Hands-on Events

Disaster risk reduction

Miyako City: Disaster education tours (Manabu Bosai)
Yamada Town: Walking tours of the reconstruction efforts in town with a storyteller guide (and snacks)
Otsuchi Town: For us, and by us: tours where we teach each other (with a storyteller guide and workshop)
Ofunato City: Ofunato Tsunami Museum (Denshokan, a type of story-telling museum)
Rikuzentakata City: Tours on the forefront of the reconstruction (disaster ruins, construction areas)

*These are just a portion of planned activities.

Hirono Town: Make soba at Agri Park Osawa
Buckwheat noodles
Kuji City: Make mamebu
A stew with sweet dumplings
Miyako City: Make Sanriku chikuwa
Fish sausage produced in Sanriku
Yamada Town: Make Ika tokkuri
A sake bottle made out of squid
Ofunato City: Make a classic rural meal called ojizuki
Comfort food like udon noodles and mochi rice cake
Rikuzentakata City: Make tsubaki yubeshi
Steamed rice cake shaped like a camellia flower

*These are just a portion of planned activities.

Miyako City: Watch Kuromori Kagura, a type of traditional folk dance
Sumita Town: The Goyo Mountain Samurai Matchlock Rifle Performance Group
You can try on their samurai armor after their performance!
Ofunato City: Cruise on a Yakatabune boat in Ofunato bay

*These are just a portion of planned activities.

Kuji City: Kuji Amber Museum
You can try unearthing your own chunk of amber!
Tanohata Village: Kitayamazaki Nature Trekking Guide
Part of the Michinoku Coastal Trail
Iwaizumi Town: Guided walking tour of Ryusendo Cave
Kamaishi City: Tour one of our World Heritage Sites, the Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site
The first place in Japan to produce iron in the western-style
Rikuzentakata City: Search for gold at the Tamayama Gold Mine
See the ruins of the mine, search for crystals, and top it off with a soak in the hot springs

*These are just a portion of planned activities.