(Japanese) Fish processors rise to challenge [View All]

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True colors: Fifty "tairyo bata" banners used to adorn fishing boats are hung out to dry in the backyard of Eiaki Ito in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30. Ito and his wife, Kazuyo (below), are interviewed in their tsunami-hit fishing equipment shop in Shiogama on March 31



SHIOGAMA, Miyagi Pref. — Fumio Oikawa is determined to clean the mud out of his small seaweed salt factory in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, and reopen as soon as possible.

"I've been coming here to clean up the mess every day from a day after March 11. At first, we couldn't even step into the place, but now it's getting much better," said Oikawa, 63, manager of Ganbare Shiogama, a "moshio" seaweed salt producer, which was hit by the March 11 tsunami.

"I thought it's over for our factory when I first saw its state. But later, when I found out that our (salt) kiln and an altar had survived the tsunami, I thought it's a sign for us to revive the business," he said. " We are going to restart."

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I love stories where people make a comeback, Ganbareyo Fumio Oikawa san!Ganbareyo!