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Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Symposium: Passing Down Disaster Experience - Its True Meaning and Reality

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Noriyuki Kurosaka¹, *Chihiro Minato², *Natsuki Ikezawa³, *Hiroyasu Yamauchi⁴, *Kenji Shiga⁵, *Masashige Motoe⁶ (1. Disaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City Promotion Office,City Planning Policy Bureau,City of Sendai , 2. Department of Information Design, Faculty of Art and Design,Tama Art University , 3. Author / Poet, 4. Rias Ark Museum, 5. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park , 6. Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University / Central Memorial Site Consideration Commission)

Keywords:Great East Japan Earthquake, memory, experience, memorial, memorial site

Passing down the memories and experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the City of Sendai has been working on projects for preserving the memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake. As a part of these projects, we are currently discussing development of the Disaster Memorial Site in the central area of Sendai. In this session, the City's current efforts will be introduced while deliberating over the fundamental meaning of the memorial and what aspects of the City will be influenced by the memorial site, while asking questions such as "what exactly is a memorial?", "how should we pass down this historic event to the future?" and "how will this memorial influence the future?"