Creation of the “Senary Industry” system in a village of Shichigahama in suburban Sendai, Japan

New initiatives are being taken by the local industries of every coastal community severely affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. This study clarified a recovery process of the local industries in a fishing village of Shichigahama, near Sendai City. In this process, a creation of a local industry system which may increase the value of local fishery products are established by several actors including town municipality, chamber of commerce, fisheries cooperative, and interested volunteers. The author found some latent problems in the newly created local system and the interrelationships among some actors.