Japan: School damaged by tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster reopens as memorial

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A school building in Namie, Fukushima, that was badly damaged by the 2011 earthquake and the subsequent nuclear disaster reopened as a memorial, as seen on Wednesday.
Ukedo Elementary School has visible damage as a result of the tsunami. “This is the first time I’ve been inside, and it’s harder than I expected,” a visitor said.
“Another thing I felt today is that even after 10 years, I saw the reality that the recovery is still in progress,” a visitor from Tokyo said.
Located around 300 meters from the Pacific Ocean, the school was hit by a 15-meter-high tsunami on March 11, 2011. All 95 students, teachers and employees who were at the school managed to escape the high waters and survived. The students were then forced to evacuate as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, situated 5 kilometres north of the school melted down releasing radioactive materials as a result of the earthquake.

SOT, Hiromi Tamagawa, Staff at Ukedo Elementary School (Japanese) : “Due to the earthquake, my house is no longer liveable, so we had to demolish it. Others like us had to demolish their homes, and from the very first. Used area is no longer liveable, so the residents can’t return.”

SOT, Wadaki , Fukushima resident (Japanese) : “I came here to the school for the first time today. I live in the same Fukushima prefecture. I have just realised for the first time how big it was. I’ve been to this place, Ukedo, and Ukedo River several times because there is a place known for salmon fishing. but I didn’t come here again after the earthquake. Today, I was finally able to see it as a group tour.”

SOT, Kaneko, Visitor from Tokyo (Japanese) :“The magnitude of nature’s power and the weakness of human beings against it. Smallness. I was surprised. Another thing I felt today is that even after 10 years, I saw the reality that the recovery is still in progress. It’s too late, no matter how much we try.”

SOT, Matsukawa, Visitor (Japanese): “I’ve seen it twice from the outside. This is the first time I’ve been inside, and it’s harder than I expected.”

SOT, Yabukimachi, Resident (Japanese):“What I felt the most was the judgment of the teachers who guided the children to run away to the mountain. I was surprised at that.”

SOT, Endo,Visitor (Japanese): “​I was shocked to see and hear that the children had fled to the mountains.”

SOT, Hiromi Tamagawa, Staff (Japanese): “I feel very strongly that the threat of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear power plant accident was an accident that even after 10 years, the recovery process will never end.”

SOT, Hiromi Tamagawa, Staff(Japanese): “When a big tsunami hits, you just have to run away. If you don’t escape, you will be caught in the tsunami and suffer damage. I hope that by coming here, you will be able to feel that it is important to escape.”

SOT, Hiromi Tamagawa, Staff (Japanese):“After the earthquake and tsunami, many homes were washed away, but the school was able to remain intact, so it has become a facility for the local people, that reminds them of their hometown.”

SOT, Hiromi Tamagawa, Staff (Japanese): “For those who were in their teens or early elementary school at the time, it is a place where they can see how terrible the damage was, and for the elderly, like, local people, it is a place that reminds them of how much damage, how bad it was.”

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