of town visitors, a pedestrianized shopping promenade called Seapal Pia was opened in December 2015. Five years after the tsunami many Onagawa residents continue to live in short-term temporary accommodation. After extensive landscaping, new residential housing is being relocated at higher elevations on nearby hillsides and leftover soil is being used to raise industrial and commercial sections closer to the water an average of above sea level. Reconstruction has been supported both by central government funding and a number of private individuals and foundations including: The Qatar Friendship Fund, which provided US$24 million for the design and construction of a new fish processing and refrigerated storage facility. Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Shigeru Ban, and the Voluntary Architects' Network, provided designs both for temporary housing shelters in the town as well as the rebuilt Onagawa Station building. Government Onagawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Onagawa, together with the city of Ishinomaki, contributes five seats to the Miyagi Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Miyagi 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Economy The economy of Onagawa is largely based on commercial fishing. The town acts as a processing and distribution hub for variety of sea foods, but is particularly known for coho salmon, pacific saury and the cultivation of oysters. The Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant, once a major source of income for the town, has remained offline since the 2011 earthquake. Education Onagawa has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. The old high school (Miyagi Prefecture Onagawa High School ) was closed in 2014 as it only had 47 students. Transportation Railway JR East Ishinomaki Line - Highway Ferry Kinkasan Ferry Local attractions The town takes pride in the fact that it still has beaches with "squeaking sand", which have become rare in Japan due to human induced environmental changes. Notable people from Onagawa Masatoshi Nakamura, actor References External links Official Website Towns in Miyagi Prefecture Port settlements in Japan Populated coastal places in Japan