Talk:Yonezawa Shokai Building

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• ... that the Yonezawa Shokai Building is the only building left in the former city center of Rikuzentakata after it was destroyed by a tsunami?

• Source: Iwate Nippo "広大な被災跡地にぽつんとたたずむ米沢商会ビル。中心市街地の面影が消えた地で" [The Yonezawa Shokai Building stands alone in the vast disaster-stricken area. In a place where the image of the city center has disappeared.]

• ALT1: ... that a tsunami was only 20 centimetres (7.9 in) from reaching Yuichi Yonezawa at the chimney of the Yonezawa Shokai Building? Source: Mainichi ShimbunShūkan Gendai Online "慌てて屋上へ駆け上がり、はしごで塔屋へ、さらに上の煙突へとよじ登った。高さ約15m。その20cm下まで黒い波は迫り" [I rushed to the rooftop, climbed up the ladder to the penthouse, and then to the chimney above. It was about 15 meters high. The black wave was approaching me just 20 cm below.]
• ALT2: ... that Yuichi Yonezawa survived the 2011 tsunami in Japan by climbing the chimney of the Yonezawa Shokai Building? Source: Shūkan Gendai Online "慌てて屋上へ駆け上がり、はしごで塔屋へ、さらに上の煙突へとよじ登った。高さ約15m。その20cm下まで黒い波は迫り" [I rushed to the rooftop, climbed up the ladder to the penthouse, and then to the chimney above. It was about 15 meters high. The black wave was approaching me just 20 cm below.]
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jordan Howlett

Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 12:06, 12 August 2025 (UTC).[reply]

• New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook facts check out and are in article. Translations also check out. This is a fascinating article. I've cleaned up some copyediting issues I saw as well. This looks ready. I tweaked the hook to make tsunami less of a WP:EASTEREGG link. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 01:31, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]