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NOHA Tohoku Study Tour

Update: March 6, 2023

A study tour visiting Tohoku region devastatingly hit by the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011 was held between November 29 (Tue.) and December 1 (Thu.),2022 as one of the NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) program in which ICU graduate school participates. While this study tour has been held online due to the pandemic for last two years, participants could actually visit the site for the first time in three years this time.

Partcipants visited Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum, Temporary Housing, Takata Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park, etc in Rikuzentakata city, a disaster-affected area. They could learn a lot through the dialogue with the local municipalities, the local communities and the individuals who played the important roles for reconstruction. This study tour turned out to be a meaningful and practical course.

Please read this report for details.