Okinawan man observation deck for a pair of Shisa in front of his house on the Fukushima coast “for the soul of restoration”
Yukiteru Naka and the Shisa that will be placed on the observation deck – January, Fukushima Prefecture (photograph provided by Yoichiro Naka)
February 12, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
Next month, March 11, will mark the 10-year anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Izena native Yukiteru Naka, 79, chairman of Tohoku Enterprise, which is tasked with nuclear power plant maintenance, is building an observation deck overlooking the ocean in front of his house in Tomioka, Fukushima. Carved in memory of the earthquake, and praying that another disaster does not occur, are two Tsuboya ceramic Shisa that will be placed on the observation deck. “Since I was working in nuclear power, I feel like both a perpetrator and a victim. I felt that there must be something that I could do for the area.” While dealing with these complex emotions, he c
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