Residency Kesennuma, Miyagi
Kesennuma Fisherman Experience
Daily
Annual
Residency
Betrayed by the sea, and still living with the sea. Kesennuma in Miyagi is a port town of Tohoku with one of the world's great fishing harbors. In 2011, the tsunami swallowed this town. Boats were swept away, houses vanished, many lives were lost. The sea took everything. And yet the people of Kesennuma did not abandon the sea. They rebuilt their boats and went out to fish again. There is no use in hatred; this is a town that has always lived with the sea. There are fisherman-experience programs: the early-morning market, fish fresh from the water, the feel of hauling a net. You can come to know a fisherman's life up close. More young people are working here too, drawn to the town after the disaster. The sea is terrifying, but the sea is also bounty, and people live holding both. Even having lost, you rise again. Kesennuma knows this.