Ten years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, young people who are continuing activities to hand down their experiences of the disaster discussed how to convey the lessons learned from the disaster.
On the 27th, about 30 people gathered in Sendai City, including university students and high school students who continue to pass on their experiences of the disaster, as well as teachers of elementary and junior high schools in Miyagi prefecture.
Yuto Naganuma (26), who lost his younger brother who attended Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City in the tsunami when he was a high school student, talked about how he conveys his experience.
Mr. Naganuma argued that as the number of generations who do not know about the earthquake increases, we must continue to talk in a way that is as easy to understand as possible, and we need support for more people to pass on their experiences.
In addition, high school students who are working to convey the experience of the earthquake to children performed a handmade picture-story show based on the experiences of the members.
A female teacher in her 50s who works at an elementary school in Sendai city said, "I think I got a hint as to how to convey it to a generation who has no memory of the earthquake like today's elementary school students." It was.
Mr. Naganuma said, "I want the people who gathered today to tell the story of the earthquake at each site. I want to continue my activities looking ahead 50 to 100 years."