SENDAI (Kyodo) Like other Pacific coastal communities in the Tohoku region, the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, was devastated by the catastrophic tsunami that followed the March 11 quake. City Hall, fish processing factories in the port, homes and buildings were demolished.
Residents in the Horikiri district recently started patrolling their neighborhood, which is located on higher ground and suffered relatively less damage.
One night, a group of five men in the neighborhood watch group walked down a pitch-black street, still strewn in part with rubble, in an area where electricity has not been restored.