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Tsunami-hit Fukushima school opens as memorial to 2011 tragedy

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Sorry for my assumption. There is a high school that was preserved much further up the coast at Kesennuma, which looks like a great place to visit, but it was already struggling for funds and calling for government assistance before the pandemic. Damaged communities have enough to be dealing with without memorials weighing on their finances.

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODG196GE0Z10C21A2000000/

If kids are to go on school trips to learn about the disaster, it's more logistically possible for them to visit this site in Namie in Fukushima. Kesennuma is an extra 200km each way. This shows the huge expanse of coastline hit by the tsunami.

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I think Zichi is onto something in that this will cost a fortune to maintain as a monument, so that something smaller would be a better use of resources. Use the money saved on the local people, especially since Namie is not far from Dai-Ichi and the people there suffered the nuclear accident on top of the tsunami. Unlike other historical events, there is a ton of professional and amateur video of what happened on the day. Those videos are much better than simple objects and buildings at telling the story of the disaster(s).

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zichi:

The building should be demolished and replaced with a stone memorial. Places in Namie have high radiation levels.

Luckily (and through right preparation and response) nobody perished there. As such, the building can be preserved as a memorial and reminder to the power of nature. If you're implying it should be demolished because it is still radioactive - after 10 years and many decontaminatino steps it is not more radioactive than it was before the accident and you should stop fearmongering.

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There's no contamination still around that area ?

I find that hard to accept it's a safe place for children now or ever again

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Pictures included with other media today would have been equally fitting here. Would encourage more people to visit. Sadly, neighbors have still not been given the “all clear” to return to their homes:

“*Locals were forced to evacuate from their homes for *an extended period.” - Hmpf!
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