The tourist strawberry garden in Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, which observed shaking with a seismic intensity of 6 or higher, suffered great damage such as the collapse of the shelves for cultivating strawberries, and although it resumed operations, the number of customers on the three consecutive holidays was depressed, and farmers said A voice of disappointment was heard.
At the sightseeing strawberry garden in Soma City, a local farmer grows strawberries in 22 houses, but the earthquake caused the shelves for growing strawberries to collapse in more than 50 places.
It is not yet known how much the facility will be damaged, and although some operations resumed on the 18th, the day after the earthquake, the fallen strawberries were disposed of, the sales volume decreased significantly, and three consecutive holidays. The number of customers who come to pick strawberries is also depressed, and the amount of damage to sales alone amounts to about 5 million yen.
Ichiro Saikawa, the head of the Wada Tourism Strawberry Association, which runs the strawberry garden, said, "Since the beginning of this month, the number of customers has returned, and it is very disappointing because the three consecutive holidays were at the time of scraping. I have been hit by a disaster and this is the hardest time, both physically and mentally. "