Rice Grown In Tsunami-hit Area Put On Sale

Rice grown in tsunami-hit area put on sale

An event has been held to promote the rice harvest in a coastal area of the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. This year's harvest was the first since the area was hit by the 2011 tsunami and the nearby nuclear accident.

An evacuation order for the town's coastal area was lifted 3 years ago, but the restoration of farm land took longer.

Rice Harvested In Fukushima's Tsunami-hit Area

Rice harvested in Fukushima's tsunami-hit area

Rice was harvested in the coastal areas of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Rice farming resumed in the town's inland areas after the evacuation order following the nuclear accident was lifted three years ago, but it only partially resumed this year in the coastal area where fields were hit by the tsunami and needed to be restored.