On March 11th 2011, Fukushima was devastated by a great earthquake and tsunami followed by a historical nuclear disaster. After seemingly endless effort to clean up tsunami debris and contaminated soil, we still have not found a way to rebuild our homeland. Our real-fukushima team will guide you around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and tell you about:
- the damage by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident
- what are radiation and its damage to the area
- efforts to clean up radioactive contamination
- what is nuclear power generation and its meaning to our world
- difficulties to deal with nuclear emergency
- renewable energy in Fukushima
- people’s efforts to revitalize Fukushima
The ICU Fukkushima Field Trip 2026 will be curried out from the 4th until the 6th of April 2026. We hope this site provides participants with basic information on Fukushima prior to the trip.
Itinerary
April 4th Saturday
— Fukushima Field Trip Day 1 —
0800 Depart Ueno Station by Hitachi #3
1106 Arrive at Ohno Station of Okuma Town — one of the host towns of FDNPS
Explanation about the Fukushima disaster and the tour by Shuzo
Lunch at the new town center of Okuma
Visit the Soil Storage Information Center
Visit the newly developed residential area for returnees and Shuzo’s mother’s home
Visit Obori Soma Potter’s village and a resumed potter’s workshop
Visit Yoshizawa farm – a cow terrorist
Visit a small village in Odaka Town – Shuzo’s home village
Visit Shizue-chan’s home
1815 Check in at Futabaya Ryokan
April 5th Sunday
— Fukushima Field Trip Day 2 —
0830 Depart Futabaya Ryokan
0900 Visit the soil storage area and meet Mr Norio Kimura, who lost 3 family members in the tsunami
-Fish Hatchery, Kumamachi Elementary, Kimura’s home, Soil Storage Observatory(meet Matsunaga-san)
Lunch at Roadside Station Namie
Visit the tsunami memorial Ukedo Elementary School
Visit the Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Museum
1500 Easter service at Namie Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan
Visit Futaba Town and meet Mr Isuke Takakura
Return to Futabaya and walk around it
Visit Our Memorial Museum(?)
April 6th Monday
— Fukushima Field Trip Day 3 —
0830 Leave Futabaya Ryokan
Visit Abukuma Wind Power
Visit Katsurao Energy — Power Producer and Supplier in a small village
Lunch at Hana
Visit Yonomori Sakura Park
Visit TEPCO Decommissioning Information Center
1546 Leave Tomioka Station – 1837 Arrive at Ueno Station
Changes of evacuation zone
