Fukushima Futabacho August 22, 18:47

In Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where evacuation orders continued due to the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, a current student at the time of the earthquake visited a junior high school for the first time in about nine and a half years.

In Futaba town, 95% of the area of ​​the town is still evacuated due to the nuclear accident, but decontamination was promoted in the vicinity of the elementary and junior high schools in the town, and in March this year, restrictions on entry were eased. ..

On the 22nd, about nine and a half years after the earthquake, current students from those days visited the alma mater's school building from evacuation sites inside and outside the prefecture.

At Futaba Junior High School, when the current students found a paper or diary on which they wrote their goals before the earthquake, they looked back with great care.

The man, who was in the brass band at the time of the earthquake, played the piano while recalling the school song, looking back on the memories of spending time with his friends in his hometown.

The elementary and junior high schools and kindergartens in the municipality are in a partially destroyed state, and we are planning to proceed with full-scale investigations into measures including dismantling.

A second-year student at the time of the disaster, a man who visited from Fukuoka Prefecture said, “I have a special feeling when I actually step into it. I would like to continue working with Futaba.”

A second-year female working in Kanagawa Prefecture at the time said, “I've been forgetting about Futaba-cho as I grew older, so I'm glad I had the opportunity to look back. I'd like to return to work soon.”