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Kesennuma Group and Educational Trips: Learning about the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fishing and Marine Industry

Why not try working in a town that lives alongside the sea and experience the ocean?You'll find new discoveries there!
Kesennuma City is the number one fishing and aquaculture city in Japan for fresh bonito, swordfish, and shark. The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 caused great damage to the entire city, but thanks to support from all over the country and the efforts of those involved, the city is moving towards recovery. The distinctive feature of educational trips and group trips in Kesennuma City is that you can learn about the Great East Japan Earthquake at disaster-related facilities such as the Kesennuma City Great East Japan Earthquake Relics and Traditions Museum and the Rias Ark Museum of Art, and then learn about the history of the earthquake from storytellers and fishing experiences in chronological order up to the present. The fishing experience in this city that lives with the sea brings new discoveries by looking at the fishing and aquaculture industries from a different perspective, and you can learn about environmental issues such as marine pollution, and the strength of human beings regardless of age from the people who have experienced the painful experience of the earthquake but are smiling and working towards recovery. Kesennuma City, a city that lives with the sea. Please take home new discoveries from this city.

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