The enormous task of elevating the ground of coastal districts by several meters and re-enforcing the waterfront is finally approaching completion... read all

This time, we started our journey in Morioka from where we reached the coastal city of Miyako in under two hours by rental car... read all

Five years after the big disaster, increasingly many new residential districts are being completed, allowing... read all

On this trip we witnessed further progress in the monumental project to raise the elevation of entire former city districts by several meters... read all

One year year after our last visit, we witnessed a lot of visible progress. Most eye-catching was the work on raising the ground of former town centers... read all

The focus of efforts along the Sanriku Coast have now definitely shifted from the clean-up to the reconstruction phase, and the recovery progress is becoming more and more obvious... read all

Clean-up efforts seemed to be nearing completion, as some of the last remaining damaged structures and most mountains of debris have disappeared from the cities... read all

After seeing little dramatic progress on our previous two visits, we felt that the recovery process has finally started to shift... read all

On the first sight, not much drastic change was visible, but on a closer look many steps towards recovery were... read all

One year after the tsunami, we revisited some of the worst hit cities along the Sanriku Coast in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures on April 16 and 17, 2012... read all

A little bit over half a year after the tsunami, we revisited some of the worst hit cities along the Sanriku Coast. In most areas the debris has been sorted and collected into huge mountains, paving the way for reconstruction... read all

One and a half months after the March 11 disaster, good progress has been made on clearing major roads, recovering victims and reinstating the food supply. The self defense force and police from all over the country were... read all