Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Aagga badhtamaha xeebta waxaa degay 1913 jiilkii ugu horreeyay ee soo galootiga ka yimid Japan, kuwaas oo ganacsi ka bilaabay Waiākea oo magacaabay aagga Shinmachi ("Magaalada Cusub"). Shinmachi waxaa baabi'iyay hirarkii tsunami ee ka dhashay dhulgariirkii Jasiiradaha Aleutian ee 1946
1-dii Abriil, 1946-kii; heerka hirarka waxaa lagu qiyaasay. Dadka deegaanka ayaa soo noqday oo dib u dhisay, kaliya in Shinmachi ay mar kale burburisay tsunami kale 23-kii Maajo, 1960, ka dib dhulgariirkii Valdivia ee 1960. Filim dukumiinti ah oo ku saabsan Shinmachi ayaa lagu baahiyay xarumaha maxalliga ah ee PBS bishii Abriil 2021.