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Study Tours & Excursions in Sendai and Tohoku
673 participants attended the tours
Study Tours & Excursions in Sendai and Tohoku

Sendai Committee for the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction conducted
a variety of study tours and excursions during the dates of the conference.

Thank you for a lot of participations for study tours and excursions.
A total of 673 participants from 71 coutries visited various sites in Sendai and Tohoku.

(Study Tours: 42 tours carried out, 635 participants attended)
(Excursions: 5 tours carried out, 38 participants attended)

We are looking forward to seeing you again!

* Study tours are open only to participants of WCDRR.
* Excursions are open to participants of WCDRR and their spouses.
* Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Information about Press Tours (English) (Japanese)
Guideline for Press (English) (Japanese)

Cultural Experience Tours for Spouses

Please download the application form from here. Application deadline is March 9, 17:00 JST.

Study Tours

Objective    Visit areas around Sendai, Iwate and Fukushima to learn
about the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ongoing efforts towards reconstruction
Themes    
  • 1. Experiences and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
  • 2. "Actions of multi-stakeholders" ― a study of various actions
    of residents of Tohoku working on disaster risk reduction.
  • 3. "Build back better" ― Real-life situations of people working
    to rebuild their lives.
Dates    Daily for the duration of the conference (14-18 March 2015)
Mostly half-day trips, with a few full-day trips, depending
on the destination
Fee    Free
Language    English

These study tours are open only to participants of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

Wastewater treatment plant damaged by the tsunami
Tsunami evacuation tower,a countermeasure against future tsunamis
Miracle Pine Tree, which endured the tsunami (Rikuzentakata)
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Showa-Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami (occurred in 1934) Monument(Kamaishi)
Monitoring on radioactivity
Development of renewable energy (Fukushima)
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Temporary housing community
Reconstruction of green zones in coastal areas
Improvements in agricultural efficiency
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Excursions

Objective    General sightseeing (including disaster affected area tourism)
Themes    
  • 1. Experience the richness of nature, culture, history and daily life in the Tohoku region around Sendai
  • 2. Witness recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Fee    Please refer to the Tour Guidebook.
Language    English

These excursions are open to participants of the WCDRR and their spouses.

Tanesashi Coast (Aomori)
Garden of Motsuji Temple (Iwate)
Matsushima Bay (Miyagi)
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Ice Monsters, trees covered with frost (Yamagata)
Tsurugajo Castle (Fukushima)
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Please refer to 'Beautiful Sendai-Tohoku' for information about the Tohoku region

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