Training assuming the Nankai Trough at a nursery school that doubles as a tsunami evacuation facility Wakayama November 5, 17:57

An evacuation drill was held in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture, which doubles as a tsunami evacuation facility, assuming a tsunami caused by a huge Nankai Trough earthquake.

Fifty-five children from Tenma Nursery School in Nachikatsuura Town participated in the training held in conjunction with World Tsunami Day set by the United Nations.



In this area, a tsunami of up to 7 meters is expected due to the Nankai Trough giant earthquake, and in March last year, the nursery school set up a "tsunami evacuation tower" on the premises where residents in the neighborhood can evacuate with subsidies from the government and towns. Built in.



In the training on the 5th, the children gathered in the center of the room to protect themselves from the shaking, using a siren to signal the occurrence of the earthquake, and then went out wearing a disaster prevention hood.

Then, while being struck by a nursery teacher and holding hands, he climbed the slope around the columnar tower and evacuated to the rooftop, which was about 14 meters high, in about 5 minutes.



Kazufumi Komiya, the director of Tenma Nursery School, said, "I thought about moving to a hill when building a new building, but I built such a facility because there was no suitable land. I usually respond calmly even in the event of a disaster. I want to continue training. "