生まれ育った渡波の自宅は流失したが、両親は同じ場所へ定住することを強く希望した。br/ 「もし、また津波が来てもここで死ねたら本望」との父の意志は固く、実家は震災発生後の１年後に再建した。br/ 私には、二度と同じような津波が来ないように祈ることしかできない。br/ br/ span class="small"strongK.S/strongbr/ 宮城県石巻市渡波 2012年11月 撮影/spanbr/ _______________________________br/ br/ The tsunami swept away my childhood home in Watanoha, where I was born and raised, but my parents strongly wished to stay here.br/ ldquo;Even if another tsunami comes and takes my life, I wouldnrsquo;t want to die anywhere but here.rdquo; My father was determined to stay.br/ About a year after the disaster, our home was rebuilt.br/ All I can do is pray that a tsunami like that never happens again.br/ br/ span class="small"strongK. S/strongbr/ Photo: Watanoha, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, November 2012/span