Context:
before
 the
 
tsunami
 
waves
 
reach
ed
 the
 
coast
line
.
 The
 current
 official
 death
 toll
 
stands
 at
 around
 
2,400
 but
 
officials
 have
 warn
ed
 that
 the
 fatal
ities
 in
 
tsunami
-
hit
 Miya
gi
 Prefecture
 
alone
 
could
 exceed
 10,000
.
 
Another
 10,000
 people
 are
 still
 un
account
ed
 for
 and
 
estimate
s
 suggest
 that
 more
 than
 
500,000
 people
 have
 been
 dis
place
d
.
 
Reports
 said
 the
 port
 of
 Minami
san
riku
 in
 Miya
gi
 Prefecture
 was
 
reported
ly
 swe
pt
 away
 by
 the
 
tsunami
,
 
while
 the
 town
 of
 Ri
kuze
ntak
ada
 in
 Iwa
te
 Prefecture
 was
 
a
lmost
 complete
ly
 sub
merge
d
.
 Local
 media
 
reported
 that
 farm
land
 around
 Send
ai
 was
 sub
merge
d
 by
 m
uddy
 water
 and
 the
 
waves
 push
ed
 de
bris
 
across
 the
 
runway
 of
 the
 city
’
s
 airport
.
 In
 the
 town
 of
 Soma
 (
F
ukushima
 Prefecture
),
 
a
 wave
 
height
 of
 7
 
meters
 (23
 
feet
)
 was
 record
ed
.
 Other
 town
s
 and
 
cities
 in
 the
 region
 
reported
 
severe
 
tsunami
 
damage
.
 Do
zens
 of
 town
s
 and
 
cities
 
along
 the
 2,
100
 kilometer
 (
1,300
 miles
)
 stretch
 of
 Japan
’
s
 
e
astern
 
shore
 were
 also
 violent
ly
 shak
en
 by
 the
 
e
arthquake
.
 
Early
 
reports
 
indicate
 that
 the
 
e
arthquake
 and
 
tsunami
 sever
ely
 
damage
d
 
thousand
s
 of
 
residential
 and
 commercial
 properties
 
across
 the
 region
,
 
including
 
1,800
 homes
 in
 Minami
soma
 (
F
ukushima
 Prefecture
).
 Prime
 Minister
 Na
oto
 Kan
 said
 the
 
e
arthquake
 has
 caus
ed
 “
tremen
dous
 
damage
 over
 
a
 wide
 area
”.
 About
 3
10,000
 people
 have
 been
 
e
vacu
ated
 to
 
emergency
 
s
helter
s
,
 
according
 to
 
reports
.
 Over
 190
 fire
s
 were
 also
 
ignit
ed
 in
 the
 
northern
 pre
fecture
s
 of
 F
ukushima
,
 Send
ai
,
 Iwa
te
 and
 I
barak
i
,
 
according
 to
 local
 media
.
 A
 large
 section
 of
 the
 town
 of
 Kes
en
num
a
 was
 burn
ing
 hours
 after
 the
 
e
arthquake
 and
 fire
s
 have
 been
 
reported
 in
 the
 center
 of
 Send
ai
,
 prompt
ing
 
officials
 to
 
e
vacua
te
 some
 
70,000
 people
.
 Some
 pocket
s
 of
 
structural
 
damage
 have
 also
 been
 
reported
 in
 Tokyo
 after
 high
 rise
 
buildings
 were
 violent
ly
 shak
en
 by
 the
 
e
arthquake
.
 Sha
ttered
 glass
 and
 other
 de
bris
 was
 also
 sca
ttered
 
across
 se
veral
 
streets
 in
 the
 capital
.
 About
 four
 million
 properties
 su
ffered
 power
 out
ages
 in
 Tokyo
 and
 its
 
surround
ing
 
areas
 and
 
a
 large
 fire
 
reported
ly
 broke
 out
 in
 the
 Od
aiba
 district
 of
Input:
 
venge
ance
.
 "
E
specially
 
those
 in
 the
 young
er
 generation
 see
 the
 re
construction
 as
 
their
 
calling
,"
 said
 Kum
iko
 Matsu
ki
,
 art
 producer
 at
 Tokyo
'
s
 Ori
e
 Gallery
,
 one
 of
 se
veral
 
venue
s
 current
ly
 show
ing
 
proposal
s
 for
 
a
 sa
fer
,
 more
 
sustainable
 re
build
.
 The
 Ori
e
 
exhibit
 features
 ideas
 from
 eight
 
teams
 of
 top
 young
 architect
s
,
 and
 
heads
 next
 to
 the
 hea
vily
-
hit
 
cities
 of
 Send
ai
,
 in
 Miya
gi
 Prefecture
,
 and
 Soma
,
 in
 F
ukushima
.
 We
'
ve
 posted
 five
 of
 the
 
proposal
s
 here
,
 
along
 with
 five
 from
 
another
 
exhibit
.
 
Fishing
 village
s
 nest
led
 into
 
tiny
 mountain
-
back
ed
 bay
s
 su
ffered
 some
 of
 the
 wors
t
 
tsunami
 
damage
.
 Here
'
s
 Osaka
 architect
 Ryu
ichi
 Ash
izawa
'
s
 vision
 of
 
a
 futur
istic
 
fishing
 town
.
 C
rescent
-
shaped
 break
water
s
 serve
 triple
 
duty
 as
 
a
 
tsunami
 
barrier
,
 
a
 
fishing
 pier
,
 and
 an
 energy
 source
,
 with
 
built
-
in
 turbin
es
 captur
ing
 wave
 power
.
 Image
 court
es
y
 of
 Ryu
ichi
 Ash
izawa
 
Architects
 &
 Associate
s
.
 Many
 
communities
 are
 
thinking
 about
 re
locat
ing
 to
 
higher
 ground
.
 Ash
izawa
 
took
 
a
 hint
 from
 
ancient
 cave
 d
welling
s
 and
 tu
cked
 homes
 into
 
a
 rein
force
d
 mountain
side
 that
 over
looks
 the
 bay
 from
 
a
 safe
 distance
.
 Image
 court
es
y
 of
 Ryu
ichi
 Ash
izawa
 
Architects
 &
 Associate
s
.
 Like
 
a
 live
-
in
 chim
ney
 that
 fun
nels
 air
 up
wards
 through
 the
 rooms
,
 this
 high
-
ground
 home
 concept
 from
 Tokyo
'
s
 
Hiroshi
 N
akamura
 put
s
 
a
 40-
foot
 elev
ation
 gap
 to
 use
 for
 natural
 
heating
 and
 cool
ing
.
 In
 summer
,
 air
 passe
s
 over
 
a
 cool
 pool
 of
 rain
water
 in
 the
 
lowest
 level
 before
 circula
ting
 up
wards
;
 in
 winter
,
 the
 
lowest
 level
 
become
s
 an
 en
closed
 sun
room
 
heating
 air
 before
 it
 
rises
.
 Photo
 by
 Win
i
fred
 Bird
.
 Movi
ng
 to
 
higher
 ground
 
makes
 sense
 from
 
a
 
safety
 perspective
,
 but
 history
,
 culture
,
 and
 c
onvenience
 tie
 
communities
 to
 the
 se
a
.
 Kei
ichiro
 Sak
o
,
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