2023 Volume 21 Issue 4 Pages 563-568
This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey, regarding changes in place of residence, conducted in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture and Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where the Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park was constructed. We identified places of residence, names of living areas and specific places by the data obtained from the questionnaire survey visualize the spatial transformation through geocoding. We revealed that the Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park, which was embedded with the meaning of passing on disaster legacies and memories, used to be a place of residence for residents, a source of pride for the community, is no longer a place for people. Local government must support the proactive activities of citizens to regenerate and create a place, and to revitalize the Reconstruction Memorial Park, which covers a large area of the city, as an important place for the city and a place for people.
