At the food factory in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, where most of the facilities were washed away by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the only remaining factory gate was opened without being washed away, in order to remember the disaster and to mourn and rebuild. I was refreshing my mind.
Chiba Asahi
In Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, 16 people were killed by the 7.6-meter-high tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and almost all facilities were washed away at the food factory that manufactures okaki and hail in the heavily damaged Iioka area. Only the gate, about 4 meters wide and about 2 meters high, was left.
The entrance to the factory, which was rebuilt on a smaller scale, was set up in a different location and this gate was no longer used, but the president Takeo Yamanaka and his employees do not forget the memory of the earthquake, so it is still excluded on Sundays. I continue to open the gate every morning.
A wooden sign that was found hundreds of meters away from the tsunami was still hung on the gatepost, and as usual, President Yamanaka slowly opened the gate, even though it was 10 years since the earthquake. It was open.
President Yamanaka recalled, "It was hard for me to lose everything, including the factory, due to the tsunami, but I think I managed to get here with the support of many people in 10 years." ..
After the reconstruction, the scale of the factory was reduced, so the types of products that can be offered are one-third of those before the earthquake, and President Yamanaka said, "I am still in the middle of product development, so I will continue to do my best today. I renewed my feelings to do it. "
At the morning assembly held at the factory, President Yamanaka told employees, "The factory was devastated by the earthquake 10 years ago, but the employees worked hard and many people helped me. I've come this far. Please join hands toward the sea for the dead today. "