Relocation After Tsunamis in the Sanriku Area and the Condition of Fishing Villages Two Years After the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 51

Fig. 4.4 Area map of
Niranohama village (Miyagi
Prefecture 2012 ). The blue
area is the inundation area of
the 2011 tsunami. The red
area is the relocation area of
both villages

village after the 2011 tsunami is to move as a group (20 households) to high ground,
and the space is to be shared with another tsunami affected village (Yoriki village,
25 households) nearby (Fig. 4.4 ). A report by the Tohoku Regional Bureau ( 2013 )
mentioned that leaders of both villages did well in discussing the plan with each
resident individually. As a result, everyone agreed to the reconstruction plan with no
confl ict. After 2 years, the reconstruction situation of the fi shing port in this area is
similar to Tadakoshi; Fig. 4.5 -left shows some boats anchoring in the port in the
background. One problem noticed during the survey involves the designated tsunami
evacuation shelters. Two of the three shelters are located on high ground, as shown
in Fig. 4.5 -right. The shelters were effectively used during the 2011 tsunami event,
but the evacuation routes leading to them were poorly maintained and may cause
diffi culty in evacuating for future events.

4.3.3 Yagawa Village, Ishinomaki City

Area map of Yagawa village is shown in Fig. 4.6 . Although the maximum tsunami
height of the 1896 event was only 2.5 m with one death and 17 destroyed houses