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Eerste tentoonstelling Morioka te IWATE MUSEUM OF ART van 03/03 tot 25/03/2012
Morioka (盛岡市 Morioka-shi?) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 300,740 and a population density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km².
Morioka was founded in 1597 by Nobunao, the 26th lord of the Nanbu clan, as a castle town. In 1655 Nanbu-han was divided into Morioka-han and Hachinohe-han. Its name was changed from 森岡 to 盛岡 (both read as Morioka) in 1683 when the population was 36,000. The city was designated the capital of Iwate on April 1, 1889.(Wikipedia)
Tweede tentoonstelling Ofunato te OFUNATO CIVIC CULTURAL HALL van 05/04 tot 08/04/2012
Ōfunato is situated fairly close to an undersea volcano, and suffers from frequent earthquakes of various scales.
The 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake caused a 25 metre tsunami which killed 27,000 people in Sanriku.
The 1933 Sanriku earthquake had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a 28 metre tsunami which killed 1522 people.
The city became internationally famous when it was hit by a tsunami caused by the Valdivia earthquake in Chile on 22 May 1960.
Ōfunato hit the headlines yet again when it was heavily damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1] The wave is estimated to have reached 23.6 meters in height.[2] Funnelled in by the narrow bay, the tsunami continued inland for 3 kilometres.[3] The town's theatre was one of very few buildings left standing (and remarkably, was undamaged) and gave shelter to about 250 survivors.[4][5] Provisional counts listed 3,498 houses out of 15,138 houses in the town destroyed by the tsunami and 305 lives were confirmed lost.[6][7] At least six of the town's 58 designated evacuation sites were inundated by the tsunami.[8] (Wikipedia)
