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[Reportaje especial]10 years from that day The Great East Japan Earthquake Will Not End
10 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, which caused much sadness, farewell and suffering, on March 11. It’s been a long time, but this doesn’t mean anything. People’s activities will continue in the future.
J-CAST News visits the land affected by the disaster each spring and has had dialogues with the local population. I would like to think about the “future” looking at the “now” of each region that has been advancing since that day, even this spring, which was celebrated by the wreck of the crown.
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Tomio Nakajo. Stand by JA’s watch that stopped when the “third wave” of the tsunami hit Asahi.
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The entrance to the Asahi City Disaster Prevention Museum, this place was damaged by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake
Damages in Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture, That Didn’t Get Much Attention
Iioka District, Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture. On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, three large tsunamis occurred. In particular, the third time at 17:26, the maximum height was 7.6 meters, and 16 people were dead or missing.
Reporters covered the area in March 2012. At the time of the visit, the place where the damaged national dormitory building stood became the “Hotel Iioka Shiosai”, and on July 19, 2014 the “Museum of Asahi City Disaster Prevention “on a corner to report earthquake damage. I met Tomio Nakajo (73), who lives in Iioka, whom I interviewed nine years ago.
“Is the recent earthquake and tsunami okay?”
First I asked Mr. Nakajo who came. On February 13, 2021, there was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. It is a replica of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Various parts of the metropolitan area were also very shaken.
“I was sleeping, but I was saved because the disaster prevention radio immediately told me that I was not worried about the tsunami. I have been feeling a tingle (from the tsunami) since the earthquake.”
Ten years ago, with many casualties. Mr. Nakajo himself was once struck by the tsunami and died in nine deaths. However, the damage to the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima was so great that the city of Asahi did not attract much attention. Still, he started the “storyteller” activity in August 2011, saying, “We need to know the fact that some people have lost their homes and others have died here.” During disaster prevention drills for local high school students, we began by telling students about their real experiences and expanded the field of activities with recommendations from those around us.
He participated in the “10-year Disaster Tradition Project” of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications. Since 2015, he has lectured in 13 locations, including Ehime, Nagasaki, and Okinawa prefectures. Local residents, members of the fire brigade, local government officials, neighborhood association officials, fire department personnel and others from various positions heard Mr. Nakajo’s words. At the conference in the city of Oita in 2019, around 600 people gathered in the great hall.
Mr. Nakajo has repeatedly called for an early evacuation.
“Even if nothing happens, you can just laugh at” this time is an evacuation drill. “As a result of the” everything will be fine “self-assessment and staying last minute (at home), the damage comes late. I come to tell this story in my talk. “
In the wake of “a new way of life”
At the moment, Mr. Nakajo’s activity “10-Year Tradition in Disasters Project” is the last to give a lecture in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture, on February 9, 2020. After this, the infection The new coronavirus spread through Japan and has not traveled very far. However, he still tells his own experiences to those who come to Asahi city and says, “I want to hear the story of Mr. Nakajo.”
Sometimes I go to the “Asahi City Disaster Prevention Museum”. A panel that clearly describes the state of the tsunami and the damage situation, and a display of clocks that stopped at the time of the arrival of the tsunami make the memory of those days come true. The museum is also cracking down on the crown, and is currently a reservation system, continuing to accept visitors while trying to keep the museum from getting crowded.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, earthquakes, typhoons, and heavy rain disasters have occurred frequently in many areas in the past 10 years. Mr. Nakajo says, “Rather, there is a request to listen to the areas that have escaped the disaster.” After giving a lecture in Ukiha City, Fukuoka Prefecture, which I visited in 2018, one of the attendees revealed, “Actually, I too suffered a heavy rain disaster.” The previous year, it was damaged by heavy rains in northern Kyushu that occurred mainly in the neighboring city of Asakura. Mr Nakajo urged: “I would like you to tell the local people about your flood experience so far.” I thought it would raise people’s awareness and give them a chance to escape early.
Mr. Nakajo wants to take advantage of the earthquake experience in disaster prevention in the future. On the other hand, I think it is important to “take the next step” without carrying away painful memories of the disaster. “Especially now, the world is about to change drastically with the arrival of the new Crown. I think it is time to move on to live a new life because the painful experience may remain in the corner of my heart. I will.” (This series will be published at any time)
(J-CAST Hitoshi Ogi News)
