The 1st Ushi-oni Conference Workshop in 2024

"Protect lives and livelihoods"

Nankai Trough - Considering tsunami evacuation in downtown Uwajima

Organized by: Non-profit organization Uwajima NPO Center

Sponsored by: Uwajima City, Uwajima City Social Welfare Council

-The Ushi-oni Conference has been held a total of 89 times since the heavy rains of July 2018 as a place for supporters to share information regarding disaster relief.

The aim is to hold workshops and training sessions with the theme of "protecting lives and livelihoods" as a place where everyone living in Uwajima can learn about local issues, including disaster prevention and mitigation, with the aim of leading to collaboration among a variety of entities.

・The first workshop of FY2024 and the fourth workshop overall will be held on the theme of Nankai Trough Earthquake - Considering Tsunami Evacuation in the Center of Uwajima City. The center of Uwajima City, close to the coast, is home to many schools, businesses, commercial and tourist facilities, and is frequented by many commuters, shoppers, and tourists from other areas. The purpose of the workshop is to share issues and think of solutions on how to enable rapid evacuation not only of local residents but also of daytime residents in the event of a tsunami.

Monday, July 29, 2020 18:30-20:30

Approximately 60 participants

We have been holding Ushi-oni Conference workshops since last year, but this time the participants were particularly enthusiastic, and everyone cooperated and exchanged opinions at the workshop. Foreign participants also participated and discussed evacuation routes.

Students from the Disaster Prevention Geography Club at Uwajima Higashi High School gave a presentation on "The implementation status and challenges of the six-school joint evacuation drill" in Bunkyo Ward, Uwajima City. Using drone footage, we were able to clearly watch a video of the students' movements, demonstrating their ongoing activities in carrying out truly large-scale evacuation drills.

Next, Mr. Tominaga from the Crisis Management Division of Uwajima City gave a lecture on "How to read hazard maps and evacuation signs to obtain tsunami evacuation information" and also explained how to use the Uwajima City app, Datena Uwajima Hot Navi. Everyone was seen taking out their phones and actually using it, showing the high level of interest.

In the group work, each group was given a different situation and conditions for evacuation, which allowed everyone to work together as one. Many of the participants were high school students, who took the initiative to present and summarized their ideas well, and the results of the post-event survey showed that the participants were very satisfied with the project.

I'm really looking forward to building on this next time.