Wakayama prefecture has been organizing a ‘Volunteer Bus’ to work over the weekend in Tohoku. It started in the first weekend of April, and this weekend (18 June) is its 6th trip. The bus leaves Wakayama Friday afternoon and return early Monday. The destination is Otsuchi, Iwate, some 1,300km north, so the trip takes about 18 hours. Every bus takes 20 civil volunteers with various experience, age and background. They share the desire to make any contribution to the people affected by the earthquake. It is a town of some 15,000 people, but about 1,000 have been lost, including its mayor and 3,000 are still in evacuation centre. The town spreads along a river, where tsunami travelled almost 2km upstream. Otsuchi may be remembered for the striking scene of a cruise ship ended up on top of a house. The ship, once thought to become a monument, was taken away for a safety reason.
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