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Kamaishi | Metropolis Japan


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As Japan gears up for the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games on July 23, 2021, the world turns its attention to the Olympic torch relay currently traveling across the country. For the little coastal town of Kamaishi, the arrival of the symbolic flame and the international spotlight it brings will be much more than an important moment in its history. It will be another sign of how sports and the values of  heart, resilience and union strengthens the town’s future and lifts the spirits of a community that was left in ruins after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. What follows is the remarkable story of that community and how the 2019 Rugby World Cup, along with the 2020 Olympics, can bring hope to the resilient locals who survived one of the largest natural disasters ever recorded in Japan.  ....

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Ten years on, rugby lifts spirits in tsunami-struck Kamaishi


Ten years on, rugby lifts spirits in tsunami-struck Kamaishi
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A banner in memory of March 11 victims is displayed on the pitch before a Rugby World Cup game between Fiji and Uruguay on Sept. 25, 2019, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. | REUTERS
Jiji
Mar 10, 2021
Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture – Passion for rugby is offering a beacon of hope in the northeastern city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after it was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
We were able to aim for the same goal, the World Cup, said Yoshihiko Sakuraba, general manager of the Kamaishi Seawaves Rugby Football Club, of his relationship with the city in the decade after the disaster. That became a great asset. ....

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