Ten years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, the pleasure boat that survived the tsunami in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, and has finished its operation, will be lit up from the 10th with a prayer for requiescats.

Two of the three sightseeing boats around Jodogahama, a tourist attraction in Miyako City, were washed away by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the remaining "16th Rikuchu Maru" has continued to operate.



The pleasure boat will be lit up from the 10th to the 14th with a prayer for requiescats 10 years before the earthquake, and on the 9th, the promenade leading to the ship and the boarding area will be decorated with lights. I did.



Due to a decrease in the number of passengers and the aging of the boat, the pleasure boat ended its operation in January, and will leave Miyako City on the 16th of this month and will be taken over by the operating company in Kagawa Prefecture.



Makoto Yaegashi, General Manager of the Pleasure Boat Division of Northern Iwate Transportation Inc., who operated the pleasure boat, said, "I think that the pleasure boat is also pleased to be decorated before departure. Many people think about it 10 years after the earthquake. I want you to come and see me. "