Voters in this quake-hit city, many of them still stuck in emergency shelters, voiced both hope and despair for the future as they cast their ballots Sunday in the House of Councilors election.
Of Kashiwazaki's 59 polling stations, 18 were set up in public facilities also being used as shelters for people forced out of their homes by the July 16 quake, the local election board said.
Partitions were set up to separate the voting areas from the living areas to avoid disturbing the evacuees.