2011年3月11日女川町は町の約8割が津波の被害を受け、瓦礫の山と化しました。br/ 町は、今、造成工事が急ピッチで進行し、至る所で土煙を上げトラックや土木機材が行き来し、嵩上げ、山の切り崩しが行われており、地形そのものが様変わりしました。br/ 元の家並みはどこにも見出せず、面影を探しても見つからず、寂しさを噛みしめます。br/ そのような中、町の中心部を走る道路が工事のために通行止になりました。br/ 道路の先は、未来の女川になります。br/ どんな女川 どんな町 どんなに説明されてもイメージを描くことはできないけど、この通行止が解除された時、新しい町の姿が見えるとおもう。br/ 自分達が作る新たな故郷が見えるはず。br/ br/ span class="small"ラマラマbr/ 宮城県女川町2015年7月撮影/spanbr/_______________________________br/br/ On March 11, 2011, the tsunami wiped out approximately 80% of Onagawa, transforming the town into a heap of rubble.br/ The town is currently undergoing reconstruction at a rapid pace. Clouds of dust rise everywhere as trucks and construction vehicles come and go. As the land is being elevated and mountains are being levelled, the landscape itself has changed drastically.br/ Not a single trace of the houses that once stood here can be found mdash; only bitter sadness hangs in the air. br/ Amidst all this, the road that ran through the heart of the town was closed for construction.br/ At the end of this road will lie the Onagawa of the future.br/ This new Onagawahellip; what kind of town will it be? I still canrsquo;t picture it, no matter how much the plans are explained to us. But I trust that we'll find out when this road reopens.br/ And with it, there will be a new hometown that we create ourselves. br/br/ span class="small"strongRama Rama/strongbr/ Photo: Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, July 2015/span