Ishinomaki school wrecked in 3/11 tsunami opened to public viewing Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Visitors look at photos and other items at a museum opened on the grounds of the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday. | KYODO
Jiji Jul 19, 2021
Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref. – The remains of a local elementary school that was heavily damaged by the March 2011 tsunami unleashed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake were opened to public viewing in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sunday.
The Ishinomaki Municipal Government has completed a facility that allows visitors to look at the old building of Okawa Elementary School from up close. In a museum within the school grounds, photos of the inside of the building and schoolchildren’s evacuation routes on the disaster day are on display, offering lessons on