Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows a classroom of Kadonowaki Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki that was hit by the March 2011 tsunami and fire. An expert panel proposed on Dec. 22, 2014, that the school building be preserved in its current state to hand down the legacy of the disaster.

Disaster-hit classroom in Ishinomaki, Japan

Disaster-hit classroom in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A classroom at Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains in the same state on Jan. 22, 2014, as right after being hit by the March 2011 tsunami and ensuing fire.

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

A tape-cutting ceremony is held on March 30, 2022, to open to the public Kadonowaki Elementary School in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan. The school was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster.

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on March 30, 2022, shows Kadonowaki Elementary School in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan. The school was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and a ceremony to open it to the public as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster was held the same day.

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on March 30, 2022, shows Kadonowaki Elementary School in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan. The school was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and a ceremony to open it to the public as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster was held the same day.

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on March 30, 2022, shows Kadonowaki Elementary School in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan. The school was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and a ceremony to open it to the public as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster was held the same day.

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Demolition work starts at Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2019. The school was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and while about half of it will be demolished the central part of the building will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster that engulfed wide coastal areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Demolition work starts at Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2019. The school was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and while about half of it will be demolished the central part of the building will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster that engulfed wide coastal areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Demolition work starts at Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2019. The school was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and while about half of it will be demolished the central part of the building will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster that engulfed wide coastal areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 2, 2019, shows Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Demolition work started at the school a month later, though the central part of the building will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster that engulfed wide coastal areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Tsunami-hit school in northeastern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 2, 2019, shows Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Demolition work started at the school on Dec. 2, though the central part of the building will be retained as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the disaster that engulfed wide coastal areas of northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo