Ishinomaki
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Ishinomaki (石巻市; ishinomaki-shi) is a city in Miyagi. It has a population of around 165,000 people. Its islands, Kinkasan and Tashirojima have separate articles. Ishinomaki was one of the towns hardest hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, with the tsunami reaching up to 5 km inland and some 3,400 people killed.
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The fishing port of Ayukawa (鮎川) is one of the homes of Japan's controversial whaling fleet, and whale (鯨 or くじら, kujira) is a local speciality served in many restaurants. Ethics aside, few locals are enamored with the stuff: in addition to tasting like fishy meat, it's commonly associated with wartime deprivation and school lunches.
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Multiple OptionsThe fishing port of Ayukawa (鮎川) is one of the homes of Japan's controversial whaling fleet, and whale (鯨 or くじら, kujira) is a local speciality served in many restaurants. Ethics aside, few locals are enamored with the stuff: in addition to tasting like fishy meat, it's commonly associated with wartime deprivation and school lunches....
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The fishing port of Ayukawa (鮎川) is one of the homes of Japan's controversial whaling fleet, and whale (鯨 or くじら, kujira) is a local speciality served in many restaurants. Ethics aside, few locals are enamored with the stuff: in addition to tasting like fishy meat, it's commonly associated with wartime deprivation and school lunches.
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The fishing port of Ayukawa (鮎川) is one of the homes of Japan's controversial whaling fleet, and whale (鯨 or くじら, kujira) is a local speciality served in many restaurants. Ethics aside, few locals are enamored with the stuff: in addition to tasting like fishy meat, it's commonly associated with wartime deprivation and school lunches.
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A successful evacuation of the Ishinomaki Kadonowaki Elementary School occurred on March 11, 2011.
I was at Kinkasan island in japan. There are many deers in the island. This deer was just quietly sitting there.
Sunlight streams into a wooden-floored gymnasium.
My coworkers and I spent a week volunteering in the Tohoku region of Japan. This is the side of a cafe, the owner’s wife was swept away in the 2011 Tsunami, and the cafe was her dream. After she died, he quit his job as a teacher and started this place.
A successful evacuation of the Ishinomaki Kadonowaki Elementary School occurred on March 11, 2011.
I was at Kinkasan island in japan. There are many deers in the island. This deer was just quietly sitting there.
Sunlight streams into a wooden-floored gymnasium.
My coworkers and I spent a week volunteering in the Tohoku region of Japan. This is the side of a cafe, the owner’s wife was swept away in the 2011 Tsunami, and the cafe was her dream. After she died, he quit his job as a teacher and started this place.
A successful evacuation of the Ishinomaki Kadonowaki Elementary School occurred on March 11, 2011.
I was at Kinkasan island in japan. There are many deers in the island. This deer was just quietly sitting there.
Sunlight streams into a wooden-floored gymnasium.
My coworkers and I spent a week volunteering in the Tohoku region of Japan. This is the side of a cafe, the owner’s wife was swept away in the 2011 Tsunami, and the cafe was her dream. After she died, he quit his job as a teacher and started this place.
A successful evacuation of the Ishinomaki Kadonowaki Elementary School occurred on March 11, 2011.