News of the Fukushima Prefecture Earthquake 1 year, supported and restarted road Yamagata shop "Return with the taste of the region"

Mr. Watanabe, who says, "I want to continue to support the local taste and home taste," = Soma City / Yamagataya Shoten

　Observing the maximum seismic intensity of 6 or more off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, it has been 13 days since the earthquake in February last year, when severe damage was caused in various parts of the prefecture. A large shaking hit late at night caused two people in the prefecture to kill 100 people, including five seriously injured. Housing damage exceeded 23,000. There are still many places where restoration work, etc., and the restoration is in the middle of the road. "It's been a year since then, but the construction has been going on, and it's still coming." Kazuo Watanabe (52), a representative employee of Yamagataya Shoten (Soma City), founded in 1863 (Bunhei 3), which manufactures soy sauce and miso, showed a severe expression. At the store, the construction of the damaged attic and electric wiring is still continuing. Machines are also replaced, but the delivery time is delayed due to the shortage of parts of the new colon virus. It is said that the recovery is around June. That night, Mr. Watanabe, who was working in the warehouse for shipment, appeared on a mobile phone alarm to notify the emergency earthquake bulletin. When the shaking subsided and returned, the case with a bottle of a bottle collapsed, and the soy sauce, which was finished in a thorough manner, spread throughout the floor. The production line, such as piping that flows water and steam, was also damaged. In addition to severe reputation damage after the earthquake, disasters such as the Typhoon and heavy rains in 2019, the earthquake that occurred due to the corona evil has been raised. However, he hurriedly repaired it and resumed production a month later. After the earthquake, it is unforgettable that a local restaurant, which is a customer, encouraged me to say, "If you don't have soy sauce here, you can't get your taste. You can't do business." Watanabe is determined by the local people pushed his back. "Yamagataya has been raised in the local area. I want to give back that. I want to continue to support the local taste and home taste." Fukushima evacuees, the previous daily life, "I want to get closer", "The pillars of the housing complex are broken, here. I gave up that I couldn't live anymore. " A woman living in a municipal central housing complex in Morai -cho, Fukushima City (84) is now looking at the place where the building is gone, and she looks back a year ago. She lived in another building in the same housing complex at the time. She lived a peaceful life, and she suddenly attacked. The pillars supporting the building were cracked, and residents, including women, were forced to evacuate. In her shelter, the woman learned her eyes and fell down. In addition, the housing complex was dismantled, and she has moved to a house where she lived for nearly 40 years. I was tired of my mind and body in my unfamiliar days. Moving was helped by a civilian committee member and a social worker. "I got the help of the people around me and came here." Thank you for your gratitude. She has recently begun to appear in a calligraphy class, which has stopped working due to the earthquake. However, the number of times is called "occasionally". "I wish I could come out every week." A year after losing a home to live and touching the warmth of people. She spends her days in a new place, thinking of getting closer to her daily life before the earthquake. Koriyama City Chuo Library, which was still closed for about 11 months, has been partially damaged, such as some partially closed pillars, outer walls, and inner walls, but it still resumed on the 13th of last month, but it is still 1. The child library on the south side has not been repaired. The second floor where you can view reference books and local materials, and the third floor, which has a learning corner, is still unusable. After resuming, it supports about 410,000 books, almost the same as before the holidays. Director Natsubei said, "I would like to be a little annoying to the user, but I want you to be a little more patient until it resumes." According to 3962 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, 3962 prefectures, 3962 from 14 municipalities have applied for emergency repairs of housing affected by the Okinokan earthquake, of which 2822 are 2822. Repair was completed. There are 1197 applications in Fukushima City. Following 712 Koriyama City and 592 Shinchimachi. In Shinchi -cho, eight occupancy into a rental -type first aid was decided. The number of affected certificates has been issued (as of January 31), which is 34,542 in 42 municipalities. By municipalities, Koriyama City was the largest number of 184 cases.