Japan: Minamisanriku

Last Friday I got a postcard from Japan.

It shows the Hikoro-no-sato Silk Museum in Minamisanriku. Minamisanriku is a town in Miyagi Prefecture. It is a resort town and relies heavily on tourism and commercial fishing. The area of present-day Minamisanriku has suffered from the effects of tsunami since ancient times including in 869,1896, 1933, 1960 and 2010. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami roughly destroyed 95 percent of the town. The town was the site of the first field hospital established by an outside nation offering assistance following the disaster. The Hikoro-no-sato Silk Museum tells the story of the silk production in the area, which was the birthplace of the sericulture in Sendai Domain. 

One of the twenty Autumn Greetings stamps (issued 21-08-2020) with the related special postmark was used on the card.

Thank You very much Keiko!