Numerous educational materials have been developed to raise public awareness on disasters. However it has been often the case that these materials are not seriously accepted by adults and have not lead to preventive action. To address this issue, we have developed a new program; "Ichi-Nichi-Mae Project" for Disaster A wareness. This program interviews people who have been seriously affected by a major disaster, by posing the question "What would you do if you were back the day before the disaster?", and edits the most impressive personal short stories which gives clues for future preventive action. These stories are compiled and have been used for disaster awareness seminars and have proven to be effective, since the real stories make participants feel that it may happen to them.