Good evening, everyone. I’m a member of the Volunteer team.
How did you get your food soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake, everyone? I queued for a vegetable store a few days after the earthquake. At that time, I saw that very delicious-looking strawberries made in Miyagi were sold. I bought a package because they were so bright red and delicious-looking, and I thought they would give me power. I decided my rule to eat those strawberries up to three a day. I ate them bit by bit preciously. They were very delicious. Fruits give us vigor, don’t they? I enjoyed them for a few days.
Nowadays, HARU went to Yamamotochou, where is famous for strawberry. Have you ever heard of “Sendai Ichigo?” However, sadly, most of strawberry farms were located at the coast, where they were almost completely broke down. The above photo shows there were a lot of strawberry plastic greenhouses. The Tsunami was so strong that the windbreak forests and houses were destroyed.
I heard from a town official, that the strawberries which were sold soon after the great earthquake were shipped lastly from Yamamotochou. The strawberry which I ate might have grown up in Yamamotochou. The Sendai ichigo might no longer be made, because the greenhouses were like above photo.
I hope Yamamotochou will be able to grow the delicious strawberries again. I’m going to do what I can do myself, even if they were tiny. I’ll make one more effort tomorrow.
