About 90 students from a high school in Fukuoka visited a tsunami-ravaged area in Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday after their school trip was changed so they could learn from the disaster.
Shuyukan Senior High School changed the destination from Nagano Prefecture, bucking a trend among schools to avoid areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to a large extent due to radiation concerns stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
"I haven't decided on my aim for the future, but I've become interested in jobs to help people in trouble. There are many things you can't understand unless you actually see them on the spot," said Yuki Urakoshi, 17.