[Breaking News]Anti-disaster park in Okayama

KURASHIKI, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - Video taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki. (Kyodo)

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Anti-disaster park in Okayama

Photo taken on July 3, 2024, in an area heavily hit by the July 2018 heavy rain in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows a facility in a just opened park used for anti-disaster education and as an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. The park, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is seen as a symbol of reconstruction from the disaster, which left over 200 people dead in wide areas of western Japan, including over 70 in Kurashiki.