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BackPrincess Aiko meets with victims of the Shirakabe Dozo Group, 10 years after the Chubu Tottori Prefecture Earthquake
Princess Aiko meets with victims of the Shirakabe Dozo Group, 10 years after the Chubu Tottori Prefecture Earthquake
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Princess Aiko meets with victims of the Shirakabe Dozo Group, 10 years after the Chubu Tottori Prefecture Earthquake

Princess AikoTottori prefectureKurayoshi City

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  • Princess Aiko, the eldest daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, visits Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture.
  • Toured the Kurayoshi Shirakabe Dozo Group, an area affected by the 2016 Chubu Tottori Earthquake, and spoke with victims.
  • Additionally, he participated in the National Disaster Prevention Promotion Conference ``Bosaikokutai,'' and the importance of disaster prevention was confirmed through a workshop on managing evacuation centers.

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The central Tottori Prefecture earthquake that occurred in October 2016 had a maximum seismic intensity of 6 lower, causing injuries and damage to homes in the prefecture.

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On the 18th, Princess Aiko, the eldest daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, visited Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture, and toured the Kurayoshi Shirakabe Dozo Group, a nationally important preservation district for traditional buildings that was damaged in the October 2016 Central Tottori Prefecture Earthquake.

The central Tottori Prefecture earthquake had a maximum seismic intensity of 6-lower, causing injuries and damage to homes in the prefecture. Princess Aiko spoke with two of the disaster victims, and when Minami Ozaki, 22, who was in the sixth grade of elementary school at the time, said, ``I vividly remember the earthquake,'' including how her school was damaged, they nodded strongly. Princess Aiko said to the couple, ``I realized once again that it is important to treat (disasters) as something that is our own personal problem, and to start working on disaster prevention from our immediate surroundings.''

That morning, Princess Aiko visited the Prefectural Museum of Art and looked around the exhibits for the disaster prevention event ``Bosaikokutai'' (National Disaster Prevention Promotion Convention). He participated in a workshop to consider evacuation shelter management in the event of an earthquake, and discussed matters such as guiding evacuees with local university students.

Princess Aiko participated in the Evacuation Shelter Management Game (HUG), where, in front of a floor plan of an evacuation center, they discussed how to arrange evacuees of various ages and situations, and how to deal with incidents that occur at evacuation centers.

As for a family of four with a dog...

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  • What is the specific conclusion in the evacuation center management game?

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