Fudai, Iwate
... that the 15.5-metre (51 ft) floodgate that protected Fudai, Iwate, Japan, from the recent tsunami was derided as a waste of public funds when it was built in the 1970s?
... that the <span about="#mwt39" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"15.5"},"2":{"wt":"m"},"adj":{"wt":"on"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBp8" typeof="mw:Transclusion">15.5-metre (51</span><span about="#mwt39" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt39">ft)</span> <a href="./Floodgate" id="mwBqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Floodgate">floodgate</a> that protected <b id="mwBqE"><a href="./Fudai,_Iwate" id="mwBqI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fudai, Iwate">Fudai, Iwate</a></b>, Japan, from the <a href="./2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" id="mwBqM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">recent tsunami</a> was derided as a waste of public funds when it was built in the 1970s?