A huge concrete wall appeared on the Kirikiri Coast in Otsuchi Town, Iwate.

A huge concrete wall has appeared on the Kirikiri Coast. The Kirikiri Fishing Port Seawall is scheduled to be completed in two years. It will soon be four years since the earthquake. A huge concrete wall has risen along a national highway that I have driven along many times. It is a seawall under construction in the Kirikiri district of Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture. The 12.8-meter-high, 700-meter-long embankment will be completed in two years, using soil left over from the construction of higher ground. Kazuhiro Dote, 65, a fisherman, was resting in his work shed overlooking the sea. He was born here and has lived with the sea. He said, "It's safe, but I can't see it," he said. The heart of a fisherman who "can't see" the sea was painfully conveyed to me. In Kirikiri, Otsuchi-cho, Iwate. 2015/01/31 Evening Edition [From LENS Disaster Area] (It can't be helped but...) Published on 2015/01/17