Regional icon: Tourists visit a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday to view the sole pine tree that survived the March 11 tsunami. The tree has become a symbol of the region's recovery. KYODO"I wanted to let my kid know the dangers of tsunami," said Seiko Obara, a 48-year-old company employee from Tokyo who came to see the 4,724-ton Asian Symphony on the pier in Kamaishi with his 9-year-old son, Taichi, during their visit to his parents' home in Hanamaki, also in Iwate."I think reconstruction will continue until the time of our children's generation. So I want him to remember (the harm) by actually seeing it with his own eyes," Obara said."The power of the tsunami is unbelievable," the son said.Another visitor was a 32-year-old woman from Morioka, the prefectural capital, who lost 13 relatives in the March 11 tsunami."Until now, I was too scared to come to this place," she said. "I came here for Bon (the Buddhist festival for honoring the spirits of the dead), but I can't compose myself. I think many people still can't look at the sea."With the location drawing a constant stream of visitors, a 44-year-old company employee in the neighborhood said, "I don't want it to be a tourist spot, but I think it is good for people who have not gone through the tsunami to see it. Images and reality are totally different."In the Taro district in the city of Miyako, where the tsunami overwhelmed a 10-meter-high seawall that had been likened to the Great Wall of China, Yae Yokoyama was among the visitors. She said she came to offer a silent prayer for victims."I used to pray for the happiness of my family in the Bon season, but it is different this year," she said.Near the sole remaining tree in what used to be a big pine grove in Rikuzentakata, many people were taking photos."I marvel at the fact that just one tree remained, and came over to see it," said a 21-year-old college student from Saitama Prefecture, who is visiting his father's home in the city. "In the Kanto region, all we talk about is how to save energy. By coming to Tohoku, I learned anew how serious the damage is."A 32-year-old junior high school teacher from Hokkaido said: "I will teach students the danger of tsunami as the school I work for is close to the sea. I also want to tell them that the disaster areas are standing up against the hardship, just like the pine tree that withstood the tsunami."KYODOPublic awareness in Japan of the risks of 1-meter-high tsunami was lower just after the March earthquake and tsunami disaster than in the aftermath of a major quake in Chile last year, researchers at the University of Tokyo and Doshisha University said Monday.Speculating on the reason, Satoko Oki, an assistant professor in the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, said video of massive tsunami after the March quake created so strong an image that people may have come to feel that small waves are less dangerous.Commenting on the findings by their joint survey on residents of 17 prefectures from central to southwestern Japan, the researchers recommended that information on tsunami be provided with a warning that even a small wave is dangerous."Comments that even a tsunami with a height of 1 meter is dangerous should accompany tsunami information," Oki said.In all, 70.8 percent of people surveyed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck coastal Chile on Feb. 27, 2010, recognized that tsunami of more than 10 cm, 50 cm or 1 meter in height are dangerous. The proportion dropped to 45.7 percent after Tohoku was hit by a magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11, they said.The latest survey was carried out in April in Shizuoka and 16 other prefectures to the west, where large quakes are forecast to occur, and received valid replies from 1,036 people.2011年8月19日金曜日
Tsunami artifacts prove popular
KAMAISHI, Iwate Pref. — A 100-meter-long freighter sitting on a pier, a crumbled seawall once dubbed the Great Wall, and the sole surviving pine tree out of 70,000 are some of the remnants of the March tsunami in Iwate Prefecture drawing visitors this summer vacation season.Regional icon: Tourists visit a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday to view the sole pine tree that survived the March 11 tsunami. The tree has become a symbol of the region's recovery. KYODO"I wanted to let my kid know the dangers of tsunami," said Seiko Obara, a 48-year-old company employee from Tokyo who came to see the 4,724-ton Asian Symphony on the pier in Kamaishi with his 9-year-old son, Taichi, during their visit to his parents' home in Hanamaki, also in Iwate."I think reconstruction will continue until the time of our children's generation. So I want him to remember (the harm) by actually seeing it with his own eyes," Obara said."The power of the tsunami is unbelievable," the son said.Another visitor was a 32-year-old woman from Morioka, the prefectural capital, who lost 13 relatives in the March 11 tsunami."Until now, I was too scared to come to this place," she said. "I came here for Bon (the Buddhist festival for honoring the spirits of the dead), but I can't compose myself. I think many people still can't look at the sea."With the location drawing a constant stream of visitors, a 44-year-old company employee in the neighborhood said, "I don't want it to be a tourist spot, but I think it is good for people who have not gone through the tsunami to see it. Images and reality are totally different."In the Taro district in the city of Miyako, where the tsunami overwhelmed a 10-meter-high seawall that had been likened to the Great Wall of China, Yae Yokoyama was among the visitors. She said she came to offer a silent prayer for victims."I used to pray for the happiness of my family in the Bon season, but it is different this year," she said.Near the sole remaining tree in what used to be a big pine grove in Rikuzentakata, many people were taking photos."I marvel at the fact that just one tree remained, and came over to see it," said a 21-year-old college student from Saitama Prefecture, who is visiting his father's home in the city. "In the Kanto region, all we talk about is how to save energy. By coming to Tohoku, I learned anew how serious the damage is."A 32-year-old junior high school teacher from Hokkaido said: "I will teach students the danger of tsunami as the school I work for is close to the sea. I also want to tell them that the disaster areas are standing up against the hardship, just like the pine tree that withstood the tsunami."KYODOPublic awareness in Japan of the risks of 1-meter-high tsunami was lower just after the March earthquake and tsunami disaster than in the aftermath of a major quake in Chile last year, researchers at the University of Tokyo and Doshisha University said Monday.Speculating on the reason, Satoko Oki, an assistant professor in the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, said video of massive tsunami after the March quake created so strong an image that people may have come to feel that small waves are less dangerous.Commenting on the findings by their joint survey on residents of 17 prefectures from central to southwestern Japan, the researchers recommended that information on tsunami be provided with a warning that even a small wave is dangerous."Comments that even a tsunami with a height of 1 meter is dangerous should accompany tsunami information," Oki said.In all, 70.8 percent of people surveyed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck coastal Chile on Feb. 27, 2010, recognized that tsunami of more than 10 cm, 50 cm or 1 meter in height are dangerous. The proportion dropped to 45.7 percent after Tohoku was hit by a magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11, they said.The latest survey was carried out in April in Shizuoka and 16 other prefectures to the west, where large quakes are forecast to occur, and received valid replies from 1,036 people.
Regional icon: Tourists visit a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday to view the sole pine tree that survived the March 11 tsunami. The tree has become a symbol of the region's recovery. KYODO"I wanted to let my kid know the dangers of tsunami," said Seiko Obara, a 48-year-old company employee from Tokyo who came to see the 4,724-ton Asian Symphony on the pier in Kamaishi with his 9-year-old son, Taichi, during their visit to his parents' home in Hanamaki, also in Iwate."I think reconstruction will continue until the time of our children's generation. So I want him to remember (the harm) by actually seeing it with his own eyes," Obara said."The power of the tsunami is unbelievable," the son said.Another visitor was a 32-year-old woman from Morioka, the prefectural capital, who lost 13 relatives in the March 11 tsunami."Until now, I was too scared to come to this place," she said. "I came here for Bon (the Buddhist festival for honoring the spirits of the dead), but I can't compose myself. I think many people still can't look at the sea."With the location drawing a constant stream of visitors, a 44-year-old company employee in the neighborhood said, "I don't want it to be a tourist spot, but I think it is good for people who have not gone through the tsunami to see it. Images and reality are totally different."In the Taro district in the city of Miyako, where the tsunami overwhelmed a 10-meter-high seawall that had been likened to the Great Wall of China, Yae Yokoyama was among the visitors. She said she came to offer a silent prayer for victims."I used to pray for the happiness of my family in the Bon season, but it is different this year," she said.Near the sole remaining tree in what used to be a big pine grove in Rikuzentakata, many people were taking photos."I marvel at the fact that just one tree remained, and came over to see it," said a 21-year-old college student from Saitama Prefecture, who is visiting his father's home in the city. "In the Kanto region, all we talk about is how to save energy. By coming to Tohoku, I learned anew how serious the damage is."A 32-year-old junior high school teacher from Hokkaido said: "I will teach students the danger of tsunami as the school I work for is close to the sea. I also want to tell them that the disaster areas are standing up against the hardship, just like the pine tree that withstood the tsunami."KYODOPublic awareness in Japan of the risks of 1-meter-high tsunami was lower just after the March earthquake and tsunami disaster than in the aftermath of a major quake in Chile last year, researchers at the University of Tokyo and Doshisha University said Monday.Speculating on the reason, Satoko Oki, an assistant professor in the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, said video of massive tsunami after the March quake created so strong an image that people may have come to feel that small waves are less dangerous.Commenting on the findings by their joint survey on residents of 17 prefectures from central to southwestern Japan, the researchers recommended that information on tsunami be provided with a warning that even a small wave is dangerous."Comments that even a tsunami with a height of 1 meter is dangerous should accompany tsunami information," Oki said.In all, 70.8 percent of people surveyed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck coastal Chile on Feb. 27, 2010, recognized that tsunami of more than 10 cm, 50 cm or 1 meter in height are dangerous. The proportion dropped to 45.7 percent after Tohoku was hit by a magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11, they said.The latest survey was carried out in April in Shizuoka and 16 other prefectures to the west, where large quakes are forecast to occur, and received valid replies from 1,036 people.
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