The clock stopped after the earthquake and the devastating tsunami in the northeast of Japan, earned 10 years later. They repaired another earthquake.
“Medusa” with reference to The Guardian writes that the temple where the clock was hung was destroyed by giant waves – only columns, a roof and watches, which, presumably, are already over 100 years old. The clock fell into the hands of Bunshuna Sakano, the chief priest from the temple next door. Sakano did everything to fix them: he was cleansed from the sand, started the spring, but the arrows did not go.
On February 13, 2021, another earthquake occurred in the region. Seismologists called him “echo” of that very earthquake of 2011, which caused the destructive tsunami. The next morning, Bunshun Sakano went to the temple to test possible damage and suddenly heard ticking. Watches refused to go even after repeated attempts to fix them, worked again. Moreover, two months after the February earthquake, there were no problems with them, they continue to tick.
Sakano sees a certain sign in this. Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the collections and volunteer work had to cancel, so the priest began to think about retirement. Now Sakano seems to be, perhaps, the watches, 10 years hanging without a business in his temple, as if they ask him not to give up and “continue to go.”