Green Hope!

A farmer whose greenhouses were damaged by tsunami spoke about his experience on TV.

He lives in Soma City near the coast. On March 11, Tsunami came into his greenhouses, where he grew asparagus. Tsunami left sand from the sea and mud from the nearby paddy fields in his greenhouses. The damage looked too big and he almost gave up. However, volunteers came to his farm. He didn’t expect a lot because they are not farmers and from far away cities. But to his surprise, they worked VERY hard. They were all wet with sweat. They shoveled out the mud and were even running when they went and dumped the mud. He felt very encouraged to see all those people. At the same time he was ashamed that he wanted to give it up. Now he is working on his farm taking care of his asparagus again. He wants those volunteers to see that now the asparagus is growing thanks to their work.

I was also surprised to see the asparagus is growing normally because many times I heard experts say the land was damaged by salt water and it wouldn’t be used for farming.

Anyway, it was really great scene to see—green asparagus coming out of brown ground. It looked very bright to me, just like a hope for recovery.

I went to the art musium in Fukushima City.  I enjoyed the peaceful space and time there.