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Shichigahama Reconstruction Overview □Shichigahama Reconstruction Overview [As of 8/01/2017] Akita Pref. Iwate Pref. ・Land area: 13.19k ㎡ (Smallest in Tohoku and Hokkaido region) ・Population: 19,051 people Yamagata Pref. (20,855 people in Jan 2011 before the disaster, a difference of 1,804) ・Number of households: 6,627 (6,568 in Jan 2011 before the disaster, a difference of 59)

Miyagi pref. ・Aging population percentage: 27.9%(As of 04/01/2017） ・Low birth rate percentage: 11.7%(As of 04/01/2017） Shichigahama 10km ・Ratio of different industries Primary sector: 3.2% Secondary sector: 25.7% Tertiary sector: 69.8% (According to 2010 census） ・Temporary housing: 0 units / 0 residents（2017/3/31)

10km (MAX : 7 sectors 425 emergency units, 218 private units) 50km ・International sister city: Plymouth, Massachusetts, of America Fukushima Pref. ・National sister city: Asahi Town in Yamagata Prefecture

□Contents 1 Great East Earthquake Damage in Shichigahama Details 2 Earthquake Reconstruction Plan 3 Residential Reconstruction / Regional Reconstruction 4 Municipal Parks / Forest Preservations / Public Plazas 5 Industry Revival 6 Promotion of Industry and Tourism

Town flower: Daisy Town tree: Black pine

 1 Great East Japan Earthquake Damage in Shichigahama Details

□Earthquake Details Occurred on Friday, 03/11/2011 at 2:46 PM - Magnitude 9.0 □Tsunami Flood Levels Caused by the Legendg (Strong level 5 on Japanese quake scale)The biggest measurement in was a strong Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami Flood Levels Caused level 7 in Kurihara City. Besides Miyagi, the quake center in Tohoku was felt from Hokkaido to Kyushu. [36.4% of town land was flooded] by the Great East Japan Earthquake Yogasakihama □Tsunami Details Tsunami tide height: 12.1 meters - The tsunami occurred on the same day, with the first tidal wave arriving at 3:51 PM

□Tsunami Flood Area 4.8 k ㎡ (36.4% of the town's total land area) Touguuhama □Number of Casualties 6,143 people (max) □Number of Shelters 36 (max) Ekiraku □Fatalities(unit:persons） □Residential Damage(unit:structures） Yougai Photo from Ohayashi Town hall Yoshidahama Shichigahama residents 94 Washed away / completely destroyed 674 Yoshidahama Non-residents in Shichigahama 12 Large scale destruction 237 Sakaiyama Hanabuchihama Missing persons 2 Partial destruction 413 Shiomidai Earthquake related fatalities 3 Some damage 2,605 1km 2.5km Touyama Total 111 Total 3,929

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Minatohama Matsugahama Syoubutahama Hanabuchihama

Yoshidahama Yogasakihama Shiomidai Shelter (School)

Search for missing by Self-Defence Force Search for missing by fireman Long lines formed in front of the water wagon Volunteer Activities

Tsunami attacked even Shelter that is12 meters Ship was washedup on the roof Shichigahama Middle School was destroyed Fire occurred in refinery above sea level -2- by earthquake ２Earthquake Reconstruction Plan In order to tackle the new reconstruction policies following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the □Land Use Zone Earthquake Reconstruction Plan was formulated in November 2011, taking into account the basic town blueprint, which incorporated the 2011-2020 Long-Term Comprehensive Plan made in 2010. In February 2014, along with the revised edition, an update to the 2011-2015 Early Basic Plan and the “Town Reconstruction Land Use Guidelines” were also formulated Yogasakihama □The Long-Term Comprehensive Plan & Earthquake Reconstruction Plan □Long-Term Comprehensive Plan 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2.5km A plan aiming to, “as part of a harmony with Basic Vision (10 yrs.) nature, build a town that’s easy to live in where humans can live comfortably and like humans Early Basic Plan (5 yrs.) Late Basic Plan (5 yrs.) □Earthquake Reconstruction Plan Early Basic Plan [5 yrs.] Late Basic Plan [5 yrs.] Touguuhama Together with the Long-Term Comprehensive *Unified with the Early Basic Plan from Restoration the Long-Term Comprehensive Plan Plan,the Earthquake Reconstruction Plan, as part Period (3 yrs.) of quick-paced recovery and reconstruction Yoshidahama Regrowth Period (5 yrs.) Yougai efforts, would tackle the reconstruction and Ohayashi Ekiraku 1km regrowth of Shichigahama Progress Period (10 yrs.) Town hall

□Earthquake □Earthquake Reconstruction Plan [Early Basic Plan] Reconstruction Basic □Reconstruction Policy □Importantp Reconstruction Measures Sakaiyama Hanabuchihama Policy District reconstruction Working with nature to implement strong disaster-resistant measures Promotion of the phrase A beautiful townscape and scenery that would pass down the town’s culture Shiomidai “As part of a harmony with community in mind with nature, build a A rich environment for children that would last through future town that’s easy to live Rebuilding a Regrowth and expansion of district communities Sasayama in where humans can Touyama tsunami-resistant town Activation of industries reviving our town’s characteristics live comfortably and like humans,” which was crafted taking safety Rapid reconstruction South Shiomidai and peace of mind into of city foundations Shichigahama Evacuation Plan (est. 10.25, 2012) consideration. Legend ※2 Takadai Disaster Area (ha) Local Rules of Land Use Housing Public Land Use Rules Explainedreconstruction Residential [Total area 1,327ha] (Ratio %) Complex Housing Syoubutahama in dangerous disaster areas, 159.1 Business Red Zone building is limited to × ○○ Town hall Minatohama (Tsunami-inundated area) (12.0) non-residential structures only.

※1 Community 22.5 The disaster-afflicted districts Yellow Zone ○ ○○ Matsugahama (Tsunami-inundated area) (1.7) reconstruction project Greenery 301.4 Blue Zone Supposed area of reconstruction ○ ×○ (Tsunami-inundated area) (22.7) 844.0 □Guiding Principals for Landscaping Unspecified Supposed area of reconstruction ○ ×○ (Non-tsunami-inundated area) (63.6) 4.25, 2011 11.8, 2011 4.6, 2012 2.21, 2014 ※1 3.5ha of Red Zone area not counted ※2 Moving into disaster public housing requires fulfillment of housing prerequisites Basic Policies for Earthquake Polices The 2011-2015 □Town Reconstruction Land Use Guidelines Shichigahama Reconstruction regarding the Earthquake Earthquake Plan Early Basic use of □Town Reconstruction Policies □Guiding Principals for Landscaping □Guiding Principals for Landscaping 3 11, 2011 Reconstruction ProjectsP facilitating group relocation for disaster mitigation, disaster Reconstruction Plan formulated disaster-affecte Town reconstruction that Scenery - peace and tranquility The Great Plan Early Basic takes the natural environment Residential recoveryr public housing construction projects, reconstruction and formulated Based on the Disaster d land distributiond of livable land in the disaster-affected area East Japan Plan Update into account Sustainability - a sustainable environment Taking into account both Reconstruction Basic formulated As part of the establishment of a relocation promotion area, plans to Earthquake and Town Business safety and peace of mind, the Policies, Established 4 rules Town reconstruction that takes Exchange - a prosperous landscape buy up previously designated land and repurpose it for industry the town’s history, climate, occurred mantra “As part of a harmony reconstruction for land use in our Reconstruction Cooperation - local participation and and scenery into account AddingA district evacuation shelters and redistributing previously with nature, build a town policies and town and showed Land Use volunteers Communitydesignatedd land for public use SafetySffd - reduction d i of fldf natural l disasters di that’ s easy to live in where important measures their relation to Guidelines Town reconstruction that is and peace of mind Establishment of municipal parks, forest preservation, and public humans can live comfortably of reconstruction reconstruction formulated sustainable through the future Greenery plazas Comfort - functional and convenient -3- and like humans” established formulated measures 3 Residential Reconstruction / Regional Reconstruction Immediately following the disaster, the majority of victims expressed a desire for construction of residential units on elevated ground and disaster recovery public housing within the existing district limits. Those who □Map of planned town recovery Legend managed to escape the tsunami safely also said they want to maintain bonds within the region and hope that construction project locations 4 residential reconstruction takes place within the town's local area. With consideration for the existing Residential communities, the areas where construction will take place are being determined. Yogasakihama

Project Classification Sector Name Planned Completion 6 5 Business 5 3 ProjectsPj 1 Matsugahama(13units）M Community Facilitating 2 SSyoubutahama(30units） Group Relocationn March 2014 4 4 for Disaster Greenery 3 SSasayama(128units) Mitigation June 2014 Touguuhama [5 sectors, 4 Yoshidahama(9units)Y March 2015 Yoshidahama 194 units] 5 YYogasakihama(14units） September 2014 Matsugahama (32 units)September 2014 Yougai Disaster 1 M Ekiraku 2.5km Recovery Public Syoubutahama (100 units) Syoubutahama Ohayashii 2 March 2015 ２ 7 Housing S Hanabuchihama (50 units) 12 Town hall Construction 14 3 H October 2015 Projects Yoshidahama (6 units) 1km 2 December 2015 13 [5 sectors, 4 Y Yogasakihama (24 units) Sakaiyama 212 units] March 2015 3 5 Hanabuchihama 5 Y 11 December 2015 ９ １ S Devastated Area 2019 8 Shiomidai 2 Reconstruction HSyobutahama(4.1ha) 2020 TouyamaT Land Distributions 3 4 s 3 YogasakihamaY Hanabuchihama Sector(4.7ha) (9.8ha) A [4 sectors, 26ha] 2019 4 YogasakihamaY Sector(7.4ha) B 2020 4 Yoshidahama MinatohamaM South Shiomidai 1 January 2015 EEvacuation Shelter MMatsugahama February 2015 2 Evacuation Shelter E 10 SSyoubutahama July 2015 1 3 Evacuation Shelter 2 SasayamaE Syoubutahama S October 2015 4 Evacuation Shelter HanabuchihamaE Minatohama 3 November 2015 2 5 EvacuationH Shelter １ YogasakihamaE May 2015 1 2 Evacuation Shelter Evacuation 6 Y 1 Matsugahama Yogai & Obayashi Shelters, E August 2015 YEvacuation Shelter Public Facilities, 7 Touyama E September 2014 ４ Misc. Evacuation Shelter SasayamaS 2 8 T HanabuchihamaHbhih Construction Disaster Prevention Facility November 2015 (E Projects 9 D February 2017 (Within Lifelong Learning) Center Syobutahama10S Patrol Center April 2013

11TouyamaT Nursery February 2014 School Meal 12S December 2013 PPreparation Center March 2015 13TTennis & Futsal Court Shichigahama Middle School 14S 9 LifelongLLif l Learning L i Center C t 14 ShichigahamaS Middle School ３ Sasayama -4- 4 Municipal Parks / Forest Preservations / Public Plazas

□Greenery Construction Plans

□Municipal Park / Forest Preservation 12 10 Part of the original land located in the low level seaside areas will be utilized in construction of a municipal park located in a tsunami safe land plot and a forest preservation project that uses lakes to protect against salt water damage. In accordance, these constructions also weaken the energy of future tidal waves and delay tsunami arrival time, as well as capture driftwood and debris, with residential areas placed in the back where their safety is boosted. Designed with cooperation from residential and ５ business groups, the locations are assured to be SuwamaeS Grounds prosperous community points in the region. □Public Plaza Construction Part of the original land located in the low level seaside areas will also be utilized in construction of 1 SSyoubutahama Seaside Park public plazas. Designed with cooperation from adjacent residential and business groups, the locations are also assured to be prosperous 11 community points in the region.

□Municipal Park 6 OmotehamaO Grounds Area in Location Location Name hectare Syoubutahama Seaside Park 4.3 1 Syoubutahama Seaside Park (1.1) 2 Syoubutahama Seaside Park Southside(2.1) South Shiomidai 7 3 (1.1) ２ 4 Syoubutahama Fishing Harbor 2.5 Syoubutahama Seaside Park Southside 5 Suwamae Grounds 0.3 6 7 WariyamaW Grounds 6 Omotehama Grounds 5.0 7 Wariyama Grounds 0.5 Total 12.6 3 □Forest Preservation Location Location Name Area in hectare 1 8 Matsugahama Preservation 1.7 3 SyoubutahamaS Seaside Park 2 9 Syoubutahama Preservation 1.0 from South Shiomidai 10 Yogasakihama Preservation 0.7 5 Total 3.4 9

□Public Plaza 12 YogasakihamaY Public Plaza Location Location Name Area in hectare 4 11 Yoshidahama Public Plaza 0.6 Legendg 12 Yogasakihama Public Plaza 0.6 8 Municipal Park Total 1.2 Forest Preservation ４ Syoubutahama Fishing Arbor Public Plaza -5- 5 Industry Revival Our city's key industries are agricultural, mainly fisheries industry and rice crops, and they were devastatingly damaged by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake. An industrial revival focusing on that primary industries is indispensable to maintaining secure employment opportunities, helping already in the industries, and keeping the rice paddies a fixture in our townscape. In accordance with a prompt revival of industrial foundations, our citizens are working together in order to revitalize the industries that our town does best. □Reviving the Fisheries Industry's Foundation □Restoration and Regrowth of Agriculture Yogasakihama We aim to guarantee employment opportunity and Regarding damaged agricultural land, we are tackling these issues in order to comprehensively revive and propel cooperation in the fisheries industry by Model of a bustling business zone reconstructing a shared seaweed processing facility rehabilitate of the foundation of community agriculture, forestry and fisheries. damaged by the tsunami. Plans regarding comprehensive rehabilitation of the foundation of community agriculture, forestry and 10/30/2014 - 10 buildings completed for seaweed facility fisheries include: land readjustment, agricultural drainage 11/2014 - Seaweed facility is reopened, bidding facility reconstruction, underdrainage, and construction participating of other agricultural facilities. 143 hectares total (122 Touguuhama 10/19/2015 - The Shichigahama Fisheries Promotion hectares of farming land) 3 Center is completed Plans aiding damaged agricultural land restoration include: shared drying and preparing facilities, □Status of our town's fisheries industry takings agricultural machine and vehicle storage, and seedling (Top row is product amount, bottom row is amount sold in) thousanpreparationds of yen facilities. □Amount of agricultural land in our town in hectares Yoshidahama Year Seaweed (sheets)Seafood Seafood (tons) (tons)Amount Total Year Rice Soybeans Soybeans Amount Total Yougai compared to 2008 Ekiraku 107,063,800 606 (117.2%) compared to 2009 Ohayashi 2016 2016 84.45 17.76 (114.7%) 102.21 1,359,446 552,712 1,912,158 Town hall 4 73.98 11.94 (96.4%) 85.92 5 107,838,500 710 (94.6%) 2015 2015 2014 54.06 1.38 (62.2%) 55.44 1,065,221 477,205 1,542,426 Sakaiyama 2013 51.51 18.47 (78.5%) 69.98 113,724,000 522 (83.4%) Hanabuchihama 2014 2012 1.24 4.80 (6.8%) 6.04 1,013,714 346,600 1,360,314 2009 99,162,800 301 (65.0%) (before quake) 76.61 12.50 89.11 2013 Shiomidai 788,194 272,908 1,061,102 Touyama 103,131,400 192 (59.8%) 2012 750,269 224,398 974,667 Sasayama 14,989,000 184 (23.2% ) 2011 152,503 225,708 378,211 2008 150,763,400 372 (100%) (before South Shiomidai quake) 1,228,491 402,534 1,631,025 Legendg 3 Shared drying and preparing facilities (mini rice center) Business constructions □Develop "the 6th industry" through the Revitalizingg farm land formation of industrial foundation Minatohama Seaweed processing facilities Developing the 6th industry of the fisheries industry and agriculture (produce > process > market) through local vitality, we plan to ensure employment opportunity and encourage industrial growth. Syoubutahama Matsugahama 2

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Matsugahama Fishing Harbor 5 1 ShSharedd seaweedd proessingi andd treatment ffacilityili 4 Shared fisheries facility (facility for processing cooked seawee-6-d) Antenna shop「Shichinoya」 6 Introduction of Industry and Promotion of Tourism

□Plan to Introduce Industry into the Business Zone □Consideration of Using the Original Relocation Area as Land for Tourism Legendg Using the original relocation area, we are establishing our There is land in the original relocation area that has not been given a concrete Agricultural production foundation improvement business zone as a district for promoting industry growth purpose, and we are considering using this land for tourism purposes. Business division regulation (commercial zones) that will contribute to the reconstruction efforts as part of the residential, community, and greenery zones that make □Original Relocation Area Land for Potential Tourism Use (Orange) Business division regulation (industrial zones) Tamonzan up the existing urban area of our town. Business in the original relocation area (area zoned for urbanization - commercial zones) As a result of industrial incitement via workers in the private Business in the original relocation area Hanabuchihama render sector using the business zone to usher in new enterprise, (area zoned for urbanization - industrial zones) Business in the original relocation area prosperity created by an increase in employment security as (areas where urbanization is restricted - tourism zones) well as the number of tourists and other exchange Business in the original relocation area Yogasakihama (areas where urbanization is restricted - industrial zones) opportunities will accelerate our town’s reconstruction

Business Land Plan to sector division Introduce IndustryArea (ha) South Shiomidai Improvement of Agricultural seedling houses and production Agriculturalproduction of vegetables and other foundation zones agricultural products 0.6 improvement by improving and Marine sports maintaining fields Yougai Introduce facilities to Yoshidahama focus on tertiary industries such as Town Commercialstores, restaurants, and all sorts of Syoubuta Hall zones services that comply 0.7 with the district plan. Recreational Beach Aquarena

Introduce workplace Business facilities, warehouses, division offices, and safe and Hanabuchihama Industrialextremely regulation environmentally zones friendly factories that comply with the 2.0 Shiomidai Shichigahama district plan Enlarged Kokusaimura view Introduction of stores, workplaces, offices, Commercialrestaurants, etc. that Business in comply with the 2.2 zones planned buildings in the original residential districts relocation Introduction of stores area and safe and South (Area zoned extremely Shiomidai for environmentally Syoubuta urbanization) Industrial friendly factories that zones would comply with 0.3 Introducethe planned eateries, buildings Fishing Port restin the spots, industrial recreational Syoubutahama render beaches,districts surfing, yachting, fishing, etc. ocean tourism-related stores etc. as Syoubutahama developable tourism resources wherever Business in Tourism they can be placed the original zones relocation 6.3 area (Areas where urbanization is regulated) Introduce facilities for Industrial farming, foresting, and zones fishing industries in urbanization-restricted areas where it is 0.8 possible to build without permission Reconstruction Appreciation 計 12.9 Syoubuta Recreational Beach (2016.7) Festival Fireworks (2016.7) -7-