RdeesintsI want to lead the participants to think about the regionI want to lead the participants to think about the regionI believe that the role of the kataribe, or storytellers, is not only to describe what they have experienced, but also to ask what should be done with areas like Tomioka Town. We have to keep telling the story until the town achieves revitalization after the disasters. Words remain even after people die, and history has always been told through words. That’s why I want to pass it on, especially to the younger generation. I believe that is the significance of our activities. Seeing people get back on their feet in the aftermath of the disaster made us realise the importance of what we should cherish and the everyday things we take for granted. What people have destroyed, people have to rebuild. When I realised that, I felt the meaning of my life or my mission. And I decided to spend the rest of my days in Tomioka Town. I want to be there to witness the rebuilding of what was lost. I also want to make a contribution. There is no other place where we can discuss dreams, like what to do with this town from now on. Things that might be considered empty dreams in the city are valid opinions in Tomioka Town. For kataribe, it is important not only to talk, but also to think together about their local area. While considering the disaster-affected areas, people can think about what they can do in their own communities. That’s why I believe that Tomioka Town and Fukushima Prefecture are the best possible fields to discover issues and bring them back home to think about them and find solutions.Several years before the disaster, she worked as the principal of Prefectural Tomioka High School. Following the disaster, she was involved in volunteer activities at “BIG PALLET FUKUSHIMA” in Koriyama, which served as the largest evacuation shelter in the prefecture, and started working as a kataribe in 2013. In 2016, she founded the Tomioka Town Storytellers of 3.11, whose members describe their experiences in their own words. In this way, the kataribe continue to convey the “reality of the disaster and the current status of Tomioka Town” and “the truth of disaster-affected Fukushima”.Executive director, the office of the NPO “Tomioka-machi 3.11-wo-kataru-kai” (Tomioka Town Storytellers of 3.11)22Aoki YoshikoPeople Courageously Working for Revitalization
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