I am one of the affected residents. I decided to rebuild my life in the place where I evacuated to, and there were times when facing up to the earthquake was hard. That is why I strongly thought, “I have to make use of this lesson”, and I decided that the best way to fulfil my role was to become a Field Partner. On tours, it is important to “create learning spaces”. What is the purpose of learning? What have you seen, heard, felt and thought? What kind of changes have occurred? The thoughts and feelings gained from these experiences become a powerful driving force. I try to help each participant to find their own theme and link it to action. I want people to cherish the moments that move them. I want to support such moments. Extraordinary moments for the participants are ordinary moments for us. The knowledge and feelings that participants gain from this gap become massive inputs. I offer insight into the participants and the tours as a whole to ensure that hints and lessons that can be useful in future life are not overlooked. I want people to gain more insights in the field of Fukushima. It may be a field that each participant experiences only once in their life. I aim to become a Field Partner who can guide participants to discover once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. When I was in junior high school, I experienced the earthquake, nuclear accident and consequent evacuation. As this area attracted more and more negative attention in the following years, I felt that “I don’t want things to end like this”. Driven by the feeling of “I love my hometown!”, I returned to the area and started working as a Field Partner. Because I was born and raised here, I can convey what the town was like before the disaster occurred. Also, because I am involved in the town’s rebuilding on the ground, I can share how the town has developed since that day. I consider it important to accompany participants from a neutral and objective point of view and convey the facts without imposing any views on the situation and events in the area.As a Field Partner, I value the following things: “conveying the facts”, “spending time thinking together”, and “fostering an ongoing awareness of the importance of thinking”. To achieve these things, an important function of a Hope Tourism Field Partner is to facilitate opportunities for dialogue that leads to mutual understanding. Participants listen attentively and openly share their own thoughts and feelings. Indeed, “coming, observing, feeling, and thinking together” will lead to the future not only of Fukushima, but also of their own region and society as a whole. We will continue to create opportunities to “learn from Fukushima”. I believe that we are here to continue learning together with the participants. For many years, he worked for an equipment manufacturer and was in charge of general business management affairs. He left the company after the earthquake forced it to close its Fukushima office, and founded Office Create Fukushima. The company conducts various training programmes, provides business support to local enterprises, and is involved in local development and revitalization activities. In 2022, he established Fukushima RiaRi (General Incorporated Association), through which he strives to communicate the earthquake and the steps taken towards revitalization, and to provide effective support for the realisation of attractive local development. While working for a local newspaper in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, for more than 20 years, he was at the forefront of news reporting, mainly as a social affairs reporter. At the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, he worked on planning and producing a collection of reportage photographs to preserve the memory of the disaster. He joined Narahamirai (General Incorporated Association) in April 2018. He was involved in the establishment of Minna-no-Koryukan Naraha CANvas (Community Space), and in his capacity as Relocation Promotion Chief Supervisor, he is currently striving to develop Naraha Town as it seeks to rebuild from the experience of total evacuation.Born in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, she has been working for the local development company Futaba Project (General Incorporated Association) as a revitalization supporter of Futaba Town since May 2021. Based in the building of the former Futaba Station, she is mainly involved in providing guidance, transmitting information and organising events to pass on the town’s experiences. She conveys the facts of what happened in Futaba County, its current conditions and the gradual progress being made, while maintaining the perspective of someone who was born and raised in the area.After working as a construction consultant and in an academic advancement preparatory education company, he was recruited as a revitalization support coordinator in Namie Town under the “Right Hand Program” of the NPO ETIC. in 2012. He worked on revitalization of disaster-affected areas, supporting the creation and adjustment of local development plans, supporting consensus building with residents, and so on. Currently, as the Deputy Secretary-General of Machizukuri Namie (General Incorporated Association), he is striving to help the town develop amidst major population loss caused by the evacuation, etc.09Yamaguchi Yuji, Representative Director, Fukushima RiaRi (General Incorporated Association) Hirayama Masashi, Relocation Promotion Chief Supervisor, Narahamirai (General Incorporated Association)Koizumi Miku, Revitalization Supporter, Futaba Project (General Incorporated Association) Kanno Takaaki, Deputy Secretary-General, Machizukuri Namie (General Incorporated Association)
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