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Fukushima Hope Tour in 1 Day by Car with Licensed Guide
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
$909.56
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Overview
The Great East Japan Earthquake Tour in Fukushima provides an insightful look into the lasting impact of the 2011 disaster. Led by a local licensed guide, this tour highlights both the devastation and the revitalization efforts in the affected areas.
- 🚌 Pickup included from Iwaki Station or your preferred location nearby, making the start of your journey convenient.
- 🌍 Duration of 8 hours allows ample time to explore significant sites impacted by the earthquake and tsunami.
- 🏛️ Visit the TEPCO Decommissioning Archive Center to learn about the decommissioning progress through engaging video and diorama displays.
- 🕊️ Reflect at the Namie-machi Ohirayama Cemetery, built on high ground, offering a poignant view of the tsunami's devastation.
- 🏫 Explore the ruins of Ukedo Elementary School, preserved to illustrate the disaster's impact and convey important lessons for future generations.
- 📚 Discover the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, showcasing a wealth of resources and exhibits that detail recovery efforts.
- 🎨 Witness the murals and untouched buildings in the JR Futaba Station area, symbolizing hope and resilience in the face of disaster.
- 💳 Donation fee included; all tour sales contribute to supporting the recovery of the disaster-affected areas.
- 👶 Specialized infant seats available, ensuring a family-friendly experience throughout the tour.
- ♿ All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, providing comfort and ease for all guests.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Regular Car (Up to 2 Pax)
Regular Car (Up to 2Pax)
Pickup included
Regular Car (Up to 2Pax)
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Donation fee: tour sales go to donation for the the disaster-affected areas
- Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
- Private vehicle
- Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under 'What to Expect.'
- You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
- Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
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IwakiYou will meet your guide and driver at Iwaki Station or your preffered place near Iwaki Station. It takes about one hour from Iwaki Station to tour places. * From Tokyo, you can take Hitachi limited Express Train to Iwaki, on the JR Joban line.
- National Route 6: In addition to seeing landscapes of untouched buildings in areas where evacuation orders designated as the Difficult-to-return Zone have been lifted, there are areas where decontamination and demolition work is progressing and one can feel the spirit of rebuilding in the local communities. ※Partially through the Difficult-to-return Zone (pass by)
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TEPCO Decommissioning Archive CenterManaged by TEPCO, this information dissemination facility uses video and diorama displays to provide a record of the project and allow visitors to learn about the ongoing progress of the decommissioning effort.
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This roadside station was built as a symbol of the town’s revitalization. It is a facility that supports people’s daily lives, where they can shop, eat and rest. In addition to a range of vegetables and seafood, visitors can also have a taste of the local cuisine.
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Namie-machiNamie Town-run Ohirayama Cemetery This communal cemetery is located on high ground about 2 kilometres from the coast. The view of Ukedo district and the Pacific Ocean conveys the huge extent of the tsunami’s devastation. This place, where the children of Ukedo Elementary School were evacuated to immediately following the earthquake, was an expanse of fields at that time. Afterwards, in response to the wishes of the local residents, the Ohirayama Cemetery was built on the site to house the graves of those who were lost in the disaster. Together with a memorial monument built as a requiem for the victims and as a warning to future generations, the cemetery continues to convey the memory of the disaster.
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Ruins of Namie Machiritsu Ukedo Elementary SchoolUkedo Elementary School is located about 200 metres from the coast. The school building was engulfed and partially destroyed by the tsunami, but miraculously no lives were lost thanks to fast thinking and evacuation. The school is preserved in the same condition as it was in at the time of the disaster in order to demonstrate the threat and lessons of the disaster, to pass on the memories and records of the area to future generations, and to raise awareness of disaster prevention. The classrooms and gymnasium on the first floor, which were most severely damaged by the tsunami, are almost entirely as they were at the time of the disaster, and the site has been prepared so that visitors can observe the conditions. On the second floor, there are panels showing the extent of the damage and details of the evacuation following the nuclear accident, as well as messages of support and so on written by visitors on blackboards that have been preserved.
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The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial MuseumThis facility is truly the entry point for Hope Tourism. A wealth of resources, including images and exhibits, give visitors a complete picture of the events and revitalization efforts from the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and nuclear accident to the present day.
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Futaba-machiJR Futaba Station area: The town’s former Special Zones for Reconstruction and Revitalization (part of the Difficult-to-Return Zone of restricted residence, where it is hoped that evacuation orders will be lifted in future) centred around JR Futaba Station. Even after the evacuation order has been lifted, buildings from the immediate aftermath of the earthquake remain untouched, while hopeful murals adorn the area, giving a sense that the
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IwakiAfter the tour, your guide and driver will take you back to Iwaki Station.
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Fukushima Hope Tour in 1 Day by Car with Licensed Guide
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
$909.56
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!