Reconstruction Olympics “Hospitality base” to convey lessons from the earthquake, Miyagi Rifu-cho, December 16, 4:29
Rifu-cho, Miyagi Prefecture, the venue for soccer at the Tokyo Olympics, has set up 10 “hospitality bases” on the way to the stadium to welcome visitors. There are spots where you can experience evacuation at the time of a disaster, and the town wants to have an opportunity to share the lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake as the “Reconstruction Olympics”.
The Miyagi Stadium, located in Rifu-cho, where soccer games are played at the Tokyo Olympics, is located approximately 3 kilometers away from the nearest JR station, and inconvenience is often a problem.
Under these circumstances, Rifucho decided to set up 10 “hospitality bases” such as a large monitor to watch the game and Japanese culture experience facilities such as tea ceremony and calligraphy, so that they can have fun while heading to the stadium. .
There are spots where elementary schools are used as venues for evacuation life in cardboard beds and panels that show the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the town wants to have an opportunity to convey the lessons of the earthquake as the “Reconstruction Olympics” The
In the future, the town will recruit volunteers to help manage it.
Mayor Okuma Kumagai said, “In the earthquake disaster, there were really a lot of people who supported us. We would like to make this hospitality a success with the local residents by giving this hospitality together with the residents.”