We met a woman in her thirties who had lost her husband and second
daughter. She had also lost three relatives from her family home.
Her husband’s body was discovered on a cliff, but to date none of the
others has been found.
She is now living in an evacuation centre with her eldest daughter.
She told us that she was finding her eldest daughter a nuisance. She said
that she was consumed by thoughts of her younger daughter, while relations with
her eldest daughter were hostile. She even expressed that she wished to stay in
the evacuation centre and not move into temporary housing.
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| The evacuation centre residents now number only around 100 |
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Autumn, the season when the miscanthus grasses
blow.
Once more we prepared powdered green tea.
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The moving of families
to temporary housing continues.
It is expected that everyone will be moved by
the end of October.
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| Mid-demolition. The far building is no longer standing. |
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Evacuees who have come
to visit the ruins of their home.
In one area of the site,
people have left incense, flowers and
rice bowls by the side
of some house remains.
The yellow helmet in the
front of the picture is a Jizo Buddha statue
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As a small child, I
would buy things in this old bookshop on credit using my father’s name.
After the disaster and a
change of location, it looks set to reopen!
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