Village where everyone evacuated by helicopter: ''I want to go back right away'' [Voices from the disaster area] | NHK. The long-awaited news that ``It seems the road is now passable'' arrived at the end of January.
Escaped by helicopter from the village of Wajima City, which was isolated by the earthquake. The mayors of the ward who had evacuated outside the city were returning for the first time. We asked the ward chief about what the village was like at that time and what his hopes are now.