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 

How a Sake Brewery coped after the earthquake in the Fukushima region

An interesting "good news " article of how a famous Sake Brewery fared during and after the March 11th Earthquake and what measures they took to ensure their products were not contaminated.
It is pleasing to read that recently their sales have risen since the quake.
Read the story here

The Brewery is the Daishichi Sake Brewery in Nihonmatsu town and the same web site has a nice article explaining it's history and the artisan brewing process.

Daishichi Sake Brewery article.

The Brewery also has a good web site in English and Japanese

Company web site ( in English )

If I can track down any suppliers of their products in the U.K. I'll update the post later ,
I like a drop of sake.

Sanriku Oyster Reconstruction Project

I saw a documentary on NHK world T.V. about Oyster farmers trying to restart their business after the Tsunami wiped it out. It led me to investigate a bit more.
Sanriku Oyster project link

also a related "good" news story here
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120211a6.html