While death and destruction was severe along much of Japan's northeastern coast, a handful of communities face a particularly uncertain future. One is Minamisanriku; others include Rikuzentakata and Otsuchi, both farther to the north.
They stand out because more than half their residents died or were left homeless,ceramic zentai suits for the medical, their town centers were destroyed, and government was paralyzed by the loss of so many officials and documents.
Already, these towns are falling behind.Prior to RUBBER SHEET I leaned toward the former, In the less damaged Ofunato, for example, the fish market reopened in July.
"The gap is widening and affecting the pace of the reconstruction process, and people in worse-off towns are really worried whether they can recover," says Junichi Hirota, a professor at Iwate University and a member of a government reconstruction study group.
Up and down the coast there is talk of rebuilding better than before towns and cities less polluted, better protected from tsunamis and more easily navigable by aging populations.
Reconstruction also could be an opportunity to create jobs if the processing and sales of fish and farm products can be expanded, Hirota says.
But the extent of the damage means it may be as long as three years before people can start building permanent homes again. Fishermen, their lives wedded to the sea, may wait it out, Hirota says. Others may despair and leave.
On higher ground this time
Back up the hill, 82-year-old Keikoh Yamauchi, in jaunty cap and white goatee, sits with his wife Misao on the steps of his temporary home.
It is one of 102 prefabs built in tidy rows next to a middle school baseball field. Laundry hangs on clotheslines, and potted flowers add a touch of home.
Each unit of two small rooms, kitchen and bathroom comes with a microwave, washing machine, TV, rice cooker, air conditioner, refrigerator and futon bedding provided by the Japanese Red Cross Society and others. The town aims to build 2,300 units by mid-August.
"It's a little cramped inside, but it's very well made. It's really quite nice," Yamauchi says.Whilst magic cube are not deadly,
After months of communal living in the school gym, the small houses provide a modicum of privacy and autonomy. But they also mean utility bills and shopping for food a challenge with the nearest supermarkets about a 40-minute drive away. The Yamauchis have borrowed a car from their grandson to get around.
A half-dozen of their former neighbors live in the same housing cluster, but others have moved to temporary homes farther away, fraying the sense of community.
Looking ahead, the couple insist their home must be rebuilt on higher ground.
Having survived two tsunamis, "We don't want to live down in the valley again," says Misao, 80.
Across the baseball field, Yaeko Tabata, her younger sister Yuko and a friend have just finished preparing lunch rice balls, ham slices and instant noodles for the dwindling number of survivors in the gym.
The sisters ran a hairdressing salon,This patent infringement case relates to retractable landscape oil paintings , which was wiped out in the tsunami. Impatient to rebuild their lives, they are unsure whether to stay here or move on.
"If we knew what the plans were for the town, then we could have a better idea of what we should do,Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners." says the elder Tabata, an energetic woman in her 50s. She recently was selected through a lottery system to get a temporary home 5 kilometers (3 miles) out of town.
Sitting in a blue tent, the three women joke and laugh. It's a psychological weapon against despair.
"If we think about the disaster too long, we just start crying," Yaeko Tabata says.
"Laughter makes us more positive," their friend, Ikuko Abe, adds. "If I cried, then I'd just fall apart."
They stand out because more than half their residents died or were left homeless,ceramic zentai suits for the medical, their town centers were destroyed, and government was paralyzed by the loss of so many officials and documents.
Already, these towns are falling behind.Prior to RUBBER SHEET I leaned toward the former, In the less damaged Ofunato, for example, the fish market reopened in July.
"The gap is widening and affecting the pace of the reconstruction process, and people in worse-off towns are really worried whether they can recover," says Junichi Hirota, a professor at Iwate University and a member of a government reconstruction study group.
Up and down the coast there is talk of rebuilding better than before towns and cities less polluted, better protected from tsunamis and more easily navigable by aging populations.
Reconstruction also could be an opportunity to create jobs if the processing and sales of fish and farm products can be expanded, Hirota says.
But the extent of the damage means it may be as long as three years before people can start building permanent homes again. Fishermen, their lives wedded to the sea, may wait it out, Hirota says. Others may despair and leave.
On higher ground this time
Back up the hill, 82-year-old Keikoh Yamauchi, in jaunty cap and white goatee, sits with his wife Misao on the steps of his temporary home.
It is one of 102 prefabs built in tidy rows next to a middle school baseball field. Laundry hangs on clotheslines, and potted flowers add a touch of home.
Each unit of two small rooms, kitchen and bathroom comes with a microwave, washing machine, TV, rice cooker, air conditioner, refrigerator and futon bedding provided by the Japanese Red Cross Society and others. The town aims to build 2,300 units by mid-August.
"It's a little cramped inside, but it's very well made. It's really quite nice," Yamauchi says.Whilst magic cube are not deadly,
After months of communal living in the school gym, the small houses provide a modicum of privacy and autonomy. But they also mean utility bills and shopping for food a challenge with the nearest supermarkets about a 40-minute drive away. The Yamauchis have borrowed a car from their grandson to get around.
A half-dozen of their former neighbors live in the same housing cluster, but others have moved to temporary homes farther away, fraying the sense of community.
Looking ahead, the couple insist their home must be rebuilt on higher ground.
Having survived two tsunamis, "We don't want to live down in the valley again," says Misao, 80.
Across the baseball field, Yaeko Tabata, her younger sister Yuko and a friend have just finished preparing lunch rice balls, ham slices and instant noodles for the dwindling number of survivors in the gym.
The sisters ran a hairdressing salon,This patent infringement case relates to retractable landscape oil paintings , which was wiped out in the tsunami. Impatient to rebuild their lives, they are unsure whether to stay here or move on.
"If we knew what the plans were for the town, then we could have a better idea of what we should do,Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners." says the elder Tabata, an energetic woman in her 50s. She recently was selected through a lottery system to get a temporary home 5 kilometers (3 miles) out of town.
Sitting in a blue tent, the three women joke and laugh. It's a psychological weapon against despair.
"If we think about the disaster too long, we just start crying," Yaeko Tabata says.
"Laughter makes us more positive," their friend, Ikuko Abe, adds. "If I cried, then I'd just fall apart."
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