Episode 35 - The Haunting Memories of Japan | Okawa Elementary School

It isn't a surprise that with any disaster, haunting memories will follow as well as ghost stories. However, despite the ghost stories we hear, what happened at Okawa elementary school on the day of March 11, 2011 was extremely real and very heart-breaking as well as horrifying. 

 

While we do discuss some of the ghost stories today, the real topic of today is Okawa Elementary School, and keeping the memory alive for the sake of those lost as well as their families. 

 

Sources -

Ghosts of the Tsunami Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone – Richard Lloyd Parry

https://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011

https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/disasters-conflicts/where-we-work/japan/great-east-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/02/japan-earthquake-before-and-after/100251/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/the-school-beneath-the-wave-the-unimaginable-tragedy-of-japans-tsunami

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Toshiya+Ishizaka&aqs=edge..69i57&FORM=ANCMS9&PC=U531

Grieving father: flawed thinking behind 2011 tragedy | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Tsunami's Ghosts Haunt Japanese Earthquake Survivors : NPR

(9) The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Epidemic of Ghosts - YouTube

Okawa parents seethe at tsunami 'murders' - YouTube

 

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