Tsunami, 10 Years in the Rebuilding of a Town from Zero, Onagawa, Japan - Earthquake
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2022
- Onagawa is a town located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2020, the town had an estimated population of 6,319, and a population density of 97 persons per km2 in 3,110 households. The total area of the town is 65.35 square kilometres (25.23 sq mi).
Onagawa was one of the most heavily damaged communities by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami reached in excess of 15 metres (49 ft) in height and swept 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) inland, claiming 827 lives and destroying 70% of the buildings in the town.[9][10] At least 12 of the town's 25 designated evacuation sites were inundated by the tsunami. The town's hospital located on a hill was extensively flooded on the first floor at the maximum recorded wave height of 18 meters. Six reinforced concrete buildings in the town of up to 4 stories in height were overturned by the force of the surging water and debris and Onagawa Station and its nearby railway tracks were also destroyed.
The local community's reconstruction efforts, in many cases led by Onagawa private sector business leaders, have outpaced many larger towns impacted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Within days of the disaster privately owned construction machinery were used to clear roads, a wholesale fish market was relaunched on 1 April and a reconstruction advisory board was formed shortly thereafter. In the aftermath of the tsunami local residents successfully established small scale grocery stores and retail food facilities in a series of temporary market structures.
On 21 March 2015 the reconstructed Onagawa Station reopened marking the restoration of the entire Ishinomaki Line. The new station building features an integrated community center and public bathing facility on the upper floors.
Serving both the needs of the local community and attracting out of town visitors, a pedestrianized shopping promenade called Seapal Pia was opened in December 2015.
Five years after the tsunami many Onagawa residents continue to live in short-term temporary accommodation. After extensive landscaping, new residential housing is being relocated at higher elevations on nearby hillsides and leftover soil is being used to raise industrial and commercial sections closer to the water an average of 4.5 metres (15 ft) above sea level.
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It is surreal. The town of Onagowa which was so charming wiped off the map in less than twenty minutes is something I cannot get out of my head. I think about the people who must have thought the world was ending. The survivors of this deserve a medal.
Thanks for showing us around and providing us with extra info in the subtitles!
My wife and I 🇬🇧 visited Onagawa a few weeks ago on a beautifully sunny ☀️ but cold day. It is a lovely town with true spirit and a stunning but vulnerable location. We very much enjoyed our visit to Onagawa and wider Tohoku. 😊
Thank you for bringing us to the town Center of Onagawa. Indeed, it’s sad to see the memorial of Earthquake and tsunami 2011. 🥹😪
But at the same time we feel so proud of the local people and government of that place who rebuilt the city in less than 10 years. It shows the determination and perseverance of your people. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Amazing video and so positive, sending u lots of love and support from Israel ❤
Thank you so much, it was a pleasure to tour Onagawa with you.
Nicola, WELL SAID! My thoughts exactly - thanks! ❤ It's wonderful to see the recovery after such horrific devastation. Cheers!
It really is absolutely heart breaking. And scary. I would absolutely want to come to Onagawa to pay respects to everybody who lost their lives and to honor the resilience and spirit of the Japanese people. Your video made me tear up.
absolutely in love with your videos, you capture japan in such a raw, unique, and beautiful way. thank you for showing us the places much less traveled- they are just as lovely as kyoto and tokyo.
I really love this video!! I like to watch old village!! This is good travel with delicious food!! Thank you for sharing my new friend!! Greeting from Korea!!😍😍👍
Thank you for your videos. I have more appreciation for Japan because of them.
This video is very interesting. I could not eat all that fish though, I do not like fish, so it is no good me visiting Japan! Ha ha! Thank you for explaining the words and for filming all this. 😁👍
Great job filming. it's incredible what occurred there and how strong the human spirit is. I want to visit Japan someday and go to so many of the places you have filmed. I need a tour guide. Please advise if possible. Thank you
Very most excellent video. So sorry for the people of Japan! But you are strong and resilient. Greetings from U.S.A.!
Fantastic.
I'm going to share this with Hawaii - Maui. 2,000 enrolled children weren't at 1st day of school. School was out the day of the fires. Kids were home while patents were at work. Children haven't turned up yet.
Thank you.
It’s nice to see it built back up. Is that the surviving hospital across from the monument?
maybe I can plan a trip to see a few of the rebuilt towns during the visit to japan in next few years. Good that new buildings are built on higher grounds as added protection from tsunami.
keep doing your work dude.i believe you get more subscribers soon.by the way,i really like japan a lot.i feel like its my second home
Thank you so much!!
I love Onagawa though, it is such a beautiful place.
Very nice video, extremely odd not to see people out and about, normally Japan is always bustling with lots of people.
It’s was horror and terrifying imagining myself during on that unfaithful event, but it was motivating and inspiring how the locals go on and celebrate life despite of!
Muito bom ver a cidade nove anos após a tsunami.
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I would visit even like in 🇧🇱 and visit other Earthquake Member Sites like in Hokkaido & Kyoto . Other 🇧🇱 walking 🚶♀️ channels need to do the same not just stay in the same locations or go somewhere else and come back again. Hope to see more towns including further north or south of Hokkaido &! Kyoto. Video 🌧 and crows and seagulls saying CZcamsr 👍🙏⛩🙏🙏🇧🇱📱
Here is a video of Onagawa from 23 March 2011. (czcams.com/video/m4Ejjzx6tK0/video.html)
This is what it looked like afterwards. This young person took this video walking through what you are showing rebuilt now. This video came up for me today, 31 Dec 2023.
No mention of the nuclear power plant? You wouldn't be eating the sea food if it hadn't been built and operated so well
The japanese people are agreat people who were able to build acivilization in a region poor in resourses and suffering from all kinds of natural disasters
Whale meat?Japan atill killing whales ????