Contact with Mr. Konno

On the evening of 8^th April, Mr. Tanaka was finally able to talk to Mr. Konno on the phone with the help of his friend, a journalist who was at the scene to cover the situation of Rikuzentakata. He found Mr Konno very well at the Gessan Shrine shelter. According to him, basic supplies have been coming in and they could even take a bath once a week. 

Mr. Konno also said that when the enormous earthquake struck, he put his uncle on a wheelchair and ran up the hill behind his house to the Gessan Shinto Shrine which was on the top of the hill. Then right behind them, the tsunami hit his village and they were watching from the hill how their houses were washed away. They stayed overnight there building a fire together with the people who survived. Most of their houses had been washed away, but he was able collect some household goods from Mr. Konno’s late father’s house. He said they would stay in the Gessan Shrine shelter for a while until temporary housing would be ready.

4月10日投稿「紺野さんとの連絡」の英語版です。

（翻訳：上村恵理子、リチャード・バイフォード、石原由加利）