Many children were killed in the Great East Japan Earthquake, and it was decided on the 18th of this month that the school building of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, which has been maintained as the remains of the earthquake, will be open to the public. understood.
At Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, a total of 84 children and faculty members were killed in the tsunami 10 years ago.
In a trial filed by some of the bereaved families of children, a ruling was issued that pointed out inadequate disaster prevention measures in advance and ordered Miyagi Prefecture and Ishinomaki City to compensate more than 1.4 billion yen, and the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education went to the site. It is a place to convey the importance of disaster prevention, such as starting training for faculty and staff last year.
Ishinomaki City has decided to preserve the school building and its surroundings as the remains of the earthquake in order to convey the memorial service, memorial service, and lessons learned to posterity. It means that the day was decided.
The name is "Ishinomaki City Earthquake Remains Okawa Elementary School", and in addition to maintaining the plaza and planting trees, we have set up the "Okawa Earthquake Tradition Hall" as an exhibition facility to hand down the facts.
Initially, we aimed to open it to the public in April, but it was delayed due to the need for sufficient discussions with the bereaved family and local residents regarding the contents of the exhibition at the tradition hall.
The ceremony will be held on the day of the event, inviting the bereaved families.