Daily life – Real Fukushima https://real-fukushima.com Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:57:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://real-fukushima.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Realf-150x150.png Daily life – Real Fukushima https://real-fukushima.com 32 32 Along National Route 6 https://real-fukushima.com/along-the-national-route-6/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:31:27 +0000 https://real-fukushima.com/?p=4571

Since 2022, you are allowed to drive / bike / walk on Route 6 running through the current evacuated zone. For many years since the disaster, there used to be many buildings and shops being abandoned along this national road, which looked very sad, but most of them are now demolished in order to progress with revitalisation for this region. 

Among many, the site of the shop with the broken show-window due to the earthquake, for example, is now fully cleaned up for revitalisation.
The Sega Game Centre along Route 6 had been left abandoned for many years due to evacuation, but it's now cleaned up in order to push forward the area for revitalisation.
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The JR Joban Line train was fully closed due to the evacuation orders. However, since 2020, it’s now fully reopened and resumed so that you can travel through this region between Tokyo and Sendai. 

Platform of Ono Station
Front of Futaba Station
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In April 2017, the evacuation order was lifted for most of Tomioka Town, allowing people to return there to live. The supermarket York Benimaru reopened after renovation.
Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong snuck into the exclusion zone and took photos in July 2016. This York Benimaru has completely changed in a year.
The Japan Railway company has resumed train services between Tomioka and Tatsuta stations, and begun interim bus services between Tomioka and Namie stations on October 21, 2017. Tomioka Station, which was completely washed away by the tsunami, was rebuilt with a small store and restaurant.
Mr. Sakurai moved to Fukushima from Tokyo and manages the Tomioka Station store, which is named Sakura Station KINONE.
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