Mr Abe is one of the thousands of tsunami survivors who lost their homes in the Tohoku tsunami on March 11^th 2011. He now lives with his wife and daughter at the Kasetsu Ohashi Danchi Temporary home in Ishinomaki.  Tsunami shelters or temporary homes now dot the Ishinomaki landscape and they look very similar to the trailer parks that you would find in North America. We spoke with Mr Abe to learn what life in a shelter is like.

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Mr. Miura is a textile and clothing retailer who lives in Ishinomaki. Mr Miura was the third business owner to reopen his doors after the Tohoku tsunami struck Ishinomaki on March 11^th 2011. Robin Low of Relief 2.0 and I sat down with him for a brief chat to learn how he has recovered since the disaster.

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Dr Suda is a practicing dentist who lives in Ishinomaki whose practice was destroyed during the Tohoku tsunami on 3/11/2011. I visited Dr Suda is his newly rebuilt dental clinic in Ishinomaki, together with Robin Low of Relief 2.0, to see how Dr Suda is faring since the disaster a year ago.

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