I was at home when the earthquake hit. I ran up the hill and sheltered there with a thousand others as the tsunami destroyed our town below us. We stayed there overnight.

When I went back to my house, it was still standing but the tsunami had washed away all the furniture. Now I stay in this evacuation center. I sleep on the floor of the same classroom where I studied as a boy.

It’s cold and there’s not enough food. But there are many places that are worse than this.

                                                                                                                       Hideaki Aonuma


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