Eleven years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, a memorial service was held at a temple in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, where a total of 143 people, including the Danka family, were killed.
At Tokuhonji Temple in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, a total of 143 people, including Danka and congregations, were killed in the earthquake.
From the year after the earthquake, a memorial service for the victims was held every Sunday near March 11th, and about 50 people including bereaved families and townspeople participated in this temple.
On the 6th, before the memorial service, a shakuhachi musician from Watari-cho played 6 songs including "Hana wa Saku".
The memorial service began at 2:46 pm when the earthquake struck, and the attendees prayed for reconstruction, burned incense, joined hands, and prayed to the deceased.
A woman in her 60s who lost her younger brother in the earthquake said, "I come every year with the thought that I can't forget at this time of year. I want to continue to live without forgetting."
Fumiaki Hayasaka, chief priest of the temple, said, "I think it's been a new year after 10 years. I want to take a new step by accepting the various thoughts of the people who came today. I was talking.