Our reporter visits Miyagi Pref. 8 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. She visits KIBOTCHA, a hostel facility in Higashi Matsushima specializing in disaster-preparedness. As part of a tailor-made program of activities, she speaks with a tsunami survivor and simulates evacuating a building at night. In the reconstructed town of Onagawa she takes a cooking class. Also, our correspondent recommends making a bag in Toyooka, Hyogo Pref., which is known for bag and wicker-trunk production.