My visit to Onagawa April 2013

In April I was able to visit japan for a holiday , while I was there I was determined to visit Onagawa to see how reconstruction was going and try to understand how the region could recover from the huge 2011 disaster.
I have been posting stories and photographs from my visit at my other blog.
here are links to some of the Onagawa posts but please explore the whole blog if you are interested in what else I saw or ate while I was in Japan

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/onagawa-part-1-journey-north-april-10th.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/eating-my-way-around-japan-2013-part.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/wakame-seaweed-harvest-on-enoshima.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/why-onagawa-some-background.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/onagawa-part-2-guided-tour-april-10th.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/onagawa-part-3-reconstruction-april.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/onagawa-part-4-temporary-town.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/eating-my-way-around-japan-part-7.html

http://longstoned.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/onagawa-part-5-remnants-and-controversy.html

thank you 

El Faro, new hotel in Onagawa video story.

Excellent story of local people in Onagawa forcing the pace of recovery . 

I have booked to stay here on my next visit to Japan .

Respect

Thoughts and respect two years on , I hope the recovery continues as fast as possible .

Onagawa Photography update documentary from JIBTV

A recent documentary featuring Mayumi Suzuki in Onagawa following on from the original film made just after the Tsunami.

Watch the video here at JIBTV
Select the program

"FORWARD" Snapshots: Capturing Hometown Life

New Hotel in Onagawa

An interesting news story about opening a new hotel in Onagawa, click link below to view a short video at the NHK World web site

NHK news video