More aftermaths of a disaster

About a kilometer inland from the coast of a city called Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture.
A huge tank was carried 300 meters and tipped over on the middle of a road by the tsunami.

160 thousand people lived in this city causing 3700 casualties and 600 missing.
This city seems to be a long way to recover. Maybe worse than Rikuzen Takata, the town I visited yesterday. Although the manufacturing industry here is recovering quite significantly, the famous fishing industry here is in a big struggle. Destroyed cars are still piled up and rubbles are still scatered around the former residentual area.

Our local volunteer guide told us that 60 percent of the city's budget will be spent into just cleaning the mess this year. They definitely need the support from the government to maintain the living standards here.


On my way back to Tokyo. Probably a 7 hour bus ride. I have two more days to work before having anothet four days off.
It was a great pleasure being part of this volunteering project even though I had limited amount of time. I met nice people who had the same interest as I did.
Also was good to understand the current situation of the destroyed cities and the issues the Japanese government is going to face in both quantitive & qualitive perspective.
However, I also had a positive view of the economy of the region. Consuming is definitely being lifted up by a come back of tourists. High pitch construction is gradually bringing back the industry. I assume not many countries around the world can do such good work in a year.