Guests from University of Nottingham
17-25 February, 2024

[18 Feb]
Zao field visit with Prof Kazama
http://www.zao-sumikawa.jp/spot/
https://miyagizao-navi.jp/detail/detail_294/
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Participants: (UoN) Matt, Chris, Faith, Meghan,
(TU_staff) Daisuke, Sediqi, Prof So Kazama
(TU_student) Madhawa(D1), Wasitha(M2), Yihai(Research student)
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9:30 Depart from Comfort Hotel Sendai Higashiguchi
(Lunch on the way) Togatta Onsen Mikoshi
12:30-16:00 Arrival at Miyagi Zao Sumikawa
13:30-15:30 Field visit at the tree ice
18:00 Arrival at Comfort Hotel Sendai Higashiguchi
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Foot Bath Togatta Onsen	Lunch Mikoshi
	Soba

	Ski House		Fine weather
	In the snow car

Very clear		So warm!		The trees are blighted by pine weevils, and are in danger of being wiped out.
				Warm climate makes disapprearance of Ice Monsters. We could not see any monsters.

[19 Feb]
The Joint Seminar with the Graduate Program (GP-RSS)
# See attached files

Koshitsu Okageya

[23 Feb]
Field Visit of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Recovery
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Participants: (UoN) Matt, Chris, Meghan
(TU_staff) Daisuke, Sediqi
(TU_student) Amalia(D3), Madhawa(D1), Elisa(M2), Wasitha(M2), Liu(M1), Yihai(Research student)
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09:00 Depart from Comfort Hotel Sendai Higashiguchi
10:20 Arrive at the new Kitakami River (flood bypass)/
Earthquake Remains: Okawa Elementary School
http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/karyuu/history/kitakami.html
https://www.city.ishinomaki.lg.jp/ruins/index.html
10:40 Departure
10:50 Arrive at Roadside Station Kenjo-no-Sato Ogatsu/
Japanese Inkstone museum
https://ogatsu-rs.jp/
https://ogatsu-stone.mystrikingly.com/
11:30 Departure
12:00 Arrive at Roadside Station Onagawa (including lunch)/
Former Onagawa Police Station
https://www.michi-no-eki.jp/stations/views/19965
https://www.tohokukanko.jp/sozaishu/detail_1006325.html
13:30 Departure
14:10 Arrival at Kitakami River/ Ishinomaki Genki Ichiba Market
https://www.mizu.gr.jp/kikanshi/no48/08.html
14:40 Departure
15:20 Arrive at Higashimatsushima City Disaster Reconstruction
Lore Museum
https://www.city.higashimatsushima.miyagi.jp/index.cfm/ 22,28310,71,271,html
16:00 Departure
17:00 Arrive at Sendai Station via Matsushima
(one of the three most scenic spots in Japan)
https://nihonsankei.jp/

			Fine weather!