places. We sought.

A man from Citycast who participated in the training said, "I had never seen an evacuation route so it was very helpful."

A woman from CityCast said, "I'm worried that evacuation takes longer than I expected, but I'm glad I took part in the training."