{"id":1256728,"date":"2021-03-10T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/1256728\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:38:06","slug":"this-woman-was-swept-away-by-a-tsunami-and-survived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/1256728\/","title":{"rendered":"This Woman Was Swept Away by a TSUNAMI &#8211; and Survived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGyMmgPjNCo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIwasaki Akiko (Okamisan) was taken by the tsunami, on March 11th 2011 after Japan was hit with one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history. (Her village was destroyed: https:\/\/youtu.be\/RqYXKLvFq9s\u200b) She has been telling her story for 10 years now, and was kind enough to share a walkthrough of exactly how everything happened. This is the first and only time she has ever shared her story in this format. Follow along as we hear her talk about the 3.11 earthquake, how she was swept away by the water, and how she survived..<\/p>\n<p>Connect with me on Twitter:  http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tokyo_lens<br \/>\nCome hang out on Instagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tokyo_one<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much to the amazing group of supporters over on Patreon who have made it possible to share this, and so many other stories: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TokyoLens <\/p>\n<p>March 11th 2011 Tsunami Survivors Documentary: https:\/\/youtu.be\/RqYXKLvFq9s<br \/>\nA special thank you to the amazing people at Iwate The Last Frontier who were kind enough to subtitle this entire video for me. https:\/\/lastfrontier.travel\/<\/p>\n<p>The Horaikan Inn:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/houraikan.jp\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"A1sxJvaFRZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/visitiwate.com\/article\/4958\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Horaikan Inn<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Horaikan Inn&#8221; &#8212; VISIT IWATE\" src=\"https:\/\/visitiwate.com\/article\/4958\/embed#?secret=izL8beM0as#?secret=A1sxJvaFRZ\" data-secret=\"A1sxJvaFRZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n**GEAR USED [2021] Use These Links to Support The Channel**<br \/>\ngo-go-go Camera: https:\/\/amzn.to\/35R97ZF<br \/>\n*NEW* Camera: http:\/\/bit.ly\/TokyoLensCam<br \/>\nCinema Camera: http:\/\/bit.ly\/NormCineCam<br \/>\n90% of my Photography: http:\/\/bit.ly\/NormLenses<\/p>\n<p>For Streaming: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VaXTxc<br \/>\nPodcast on: https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TcV0IA<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>**Where to Send Stuff**<br \/>\nNorm Nakamura &#8211; Tokyo Creative Redhorse Corporation Co. 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