On the 11th, marking 14 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, ceremonies were held across Tohoku to commemorate the victims. At the Fukushima Prefectural Reconstruction Memorial Park, which is being built across the towns of Namie and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, the developer, designers and construction workers involved in building the national memorial and prayer facility held a memorial and prayer ceremony. Atsushi Kumagai, director of the Obayashi Corporation, which is in charge of the construction, said, "We are undertaking the extremely meaningful task of conveying the message of reconstruction to future generations."
Participants in the minute's silence
About 100 people from the Tohoku National Park Office of the Tohoku Regional Development Agency, RIA, Obayashi Corporation, Daiichi Setsubi Kogyo, Yourtec and Uedome Ryokka Civil Engineering attended the memorial service. After everyone observed a minute's silence at 2:46 p.m., the time of the earthquake, Ken Iwasaki, director of the Tohoku National Park Office, said, "This facility not only sends a message of Fukushima's recovery but also serves as a source of spiritual support for the victims. I hope that each individual involved in the construction process will realize their important role and do their best until its completion."
Construction site overview (March 11, courtesy of Obayashi Corporation)
The administrative building will be the symbol of the Fukushima National Memorial and Prayer Facility, and will be built on a site called the "Memorial and Rest Hill". Once completed, this inverted cone-shaped space will be buried in the hill, to become a place to remember those who experienced the earthquake and continue to focus attention on March 11. It is scheduled to be completed by the end of January 2026. The Fukushima National Memorial and Prayer Facility, along with the Reconstruction Memorial Park being developed by the prefecture, are scheduled to be completed by March 2026, marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake disaster.
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