Miyako, Japan

We had an an interesting day in Miyaka, Japan.
You may have heard of this town because in March of 2011, a 130’ tsunami wave wiped out most of the town and almost 20,000 people perished. Since then, they have constructed a sea wall that can be sealed off when it closes automatically when a tsunami is on its way. There was an existing sea wall at the time, but this enormous wave breached that with no problem. It is difficult to look at what was incredible devastation - some people left and others rebuilt.
As we have experienced so far in Japan, the people are lovely and welcoming. When a new ship comes into a port the first time, the town exchanges gifts with the ship’s captain representing the Silver Nova in this case.
The townspeople were at the port the whole day with booths and food trucks. There were several musical performances. When we left the port, there was a very touching send off from hundreds of locals.Read more