Watari (Japan), September 10th 2018. Megumi Hikichi (50, from Watari) poses for a portrait in the headquarter of Watalis, a project she founded in 2011 after the earthquake and tsunami.
Watari was heavily damaged by the 2011 catastrophe: more then half of the town was flooded and the local economy (based on fishing and agriculture) suffered huge losses. Ms. Hikichi’s project, Watalis, recycles old “kimonos” (typical dresses donated from all over Japan) to create small bags called “fuguro”.