Recent trip to Sendai, Shiogama, Matsushima, Miyagi.
Last month, I went on a small trip to a prefecture of Miyagi, Tohoku area of Japan. The cities I visited were Sendai, Shiogama, and Matsushima. Sendai is the Prefectural capital and Shiogama and Matsushima are known with their fish ports. Hence, sushi indeed was one of the main reasons for my visit. The photographs I took of those beautiful sushi dishes are now on my Twitter and Instagram, so please visit them. You'd see Japanese cuisine is not only about its taste but it is about presentation, how they appear appetizingly. The aesthetic of it. Carefully thought out fish choices on specially selected plates!
Tohoku is an area known for fresh fish and wonderful seafood culture. Yet because of its location just by the sea, it was also the area severely damaged by the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011. Comes 11th of this month becomes the 9th year since the disaster. The sights I visited this time were mostly tourist locations and from where I could see most areas there have been recovered but there were also traces of how grave the damage was. There were photographs of how much of them were damaged hung on walls in restaurants, and there were signage on train stations to indicate the level of water reached when it happened. People are aware of importance to keep them at sight that we will not forget.
Precaution should be taken, no same mistakes on evacuating should be repeated. Yes, they are all so important that we learn from the incident.
But when I was there at site, I felt, all this, the enjoyment, the fun of life, all that we take granted for from everyday life... we should never forget there were people here, the and their lives lost. The strong fact remains to now that death ended their lives. They were ordinary people just like me living in those cities, and this is what we should not forget.
What happened happened, it's such a tragic, so sad and so awful, but beyond that if I may be bold to say that we should live our lives for those who couldn't. That our lives are not just for our sakes to live but it's also for those that wanted to live but couldn't, on be half of these people who were present but gone we should live for.
With this in mind, our ordinary lives become even more meaningful.
It was only a short trip to east-north but so much to gain. It's been an empowering trip.
Tohoku is an area known for fresh fish and wonderful seafood culture. Yet because of its location just by the sea, it was also the area severely damaged by the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011. Comes 11th of this month becomes the 9th year since the disaster. The sights I visited this time were mostly tourist locations and from where I could see most areas there have been recovered but there were also traces of how grave the damage was. There were photographs of how much of them were damaged hung on walls in restaurants, and there were signage on train stations to indicate the level of water reached when it happened. People are aware of importance to keep them at sight that we will not forget.
Precaution should be taken, no same mistakes on evacuating should be repeated. Yes, they are all so important that we learn from the incident.
But when I was there at site, I felt, all this, the enjoyment, the fun of life, all that we take granted for from everyday life... we should never forget there were people here, the and their lives lost. The strong fact remains to now that death ended their lives. They were ordinary people just like me living in those cities, and this is what we should not forget.
What happened happened, it's such a tragic, so sad and so awful, but beyond that if I may be bold to say that we should live our lives for those who couldn't. That our lives are not just for our sakes to live but it's also for those that wanted to live but couldn't, on be half of these people who were present but gone we should live for.
With this in mind, our ordinary lives become even more meaningful.
It was only a short trip to east-north but so much to gain. It's been an empowering trip.
