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3)Learning about the reconstruction and the cultures of disaster preparedness from previous disasters [(1) Tagajo City - (2) Higashi-Matsushima City - (3) Ishinomaki City - (4) Kesennuma City] Course

Learning about the disaster-related cultures created by the repeated disasters and the people who overcame these disasters. A program where participants learn about how people overcame disasters and earthquakes, such as the 869 Sanriku Earthquake, Meiji Sanriku Earthquake, Showa Sanriku Earthquake, Chilean Earthquakes and Tsunamis, and the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Estimated amount of time required for tour course by bus: 9 hours (excluding optional sightseeing)

過去の災害の歴史から防災文化と復興ついて学ぶ【（１）多賀城市→（２）東松島市→（３）石巻市→（４）気仙沼市】コース

program 01　Tagajo City

Suenomatsuyama

Suenomatsuyama is the hill referred to in one of the cards Hyakunin Isshu (the hundred poems written by one hundred poets) ,"Suenomatsuyama Namikosaji". Suenomatsuyama is known for blocking the gigantic walls of tsunami caused by the 869 Sanriku Earthquake as well as the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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City Walking Tour to Study the Tagajo and Jogan Earthquakes and Tsunamis

program 02　Tagajo City

Tohoku History Museum

A prefectural history museum that has the largest exhibitions of various ruins, sites, stone monuments and old documents of Tohoku in all of Tohoku.

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Interactive Theater Disaster Preparedness Content "History of Disasters in Tohoku" / "Learning about Disaster Preparedness"

Tour OptionsTagajo and Shiogama: Tagajo City Library

TEL：022-368-6226
Business hours：9:00～21:30
Regular holiday：None
Admission fees：Free
Access：1-minute walk from the North Exit of Tagajo Station
Access from Program 2：20-minute minutes walk

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Shiogama Shrine

TEL：022-367-1611
Business hours：5:00～20:00
Regular holiday：None
Access：15-minute walk from Honshiogama Station
Access from Program 2：8 minutes from Tagajo Station to Honshiogama Station, 15-minute walk

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Shiogama Fish Market

TEL：022-362-5518
Business hours：3:00 to 13:00 (Weekdays)
3:00 to 14:00 (Saturdays)
6:00 to 14:00 (Sundays and national holidays)
Regular holiday：Wednesday
Access：15-minute walk from Higashi Shiogama Station
Access from Program 2：9 minutes from Tagajo Station to Higashishiogama Station, 15-minute walk

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Marine Gate Shiogama

TEL：022-361-1500
Access：10-minute walk from Honshiogama Station
Access from Program 2：9 minutes from Tagajo Station to Honshiogama Station, 10-minute walk

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program 03　Higashi-Matsushima City

The Historical Museum of Jomon Village OkuMatsushima

A museum that exhibits various items, such as Jomon earthenware and bone tools, that were discovered at one of the biggest shell mounds in Japan called Satohama shell mound in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. Learn about the history of an area that survived a number of natural disasters since the Jomon Period (about 3,000-6,000 years ago).

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Leaning BOSAI from Jomon Era History "Disasters and the Jomon People"

Tour OptionsHigashimatsushima: Okumatsushima Pleasure Boat

TEL：0225-88-3997
Business hours：8:30～17:00
Regular holiday：None
Admission fees：Adult 2,000 yen / Child 1,500 yen
Access：12 minutes from Nobiru Station by car
14 minutes from Naruse Okumatsushima Interchange by car
Access from Program 3：8-minute walk

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Discovery Center

TEL：0225-90-4083
Business hours：From 10:00 to 12:00 From 14:00 to 16:00 (Reservations are required)
Regular holiday：Sunday and Monday, New Year's holiday
Admission fees：Adult 300 yen / Child 150 yen
Access：20-minute walk from Rikuzenono Station
Access from Program 3：20 minutes by car

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program 04　Ishinomaki City

Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum

A museum that exhibits a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a commission ship that travelled across the Pacific Ocean early in the 17th century. They also exhibit documents and records of historical backgrounds, disaster experiences during the Great East Japan Earthquake as well as previous disasters.

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Sant Juan Bautista Museum: East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster Records and Movie Screening of "The Two Giant Tsunamis and the Sant Juan Bautista"

program 05　Kesennuma City

Rias Ark Museum of Art

Kesennuma was damaged by a number of disasters, such as the Sanriku Tsunami in the Meiji Period and the Showa Period and the Chilean Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Showa Period and the Heisei Period. How can we develop local cultures and achieve successful disaster reduction in the future? We learn about challenges of facing a disaster through exhibits and explanatory speeches.

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