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Seawall art gives Tohoku residents an ocean view, hope for the future

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi -- The walls are there to protect them from the sea that a decade ago rose up in a tsunami and caused such destruction. With their view now obscured, residents of the Tohoku region have opted to turn the drab concrete barriers into works of art.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 31, 2022

Disaster-hit school building reopens as memorial site

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi -- A disaster memorial opened Sunday on the grounds of an elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture that was badly damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 3, 2022

Tsunami-ravaged school to be opened to public

Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged in a fire sparked by the 2011 tsunami, is to be opened to the public in April as a remnant of the damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 20, 2022