On July 12, 1993, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the southwest coast of Hokkaido created a devastating 29m tsunami and stripped the island down in a blink of an eye.It's hard to recover from the ruins, however, the town organized a project team of 14, held up the three pillars of reconstruction, accident prevention, and regional development, and aimed for full recovery from this disaster.

This article links the All Japan Fisheries Highschools and Maritime Polytechnical Schools Cutter Race known as Koshien in the Ocean which is being run as an event of Marine Day by the All Japan Fisheries Highschools Managers Association and the prosperity of maritime Japan through the increasing support of concerned parties, upbringing of today's youth and the succession planning of the fisheries industry.

More than 30 years from now, I came upon the world's best dish at the luxury liner S.S. France which is the most beautiful on earth and ranks with Queen Elizabeth 2.The taste, color, sense, delicate attention - everything was marvelous and one more thing that makes the dish hard to forget was the impressive hospitality.Life begins with food and ends with food. What's important is the professional attitude to food - the spirit.This is one thing that I've been taught by a floating restaurant