It has been 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company.
As the years go by, the issue is how to pass on the lessons learned, and events are held in various places to commemorate the victims and convey their memories.
We will keep you updated on the situation in each area.
Miyagi Ishinomaki Prayer at Hiyoriyama
In Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the tsunami, people who visited Mt. Hiyori, a hill overlooking the coastal area, prayed early in the morning.
According to Miyagi Prefecture, 3553 people, including related deaths, have died in Ishinomaki City, and the whereabouts of 417 people are unknown.
At Mt. Hiyori, a hill overlooking the coastal area of the city, people who visited early in the morning were praying toward the sea.
A 16-year-old high school boy who said that his house was damaged by the tsunami was "I came here on March 11th to see the rising sun. It's been 11 years, but it's the same as that time. I don't feel like it. I want to remember this day. "
In addition, a 64-year-old man who moved from Tokyo to Ishinomaki City nine years before the earthquake to support reconstruction said, "I come to this place every year on March 11. Eleven years later, the building has been renewed. The scenery of the town has changed, but I don't think the victims have been organized yet. I hope that the experience of this disaster will be widely disseminated and used for disaster prevention. " ..
Fukushima Iwaki Bereaved family prays from early morning
In Hisanohamama-cho, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, where about 60 people were killed in the tsunami, the bereaved family prayed from early morning.
Atsushi Niitsuma (48), who runs her restaurant, lost her mother, Mitsuko (67 at the time), in the tsunami.
She visited Mitsuko's grave after 6 o'clock on the morning of the 11th and turned her flowers to pray for her.
After that, I went to the store and started to prepare.
Mr. Niitsuma was working at a restaurant in Sendai City at the time of the earthquake, but she opened a store in a newly constructed commercial facility in Hisanohama Town five years ago in order to help the local reconstruction. ..
It is said that the management of the store is difficult due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but I would like to continue to liven up the local area where I lived with her mother.
Mr. Niizuma told his mother, "It's been 11 years and I'm returning to a life where I can live quietly like today's morning sun with my family." I will come, but since I have experienced the earthquake, I believe that I can overcome it this time as well, and I am doing my best. "